--- a/Rules.mak
+++ b/Rules.mak
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ export UCLIBCXX_RUNTIME_PREFIX UCLIBCXX_
 
 WRAPPER = $(top_builddir)bin/g++-uc
 OPTIMIZATION:=
-PICFLAG:=-fPIC
 
 # use '-Os' optimization if available, else use -O2, allow Config to override
 $(eval $(call check-gcc-var,-Os))