--- a/lib/replace/wscript
+++ b/lib/replace/wscript
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
                 conf.ADD_CFLAGS(f)
             break
 
-    if conf.CHECK_CFLAGS(['-fstack-protector']) and conf.CHECK_LDFLAGS(['-fstack-protector']):
-        conf.ADD_CFLAGS('-fstack-protector')
-        conf.ADD_LDFLAGS('-fstack-protector')
-
     # Try to find the right extra flags for -Werror behaviour
     for f in ["-Werror",       # GCC
               "-errwarn=%all", # Sun Studio