diff --git a/FEI_mv/SuperLU/CMakeLists.txt b/FEI_mv/SuperLU/CMakeLists.txt
index 3deea2560..a7136e455 100644
--- a/FEI_mv/SuperLU/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/FEI_mv/SuperLU/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,8 +55,5 @@ set(HYPRE_superlu_SRCS
 
 add_definitions(-DNO_TIMER)
 add_library(HYPRE_superlu OBJECT ${HYPRE_superlu_SRCS})
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  set_target_properties(HYPRE_superlu PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fPIC")
-endif()
 
 install (FILES ${HYPRE_superlu_HEADERS} DESTINATION include)
diff --git a/FEI_mv/fei-hypre/CMakeLists.txt b/FEI_mv/fei-hypre/CMakeLists.txt
index 736153778..27212feae 100644
--- a/FEI_mv/fei-hypre/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/FEI_mv/fei-hypre/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,8 +62,5 @@ set(HYPRE_fei_SRCS
 )
 
 add_library(HYPRE_fei OBJECT ${HYPRE_fei_SRCS})
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  set_target_properties(HYPRE_fei PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fPIC")
-endif()
 
 install (FILES ${HYPRE_fei_HEADERS} DESTINATION include)
diff --git a/FEI_mv/femli/CMakeLists.txt b/FEI_mv/femli/CMakeLists.txt
index b6d8b533e..67e57df7e 100644
--- a/FEI_mv/femli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/FEI_mv/femli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,3 @@ set(HYPRE_mli_SRCS
 )
 
 add_library(HYPRE_mli OBJECT ${HYPRE_mli_SRCS})
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  set_target_properties(HYPRE_mli PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fPIC")
-endif()