diff --git a/src/template/aix b/src/template/aix
index bdd7b08cb8..f72be4f9a0 100644
--- a/src/template/aix
+++ b/src/template/aix
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-if test "$GCC" = yes ; then
-  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pipe"
-else
+if test "$GCC" != yes ; then
   case $host_os in
     aix3.2.5 | aix4.1*) ;;
     *) CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O2 -qlonglong";;
diff --git a/src/template/bsdi b/src/template/bsdi
index acf8dcfc47..70b27910a1 100644
--- a/src/template/bsdi
+++ b/src/template/bsdi
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pipe"
-
 case $host_cpu in
   i?86)  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -m486";;
 esac
diff --git a/src/template/freebsd b/src/template/freebsd
index fd9b3b96d5..fbf01fcd8a 100644
--- a/src/template/freebsd
+++ b/src/template/freebsd
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pipe"
-
 case $host_cpu in
   alpha*)   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O";;  # alpha has problems with -O2
 esac
diff --git a/src/template/netbsd b/src/template/netbsd
index cab6fd3d3d..0d119a0136 100644
--- a/src/template/netbsd
+++ b/src/template/netbsd
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pipe"
-
 THREAD_SUPPORT=yes
 NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS=yes	# 1.6 2003-09-14
diff --git a/src/template/openbsd b/src/template/openbsd
index ca7840ec02..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/src/template/openbsd
+++ b/src/template/openbsd
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pipe"