diff --git a/scripts/Mmake.vars.in b/scripts/Mmake.vars.in
index 19e807ce8..b3b29bc6f 100644
--- a/scripts/Mmake.vars.in
+++ b/scripts/Mmake.vars.in
@@ -336,10 +336,6 @@ EXTRA_LIBGRADES	=
 # position-independent code.)
 CFLAGS_FOR_PIC		= @CFLAGS_FOR_PIC@
 
-# $(GCCFLAGS_FOR_PIC) is passed to the GCC back-end when creating
-# `.pic_s' files.
-GCCFLAGS_FOR_PIC	= -fpic
-
 # $(EXT_FOR_PIC_OBJECTS) will be either `.o', if $(CFLAGS_FOR_PIC) is empty,
 # or `.pic_o', if special flags are required for compiling files that
 # will be put in shared libraries.