diff --git a/srcpkgs/openssh/template b/srcpkgs/openssh/template
index 131c6b34428..5646cf503b8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openssh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openssh/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configure_args="--datadir=/usr/share/openssh
  --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh --without-selinux --with-privsep-user=nobody
  --with-mantype=doc --without-rpath --with-xauth=/usr/bin/xauth
  --disable-strip --with-privsep-path=/var/chroot/ssh
- --with-pid-dir=/run --with-pam --with-pie --without-kerberos5
+ --with-pid-dir=/run --with-pam --without-kerberos5
  $(vopt_with ldns) $(vopt_if ssl --with-ssl-engine --without-openssl)
  --without-ssh1 --with-libedit LD=$CC"
 hostmakedepends="perl"