diff --git a/src/template/linux b/src/template/linux
index fd509d98ca45673e2995ec1ae992278532a7be60..3eb5ad2428fdefcbd41c5dda6fa87c708a3abcf1 100644
--- a/src/template/linux
+++ b/src/template/linux
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 # Force _GNU_SOURCE on; plperl is broken with Perl 5.8.0 otherwise
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE"
 
-# Many distributors use this, so we might as well see the warnings as
-# well.  ICC doesn't work when this is enabled.
-if test "$ICC" != "yes"; then
-  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
-fi
-
 # If --enable-profiling is specified, we need -DLINUX_PROFILE
 PLATFORM_PROFILE_FLAGS="-DLINUX_PROFILE"