diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8958a06d2a..7533a3d9de 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-05-11  Stefan Liebler  <stli@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/s390/s390-32/Makefile (pic-ccflag): Remove.
+	* sysdeps/s390/s390-64/Makefile: Likewise.
+
 2016-05-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/Makefile (gen-as-const-headers):
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/s390-32/Makefile b/sysdeps/s390/s390-32/Makefile
index 057862d91b..a07f2986ae 100644
--- a/sysdeps/s390/s390-32/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/s390-32/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-pic-ccflag = -fpic
-
 ifeq ($(subdir),gmon)
 sysdep_routines += s390-mcount
 endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/s390-64/Makefile b/sysdeps/s390/s390-64/Makefile
index ce4f0c5c88..5909d1f7aa 100644
--- a/sysdeps/s390/s390-64/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/s390-64/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-pic-ccflag = -fpic
-
 ifeq ($(subdir),gmon)
 sysdep_routines += s390x-mcount
 endif