diff --git a/brightray/brightray.gyp b/brightray/brightray.gyp
index cf87157f67f2..5b353f0a7a9b 100644
--- a/brightray/brightray.gyp
+++ b/brightray/brightray.gyp
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@
           },
           'cflags': [
             '<!@(<(pkg-config) --cflags <(linux_system_libraries))',
-            # Needed for PIE
-            '-fPIC',
           ],
           'direct_dependent_settings': {
             'cflags': [
diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index bd978a813c5b..676d1e904127 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@
           ['OS=="linux"', {
             'cflags': [
               '-Wno-empty-body',
-              '-fPIC',
             ],
           }],  # OS=="linux"
           ['OS=="win"', {
diff --git a/electron.gyp b/electron.gyp
index c4467ecfb87c..a380e48cd8a2 100644
--- a/electron.gyp
+++ b/electron.gyp
@@ -253,16 +253,6 @@
               ],
             },
           ],
-          'link_settings': {
-            'ldflags': [
-              # Build as Position-Independent Executable to mitigate exploitations.
-              '-pie',
-            ],
-          },
-          'cflags_cc': [
-            # Needed for PIE
-            '-fPIC',
-          ]
         }],  # OS=="linux"
       ],
     },  # target <(project_name)
@@ -451,7 +441,6 @@
           # Required settings of using breakpad.
           'cflags_cc': [
             '-Wno-empty-body',
-            '-fPIC',
           ],
           'include_dirs': [
             'vendor/breakpad/src',