diff --git a/ports/gonk/fake-ld.sh b/ports/gonk/fake-ld.sh
index 0b368e48594..e8423b624b4 100755
--- a/ports/gonk/fake-ld.sh
+++ b/ports/gonk/fake-ld.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ if echo $@ | grep -qv " -shared"
 then
     PIE_FLAG="-pie"
 fi
-$PIE_FLAG
 arm-linux-androideabi-g++ $@ $LDFLAGS $PIE_FLAG -lGLESv2 -L$GONKDIR/backup-flame/system/lib/