diff --git a/fuzzers/aflplusplus/builder.Dockerfile b/fuzzers/aflplusplus/builder.Dockerfile
index 71d0c7831..191f9f5df 100644
--- a/fuzzers/aflplusplus/builder.Dockerfile
+++ b/fuzzers/aflplusplus/builder.Dockerfile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 # Download afl++.
 RUN git clone -b dev https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus /afl && \
     cd /afl && \
-    git checkout ba28f5fbfa32564891c87b4395bdb8a59b3df1f4 || \
+    git checkout 88e41f01c839ed5c46882222ad7e1f5c3e7d9e20 || \
     true
 
 # Build without Python support as we don't need it.
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ RUN git clone -b dev https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus /afl && \
 RUN cd /afl && \
     unset CFLAGS CXXFLAGS && \
     export CC=clang AFL_NO_X86=1 && \
-    PYTHON_INCLUDE=/ make && \
+    PYTHON_INCLUDE=/ PERFORMANCE=1 make && \
     cp utils/aflpp_driver/libAFLDriver.a /
diff --git a/fuzzers/aflplusplus/fuzzer.py b/fuzzers/aflplusplus/fuzzer.py
index d4a0bbe5f..7016da75e 100755
--- a/fuzzers/aflplusplus/fuzzer.py
+++ b/fuzzers/aflplusplus/fuzzer.py
@@ -265,9 +265,6 @@ def fuzz(input_corpus,
     if os.path.exists(cmplog_target_binary) and no_cmplog is False:
         flags += ['-c', cmplog_target_binary]
 
-    # Enable the new enhanced determinstic mutation engine
-    flags += ['-D']
-
     #os.environ['AFL_IGNORE_TIMEOUTS'] = '1'
     os.environ['AFL_IGNORE_UNKNOWN_ENVS'] = '1'
     os.environ['AFL_FAST_CAL'] = '1'