diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a9e57c8..1b2083d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -493,9 +493,6 @@
 fi
 AC_SUBST([MESA_ASM_FILES])
 
-dnl PIC code macro
-MESA_PIC_FLAGS
-
 dnl Check to see if dlopen is in default libraries (like Solaris, which
 dnl has it in libc), or if libdl is needed to get it.
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([dlopen], [DEFINES="$DEFINES -DHAVE_DLOPEN"],
@@ -2230,9 +2227,9 @@
 
 dnl Compiler options
 # cleanup the CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS/DEFINES vars
-cflags=`echo $CFLAGS $PIC_FLAGS | \
+cflags=`echo $CFLAGS | \
     $SED 's/^ *//;s/  */ /;s/ *$//'`
-cxxflags=`echo $CXXFLAGS $PIC_FLAGS | \
+cxxflags=`echo $CXXFLAGS | \
     $SED 's/^ *//;s/  */ /;s/ *$//'`
 defines=`echo $DEFINES | $SED 's/^ *//;s/  */ /;s/ *$//'`
 echo ""