diff --git a/c-ares.changes b/c-ares.changes
index 8e2b101..bf9027d 100644
--- a/c-ares.changes
+++ b/c-ares.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 20 13:34:46 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Remove ineffective --with-pic.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 20 09:35:43 UTC 2018 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/c-ares.spec b/c-ares.spec
index b73bb81..f77e859 100644
--- a/c-ares.spec
+++ b/c-ares.spec
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ autoreconf -fiv
 	--enable-symbol-hiding \
 	--enable-nonblocking \
 	--enable-shared \
-	--disable-static \
-	--with-pic
+	--disable-static
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install