diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 026995c8..527f75ba 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -340,13 +340,8 @@ endif
 export INSTALL CFLAGS CXXFLAGS \
        LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS ALL_CFLAGS ALL_CXXFLAGS ALL_LDFLAGS ALL_CPPFLAGS
 
-ifneq ($(shell $(CC_SILENT) -dumpspecs 2>/dev/null | grep -e '[^f]no-pie'),)
-	NO_PIE_CFLAGS := -fno-pie
-	NO_PIE_LDFLAGS := -no-pie
-else
-	NO_PIE_CFLAGS :=
-	NO_PIE_LDFLAGS :=
-endif
+NO_PIE_CFLAGS := -fno-pie
+NO_PIE_LDFLAGS := -no-pie
 
 # Overwrite implicit makefile rules for having nice compile output
 %.o: %.c