diff --git a/compiler/main/DriverPipeline.hs b/compiler/main/DriverPipeline.hs
index b1f50acfb89eeee49522c2f9cf3d125e58ccaa74..ebd8d39a5ae6187ea361d8205c032c1db5ca99ed 100644
--- a/compiler/main/DriverPipeline.hs
+++ b/compiler/main/DriverPipeline.hs
@@ -1666,15 +1666,13 @@ linkBinary dflags o_files dep_packages = do
                           then ["-Wl,--enable-auto-import"]
                           else [])
 
-                      -- '-no_pie' - On OS X, the linker otherwise complains that it cannot build 
-                      --             position independent code due to some offensive code in GMP.
                       -- '-no_compact_unwind'
                       --           - C++/Objective-C exceptions cannot use optimised stack
                       --             unwinding code (the optimised form is the default in Xcode 4 on
                       --             x86_64).
-                      ++ (if platformOS   (targetPlatform dflags) == OSDarwin   && 
+                      ++ (if platformOS   (targetPlatform dflags) == OSDarwin   &&
                              platformArch (targetPlatform dflags) == ArchX86_64
-                          then ["-Wl,-no_pie", "-Wl,-no_compact_unwind"]
+                          then ["-Wl,-no_compact_unwind"]
                           else [])
 
                       ++ o_files