diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/Unix/configure.ac b/BasiliskII/src/Unix/configure.ac
index a62dd9e4..c035f84d 100755
--- a/BasiliskII/src/Unix/configure.ac
+++ b/BasiliskII/src/Unix/configure.ac
@@ -1124,19 +1124,15 @@ AC_TRANSLATE_DEFINE(HAVE_MMAP_VM, "$have_mmap_vm",
 fi dnl HAVE_MMAP_VM
 
 dnl Check if we can disable position-independent code
-AC_CACHE_CHECK([for flag to disable position-independent code],
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether the compiler supports -no-pie],
   ac_cv_no_pie, [
   saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-no-pie"
+  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -no-pie"
   AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()],[
-    ac_cv_no_pie="-no-pie"],[
-    LDFLAGS="$saved_LDFLAGS -Wl,-no_pie"
-    AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()],[
-      ac_cv_no_pie="-no_pie"],[
-      ac_cv_no_pie="none"
-    ])
+    ac_cv_no_pie="yes"],[
+    ac_cv_no_pie="no"
   ])
-  if [[ "$ac_cv_no_pie" = "none" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$ac_cv_no_pie" = "no" ]]; then
     LDFLAGS="$saved_LDFLAGS"
   fi
 ])
diff --git a/SheepShaver/src/Unix/configure.ac b/SheepShaver/src/Unix/configure.ac
index 10df4bb3..071426f4 100755
--- a/SheepShaver/src/Unix/configure.ac
+++ b/SheepShaver/src/Unix/configure.ac
@@ -987,24 +987,6 @@ AC_TRANSLATE_DEFINE(HAVE_MMAP_VM, $have_mmap_vm,
 
 fi dnl HAVE_MMAP_VM
 
-dnl Check if we can disable position-independent code
-AC_CACHE_CHECK([for flag to disable position-independent code],
-  ac_cv_no_pie, [
-  saved_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-no-pie"
-  AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()],[
-    ac_cv_no_pie="-no-pie"],[
-    LDFLAGS="$saved_LDFLAGS -Wl,-no_pie"
-    AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()],[
-      ac_cv_no_pie="-no_pie"],[
-      ac_cv_no_pie="none"
-    ])
-  ])
-  if [[ "$ac_cv_no_pie" = "none" ]]; then
-    LDFLAGS="$saved_LDFLAGS"
-  fi
-])
-
 dnl Check if we can modify the __PAGEZERO segment for use as Low Memory
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether __PAGEZERO can be Low Memory area 0x0000-0x3000],
   ac_cv_pagezero_hack, [