diff --git a/.github/workflows/src/windows_mozconfig b/.github/workflows/src/windows_mozconfig
index f04d7a276..9a93568ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/src/windows_mozconfig
+++ b/.github/workflows/src/windows_mozconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export MOZ_PKG_FORMAT=TAR
 
 export CROSS_BUILD=1
 CROSS_COMPILE=1
-POLLY="-mllvm -polly -mllvm -polly-2nd-level-tiling -mllvm -polly-loopfusion-greedy -mllvm -polly-pattern-matching-based-opts -mllvm -polly-position=before-vectorizer -mllvm -polly-vectorizer=stripmine"
 TOOLS=$(echo ~)/win-cross
 
 export MIDL="$TOOLS/wine/bin/widl"
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ export WINE="$TOOLS/wine/bin/wine64"
 #export WIN32_REDIST_DIR="$TOOLS"/vs2022/VC/Redist/MSVC/14.34.31931/x64/Microsoft.VC143.CRT
 #export WIN_UCRT_REDIST_DIR="$TOOLS/vs2022/Windows Kits/10/Redist/10.0.22621.0/ucrt/DLLs/x64"
 
-export RUSTFLAGS="$RUSTFLAGS -Ctarget-cpu=x86-64"
-
 ac_add_options --disable-maintenance-service
 ac_add_options --disable-bits-download
 
diff --git a/configs/linux/mozconfig b/configs/linux/mozconfig
index a9e0fd6c7..bbe5c7f2d 100644
--- a/configs/linux/mozconfig
+++ b/configs/linux/mozconfig
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ ac_add_options --enable-wasm-avx
 
 # not when cross compiling
 if ! test "$ZEN_CROSS_COMPILING"; then
-    if test "$ZEN_RELEASE"; then
-        export RUSTFLAGS="$RUSTFLAGS -Ctarget-cpu=x86-64-v3"
-    fi
 
     if test -d "$HOME/.mozbuild/clang/bin"; then
         export CC="$HOME"/.mozbuild/clang/bin/clang
@@ -32,6 +29,13 @@ if test "$ZEN_RELEASE"; then
         export MOZ_PGO=1
         ac_add_options MOZ_PGO=1
     fi
+
+    export CFLAGS="-O2 -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -msse4.2 -mavx -maes"
+    export CPPFLAGS="-O2 -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -msse4.2 -mavx -maes"
+    export CXXFLAGS="-O2 -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -msse4.2 -mavx -maes"
+    export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O3 -msse3 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -msse4.2 -mavx -maes"
+    POLLY="-mllvm -polly -mllvm -polly-2nd-level-tiling -mllvm -polly-loopfusion-greedy -mllvm -polly-pattern-matching-based-opts -mllvm -polly-position=before-vectorizer -mllvm -polly-vectorizer=stripmine"
+    export RUSTFLAGS="$RUSTFLAGS -C target-feature=+avx -C codegen-units=1 -Ctarget-cpu=x86-64-v3"
 fi
 
 # Disable telemetry and tracking
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29819d303..3f90296e4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/zen-browser/core#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@zen-browser/surfer": "^1.1.3"
+    "@zen-browser/surfer": "^1.1.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 90e289831..d92e10a56 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ importers:
   .:
     dependencies:
       '@zen-browser/surfer':
-        specifier: ^1.1.3
-        version: 1.1.3
+        specifier: ^1.1.4
+        version: 1.1.4
 
 packages:
 
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ packages:
   '@types/node@17.0.45':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-w+tIMs3rq2afQdsPJlODhoUEKzFP1ayaoyl1CcnwtIlsVe7K7bA1NGm4s3PraqTLlXnbIN84zuBlxBWo1u9BLw==}
 
-  '@zen-browser/surfer@1.1.3':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-smJowPWdLK1rGCsn1vn4y/t74wNrhtdvtzx13Kxq7m3MZUFFUKo19C7M66fKg8hBHirHdqLKJtWJI7MWrT6Gsw==}
+  '@zen-browser/surfer@1.1.4':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-fNG/zZfqlEIUVyxLzC07mn+TBVhRwlZJTPMiyckJPo2jqrehGnaOimw23RA6ZgeXCEvu645u9XxWQ7dhkkwnIw==}
     hasBin: true
 
   ansi-regex@5.0.1:
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   '@types/node@17.0.45': {}
 
-  '@zen-browser/surfer@1.1.3':
+  '@zen-browser/surfer@1.1.4':
     dependencies:
       '@resvg/resvg-js': 1.4.0
       async-icns: 1.0.2