diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2a8a9be8a1..24684f47b6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ if test "$static" = "yes"; then
     error_exit "-static-pie not available due to missing toolchain support"
   else
     pie="no"
-    QEMU_CFLAGS="-fno-pie -no-pie $QEMU_CFLAGS"
+    QEMU_CFLAGS="-fno-pie $QEMU_CFLAGS"
   fi
 elif test "$pie" = "no"; then
   if compile_prog "-Werror -fno-pie" "-no-pie"; then