diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc/template b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
index ad51435d433..02d4e273ea8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ nostrip_files="
 	POSIX_V7_ILP32_OFFBIG
 	POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64
 	POSIX_V7_LP64_OFF64
-	XBS5_LP64_OFF64"
-# Do not strip shlibs required by valgrind.
-nostrip_files="
+	XBS5_LP64_OFF64
 	ld-${version}.so
 	libdl-${version}.so
 	libanl-${version}.so
@@ -56,6 +54,7 @@ lib32files="/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules"
 lib32symlinks="ld-linux.so.2"
 # There's no point in building this for musl.
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64 armv5tel armv6l armv7l aarch64"
+nopie=yes
 
 do_configure() {
 	mkdir build