diff --git a/srcpkgs/cyrus-sasl/template b/srcpkgs/cyrus-sasl/template
index 8055716a2d8..88ca83f696a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cyrus-sasl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cyrus-sasl/template
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ pre_configure() {
 	popd
 }
 do_configure() {
-	export CFLAGS+=" -fPIC"
 	LIBS=-lsasl2 ./configure ${configure_args} \
 		--sbindir=/usr/bin --disable-static --enable-shared \
 		--enable-alwaystrue --enable-checkapop --enable-cram \
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsasl/patches/cross-makemd5.patch b/srcpkgs/libsasl/patches/cross-makemd5.patch
index fd4e522ff2b..8eeb0d2a31b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsasl/patches/cross-makemd5.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsasl/patches/cross-makemd5.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 --- a/include/Makefile.am.orig	2014-07-25 16:11:53.760645554 +0200
 +++ b/include/Makefile.am	2014-07-25 16:12:05.961050991 +0200
-@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ saslinclude_HEADERS = hmac-md5.h md5.h m
+@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ saslinclude_HEADERS = hmac-md5.h md5.h m
  
  noinst_PROGRAMS = makemd5
  
 +CC = cc
 +CFLAGS = -O2
 +LIBS =
++LDFLAGS =
  makemd5_SOURCES = makemd5.c
  
  md5global.h: makemd5