diff --git a/packages/databases/sqlite/build b/packages/databases/sqlite/build
index f117b99c4e..a8dfefd446 100755
--- a/packages/databases/sqlite/build
+++ b/packages/databases/sqlite/build
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Ofast|-O3|g"`
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-ffast-math||g"`
 
-  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
-
 # This option adds additional logic to the ANALYZE command and to the query planner
 # that can help SQLite to chose a better query plan under certain situations. The
 # ANALYZE command is enhanced to collect histogram data from each index and store