diff --git a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseutils.cpp b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseutils.cpp
index c198b89304a..db8aa96d58c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseutils.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseutils.cpp
@@ -150,9 +150,7 @@ void filteredFlags(const QString &fileName,
         }
 
         if (flag == "-o" || flag == "-MF" || flag == "-c" || flag == "-pedantic"
-                || flag.startsWith("-O") || flag.startsWith("-W") || flag.startsWith("-w")
-                || QString::compare(flag, "-fpic", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0
-                || QString::compare(flag, "-fpie", Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0) {
+                || flag.startsWith("-O") || flag.startsWith("-W") || flag.startsWith("-w")) {
             continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/database_samples/qtc/compile_commands.json b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/database_samples/qtc/compile_commands.json
index d75e8d9654e..d971ebbf09a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/database_samples/qtc/compile_commands.json
+++ b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/database_samples/qtc/compile_commands.json
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
         "-DQT_CONCURRENT_LIB",
         "-DQT_NETWORK_LIB",
         "-DQT_CORE_LIB",
-        "-fPIC",
         "-I",
         "C:\\Qt\\5.9.2\\mingw53_32\\include",
         "-I",
@@ -59,4 +58,4 @@
     "directory": "C:/build-qtcreator-MinGW_32bit-Debug",
     "file": "C:/qt-creator/src/plugins/cpptools/compileroptionsbuilder.cpp"
 }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]