diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d815c7a..17f3d42 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ CFLAGS="-g $CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wall -Wundef -Wendif-labels -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE $QEMU_CFLAGS"
-QEMU_CFLAGS="-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-I. -I\$(SRC_PATH) $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 LDFLAGS="-g $LDFLAGS"