diff --git a/fontconfig.changes b/fontconfig.changes
index e39b6c7..bbd2367 100644
--- a/fontconfig.changes
+++ b/fontconfig.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 11 00:00:52 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Remove --with-pic which is only useful for static libs.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun  5 11:33:07 UTC 2017 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/fontconfig.spec b/fontconfig.spec
index 834a6c5..a6333fd 100644
--- a/fontconfig.spec
+++ b/fontconfig.spec
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ chmod u+x doc/check-missing-doc
 rm src/fcobjshash.h
 # ---
 autoreconf -fiv
-%configure --with-pic --with-arch=%{_host_cpu} \
+%configure --with-arch=%{_host_cpu} \
         --disable-static \
 	--with-freetype-lib=%{_libdir} \
   	--with-x \