diff --git a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
index 9044fdf83c..9343e3ea89 100644
--- a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ CIFS_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 CIFS_UTILS_AUTORECONF = YES
 CIFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_PIE),)
-CIFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pie
-endif
+# Let's disable PIE unconditionally. We want PIE to be enabled only by
+# the global BR2_RELRO_FULL option.
+CIFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS = --disable-pie
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_KEYUTILS),y)
 CIFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += keyutils