diff --git a/src/template/linux b/src/template/linux
index 0a7f313a83..529da9c169 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"