diff --git a/srcpkgs/mozjs52/template b/srcpkgs/mozjs52/template
index 3b9aa81130d..945d06ea67b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mozjs52/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mozjs52/template
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 distfiles="${MOZILLA_SITE}/firefox/releases/${version}esr/source/firefox-${version}esr.source.tar.xz"
 checksum=c16bc86d6cb8c2199ed1435ab80a9ae65f9324c820ea0eeb38bf89a97d253b5b
 patch_args="-Np1"
-nopie=yes
 
 # Flags for gcc6.3 conceived by Arch Linux developers
 CFLAGS="-fpermissive -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -fno-tree-vrp -fno-strict-aliasing"