diff --git a/make/CompileLaunchers.gmk b/make/CompileLaunchers.gmk
index 02531c09d45e7852fc88d28f288ca11630c99c17..9eff4ef4b4a8883c03a1146c75a9cca2e9e84c1f 100644
--- a/make/CompileLaunchers.gmk
+++ b/make/CompileLaunchers.gmk
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ define SetupLauncher
           -DLAUNCHER_NAME='"$(LAUNCHER_NAME)"' \
           -DPROGNAME='"$1"' $(DPACKAGEPATH) \
           $2, \
-      CFLAGS_linux := -fPIC, \
       CFLAGS_solaris := -KPIC -DHAVE_GETHRTIME, \
       LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS_JDKEXE) \
           $(ORIGIN_ARG) \