diff -Nuar a/src/runtime/GNUmakefile b/src/runtime/GNUmakefile
--- a/src/runtime/GNUmakefile	2017-01-22 20:43:20.000000000 +0100
+++ b/src/runtime/GNUmakefile	2017-02-09 15:42:22.340029401 +0100
@@ -39,18 +39,6 @@
 # OS_SRC, OS_LIBS, OS_CLEAN_FILES
 include Config
 
-# Disable PIE when possible
-ifneq ($(shell $(CC) -dumpspecs 2>/dev/null | grep -e no-pie),)
-CFLAGS += -fno-pie
-LINKFLAGS += -no-pie
-LDFLAGS += -no-pie
-endif
-ifneq ($(shell $(CC) -dumpspecs 2>/dev/null | grep -e -nopie),)
-CFLAGS += -fno-pie
-LINKFLAGS += -nopie
-LDFLAGS += -nopie
-endif
-
 COMMON_SRC = alloc.c backtrace.c breakpoint.c coreparse.c dynbind.c     \
 	funcall.c gc-common.c globals.c interr.c interrupt.c            \
 	largefile.c monitor.c os-common.c parse.c print.c purify.c      \