diff --git a/lib/resource-1.0/french/BeschFre.gf b/lib/resource-1.0/french/BeschFre.gf
index 6e66a258b..424e10814 100644
--- a/lib/resource-1.0/french/BeschFre.gf
+++ b/lib/resource-1.0/french/BeschFre.gf
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 resource BeschFre = open Prelude, MorphoFre in {
 
+flags optimize=noexpand ; -- faster and smaller than =all
+
 oper VerbeN = {s : VF => Str} ;
 oper mkNV : Verbe -> VerbeN = \ve -> {s = vvf ve} ;
 
diff --git a/lib/resource-1.0/italian/BeschIta.gf b/lib/resource-1.0/italian/BeschIta.gf
index b36a1ed21..feec07390 100644
--- a/lib/resource-1.0/italian/BeschIta.gf
+++ b/lib/resource-1.0/italian/BeschIta.gf
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 resource BeschIta = open Prelude, CommonRomance in {
 
+flags optimize=values ; -- smaller than noexpand
+
 oper Verbo = {s : VForm => Str} ;
 
 -- machine-generated GF file
diff --git a/lib/resource-1.0/spanish/BeschSpa.gf b/lib/resource-1.0/spanish/BeschSpa.gf
index ea7befd8d..c38899543 100644
--- a/lib/resource-1.0/spanish/BeschSpa.gf
+++ b/lib/resource-1.0/spanish/BeschSpa.gf
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 resource BeschSpa = open Prelude, CommonRomance in {
 
+flags optimize=noexpand ; -- faster than values
+
 oper Verbum = {s : VFB => Str} ;
 
 -- machine-generated GF file from FM source by Inger Andersson and Therese Söderberg