diff --git a/src/template/linux b/src/template/linux
index 0a7f313a8322daf068dd9c02da5ad969fc5cf407..529da9c1694e84d9ea05d73ab64e9dc61bd0cd8a 100644
--- a/src/template/linux
+++ b/src/template/linux
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pipe"
-
 # Force _GNU_SOURCE on; plperl is broken with Perl 5.8.0 otherwise
 CPPFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE"