--- a/browser/components/about/Makefile.in
+++ b/browser/components/about/Makefile.in
@@ -39,17 +39,16 @@ topsrcdir = @top_srcdir@
 srcdir    = @srcdir@
 VPATH     = @srcdir@
 
 include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 MODULE = browserabout
 LIBRARY_NAME = browserabout_s
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 ifndef MOZ_MEMORY
 USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 endif
 
 
 EXPORTS_NAMESPACES = mozilla/browser
 
 EXPORTS_mozilla/browser = AboutRedirector.h

--- a/browser/components/dirprovider/Makefile.in
+++ b/browser/components/dirprovider/Makefile.in
@@ -43,17 +43,16 @@ VPATH     = @srcdir@
 include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 MODULE = browserdir
 LIBRARY_NAME = browserdir_s
 
 DIRS = tests
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 # Because we are an application component, link against the CRT statically
 # (on Windows, but only if we're not building our own CRT for jemalloc)
 ifndef MOZ_MEMORY
 USE_STATIC_LIBS      = 1
 endif
 
 EXPORTS_NAMESPACES = mozilla/browser

--- a/browser/components/feeds/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/browser/components/feeds/src/Makefile.in
@@ -39,17 +39,16 @@ topsrcdir	= @top_srcdir@
 srcdir		= @srcdir@
 VPATH		= @srcdir@
 
 include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 MODULE = browser_feeds
 LIBRARY_NAME = browser_feeds_s
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 ifndef MOZ_MEMORY
 USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 endif
 
 DEFINES += \
 	-DMOZ_APP_NAME=$(MOZ_APP_NAME) \
 	-DMOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME=$(MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME) \
 	$(NULL)

--- a/browser/components/migration/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/browser/components/migration/src/Makefile.in
@@ -39,17 +39,16 @@ topsrcdir	= @top_srcdir@
 srcdir		= @srcdir@
 VPATH		= @srcdir@
 
 include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 MODULE		= migration
 LIBRARY_NAME	= migration_s
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 ifndef MOZ_MEMORY
 USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 endif
 
 
 CPPSRCS  = nsProfileMigrator.cpp \
            nsBrowserProfileMigratorUtils.cpp \
            $(NULL)

--- a/browser/components/privatebrowsing/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/browser/components/privatebrowsing/src/Makefile.in
@@ -40,17 +40,16 @@ topsrcdir = @top_srcdir@
 srcdir    = @srcdir@
 VPATH   = @srcdir@
 
 include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 MODULE = privatebrowsing
 LIBRARY_NAME = privatebrowsing_s
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 ifndef MOZ_MEMORY
 USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 endif
 
 
 CPPSRCS = \
 	nsPrivateBrowsingServiceWrapper.cpp \
 	$(NULL)

--- a/browser/components/shell/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/browser/components/shell/src/Makefile.in
@@ -39,17 +39,16 @@ DEPTH   = ../../../..
 topsrcdir = @top_srcdir@
 srcdir    = @srcdir@
 VPATH   = @srcdir@
 
 include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 MODULE = shellservice
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 ifndef MOZ_MEMORY
 USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 endif
 
 
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINNT)
 CPPSRCS = nsWindowsShellService.cpp
 else

--- a/chrome/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/chrome/src/Makefile.in
@@ -41,17 +41,16 @@ srcdir		= @srcdir@
 VPATH		= @srcdir@
 
 include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 MODULE          = chrome
 LIBRARY_NAME    = chrome_s
 LIBXUL_LIBRARY  = 1
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 EXPORTS_NAMESPACES = mozilla/chrome
 
 EXPORTS_mozilla/chrome = \
 		RegistryMessageUtils.h \
 		$(NULL)
 
 CPPSRCS		= \

--- a/dbm/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/dbm/src/Makefile.in
@@ -74,17 +74,16 @@ endif
 ifeq (,$(filter -DHAVE_SNPRINTF=1,$(ACDEFINES)))
 CSRCS += snprintf.c
 endif
 endif # WINNT
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES	= -I$(srcdir)/../include
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 DEFINES		+= -DMEMMOVE -D__DBINTERFACE_PRIVATE $(SECURITY_FLAG)
 
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINCE)
 DEFINES     += -D__STDC__ -DDBM_REOPEN_ON_FLUSH
 endif

--- a/extensions/universalchardet/src/base/Makefile.in
+++ b/extensions/universalchardet/src/base/Makefile.in
@@ -73,12 +73,10 @@ CPPSRCS = \
 		nsSJISProber.cpp \
 		nsUTF8Prober.cpp \
 		nsLatin1Prober.cpp \
 		nsUniversalDetector.cpp \
                $(NULL)
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 LIBXUL_LIBRARY = 1
-# This library is used by other shared libs in a static build
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/gfx/cairo/cairo/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/gfx/cairo/cairo/src/Makefile.in
@@ -236,18 +236,16 @@ ifdef MOZ_ENABLE_CAIRO_FT
 CSRCS   += cairo-ft-font.c cairo-type1-subset.c
 EXPORTS_cairo += cairo-ft.h
 OS_INCLUDES += $(CAIRO_FT_CFLAGS)
 endif
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES  += -I$(srcdir)
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-# This library is used by other shared libs in a static build
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 # Disable spammy "missing initializer" GCC warning
 ifdef GNU_CC
 CFLAGS += -Wno-missing-field-initializers
 endif # GNU_CC
 

--- a/gfx/cairo/libpixman/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/gfx/cairo/libpixman/src/Makefile.in
@@ -166,18 +166,16 @@ DEFINES += -DUSE_ARM_NEON
 ARM_NEON_CFLAGS = -mfpu=neon
 endif
 
 EXPORTS		= pixman.h pixman-version.h
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES	+= -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../cairo/src
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-# This library is used by other shared libs in a static build
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/config.mk
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 CFLAGS += -DPACKAGE="mozpixman" -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES
 
 # Disable spammy "missing initializer" GCC warning

--- a/gfx/harfbuzz/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/gfx/harfbuzz/src/Makefile.in
@@ -68,15 +68,13 @@ EXPORTS_harfbuzz = \
   hb-ot-shape.h    \
   hb-shape.h       \
   hb-unicode.h     \
   $(NULL)
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES  += -I$(srcdir) 
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-# This library is used by other shared libs in a static build
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 DEFINES += -DPACKAGE_VERSION="\"moz\""
 DEFINES += -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT="\"http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/\""

--- a/gfx/ots/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/gfx/ots/src/Makefile.in
@@ -74,18 +74,16 @@ CPPSRCS	= \
 EXPORTS = \
   ../include/opentype-sanitiser.h \
   ../include/ots-memory-stream.h  \
   $(NULL)
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES  += -I$(srcdir) 
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-# This library is used by other shared libs in a static build
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 DEFINES += -DPACKAGE_VERSION="\"moz\""
 DEFINES += -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT="\"http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/\""
 DEFINES += -DNOMINMAX
 
 # Suppress ANSI strict warnings

--- a/gfx/qcms/Makefile.in
+++ b/gfx/qcms/Makefile.in
@@ -51,18 +51,16 @@ endif
 endif
 endif
 
 # -pedantic causes warnings that we don't care about
 # so turn it off
 CFLAGS := $(filter-out -pedantic,$(CFLAGS))
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-# This library is used by other shared libs
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 CFLAGS          += -DMOZ_QCMS
 
 # Disable spammy "missing initializer" GCC warning
 ifdef GNU_CC
 CFLAGS += -Wno-missing-field-initializers

--- a/gfx/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/gfx/src/Makefile.in
@@ -44,18 +44,16 @@ include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 MODULE         = gfx
 MODULE_NAME    = nsGfxModule
 LIBRARY_NAME   = gkgfx
 EXPORT_LIBRARY = 1
 GRE_MODULE     = 1
 LIBXUL_LIBRARY = 1
 IS_COMPONENT   = 1
-# This library is used by other shared libs in a static build
-FORCE_USE_PIC  = 1
 
 XPIDLSRCS = \
 	nsIFontEnumerator.idl \
 	nsIScriptableRegion.idl \
 	$(NULL)
         
 EXPORTS	= \
 	gfxCore.h \

--- a/image/decoders/icon/gtk/Makefile.in
+++ b/image/decoders/icon/gtk/Makefile.in
@@ -51,13 +51,11 @@ CPPSRCS		= nsIconChannel.cpp
 ifdef MOZ_ENABLE_GNOMEUI
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += $(MOZ_GNOMEUI_CFLAGS)
 else
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += $(MOZ_GTK2_CFLAGS)
 endif
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-# This library is used by other shared libs in a static build
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 

--- a/image/decoders/icon/qt/Makefile.in
+++ b/image/decoders/icon/qt/Makefile.in
@@ -47,18 +47,16 @@ LIBXUL_LIBRARY	= 1
 
 
 CPPSRCS		= nsIconChannel.cpp
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += $(MOZ_QT_CFLAGS)
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-# This library is used by other shared libs in a static build
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 DIRS = public
 
 EXTRA_COMPONENTS = gtkqticonsconverter.manifest
 EXTRA_PP_COMPONENTS = gtkqticonsconverter.js
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 

--- a/intl/unicharutil/util/Makefile.in
+++ b/intl/unicharutil/util/Makefile.in
@@ -66,17 +66,16 @@ EXPORTS = \
 	$(NULL)
 
 CPPSRCS	= \
 	nsUnicharUtils.cpp \
 	nsBidiUtils.cpp \
 	$(NULL)
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/../src
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 ifdef _MSC_VER
 # Don't include directives about which CRT to use

--- a/intl/unicharutil/util/internal/Makefile.in
+++ b/intl/unicharutil/util/internal/Makefile.in
@@ -59,16 +59,15 @@ EXTRA_DEPS += $(srcdir)/../objs.mk
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES	+= -I$(srcdir)/.. \
   -I$(srcdir)/../../src
 
 
 CPPSRCS	= $(INTL_UNICHARUTIL_UTIL_LCPPSRCS)
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 $(INTL_UNICHARUTIL_UTIL_LCPPSRCS): %: $(srcdir)/../%
 	$(INSTALL) $^ .
 
 GARBAGE += $(INTL_UNICHARUTIL_UTIL_LCPPSRCS)

--- a/layout/inspector/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/layout/inspector/src/Makefile.in
@@ -64,17 +64,15 @@ CPPSRCS= \
 
 ifdef MOZ_XUL
 CPPSRCS += \
   inDOMView.cpp \
   $(NULL)
 endif
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-# This library is used by other shared libs in a static build
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES	+= \
 		-I$(srcdir)/../../style \
 		-I$(topsrcdir)/content/xbl/src \
 		$(NULL)
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/media/libpng/Makefile.in
+++ b/media/libpng/Makefile.in
@@ -75,18 +75,16 @@ CSRCS		+= \
 DEFINES		+= -DMOZ_PNG_READ \
 		-DMOZ_PNG_WRITE
 
 EXPORTS		= png.h pngconf.h mozpngconf.h
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES	= -I$(srcdir)
 
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-# This library is used by other shared libs in a static build
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINNT)
 DEFINES		+= -DZLIB_DLL
 ifdef BUILD_DEBUG_GC
 DEFINES		+= -DDEBUG_GC
 endif

--- a/modules/libreg/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/modules/libreg/src/Makefile.in
@@ -50,18 +50,16 @@ DIST_INSTALL = 1
 CSRCS		= $(MODULES_LIBREG_SRC_LCSRCS) nr_bufio.c
 
 BIN_SRCS	= VerReg.c reg.c vr_stubs.c
 PROGOBJS        = $(addprefix R_,$(BIN_SRCS:.c=.o))
 
 # We don't want a shared lib.  Static lib only.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 # We do want this in the static libraries list
 EXPORT_LIBRARY = 1
 
 USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 
 SDK_LIBRARY = $(LIBRARY)
 

--- a/modules/zlib/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/modules/zlib/src/Makefile.in
@@ -52,12 +52,10 @@ DIST_INSTALL = 1
 ifeq (,$(filter-out WINNT OS2,$(OS_ARCH)))
 DEFINES	+= -DZLIB_DLL=1
 endif
 
 CSRCS		= $(MODULES_ZLIB_SRC_LCSRCS)
 
 EXPORTS		= zlib.h zconf.h mozzconf.h
 
-# This library is used by other shared libs in a static build
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/services/crypto/component/Makefile.in
+++ b/services/crypto/component/Makefile.in
@@ -50,17 +50,16 @@ XPIDLSRCS = \
   nsISyncJPAKE.idl \
   $(NULL)
 
 LIBRARY_NAME   = services-crypto
 EXPORT_LIBRARY = 1
 IS_COMPONENT   = 1
 MODULE_NAME    = nsServicesCryptoModule
 LIBXUL_LIBRARY = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC  = 1
 MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API = 1
 
 CPPSRCS = \
   nsSyncJPAKE.cpp \
   $(NULL)
 
 ifdef ENABLE_TESTS
 DIRS += tests

--- a/toolkit/components/alerts/mac/growl/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/components/alerts/mac/growl/Makefile.in
@@ -39,17 +39,16 @@ topsrcdir = @top_srcdir@
 srcdir = @srcdir@
 VPATH = @srcdir@
 
 include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 MODULE = alerts
 LIBRARY_NAME = growl_s
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 CMSRCS = \
   GrowlApplicationBridge.m \
   GrowlPathUtilities.m \
   $(NULL)
 
 CSRCS = \
   CFGrowlAdditions.c \

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/client/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/client/Makefile.in
@@ -117,28 +117,26 @@ CPPSRCS += crashreporter_linux.cpp
 endif
 
 LIBS += \
   $(DEPTH)/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/linux/$(LIB_PREFIX)breakpad_linux_common_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
   $(NULL)
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)
 OS_CXXFLAGS += $(MOZ_GTK2_CFLAGS) $(MOZ_GTHREAD_CFLAGS)
 OS_LIBS += $(MOZ_GTK2_LIBS) $(MOZ_GTHREAD_LIBS)
-FORCE_USE_PIC=1
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),SunOS)
 CPPSRCS += crashreporter_linux.cpp crashreporter_unix.cpp
 LIBS += \
   $(DEPTH)/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/solaris/$(LIB_PREFIX)breakpad_solaris_common_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
   $(NULL)
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)
 OS_CXXFLAGS += $(MOZ_GTK2_CFLAGS) $(MOZ_GTHREAD_CFLAGS)
 OS_LIBS += $(MOZ_GTK2_LIBS) $(MOZ_GTHREAD_LIBS)
-FORCE_USE_PIC=1
 endif
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),Darwin)
 libs::
 	$(NSINSTALL) -D $(DIST)/bin/crashreporter.app
 	rsync -a -C --exclude "*.in" $(srcdir)/macbuild/Contents $(DIST)/bin/crashreporter.app 

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/fileid/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/fileid/Makefile.in
@@ -54,15 +54,14 @@ HOST_CPPSRCS = \
 
 HOST_LIBS += \
   $(DEPTH)/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/linux/$(LIB_PREFIX)host_breakpad_linux_common_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
   $(DEPTH)/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/$(LIB_PREFIX)host_breakpad_common_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
   $(NULL)
 
 # force C++ linking
 CPP_PROG_LINK = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 #XXX: bug 554854 causes us to be unable to run binaries on the build slaves
 # due to them having an older libstdc++
 HOST_LDFLAGS += -static
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/client/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/client/Makefile.in
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ XPI_NAME 	= crashreporter
 LOCAL_INCLUDES 	= -I$(srcdir)/..
 
 CPPSRCS	= \
   minidump_file_writer.cc \
   $(NULL)
 
 # need static lib
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/client/linux/crash_generation/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/client/linux/crash_generation/Makefile.in
@@ -49,15 +49,14 @@ LOCAL_INCLUDES 	= -I$(topsrcdir)/toolkit
 
 CPPSRCS		=				\
   crash_generation_client.cc			\
   crash_generation_server.cc			\
   $(NULL)
 
 # need static lib
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),Linux)
 # need this to suppress errors when compiling common/linux/eintr_wrapper.h
 OS_CXXFLAGS := $(filter-out -pedantic,$(OS_CXXFLAGS))
 endif

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/client/linux/handler/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/client/linux/handler/Makefile.in
@@ -62,16 +62,15 @@ XPI_NAME 	= crashreporter
 LOCAL_INCLUDES 	= -I$(srcdir)/../../..
 
 CPPSRCS	= \
   exception_handler.cc \
   $(NULL)
 
 # need static lib
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 ifeq ($(OS_TARGET),Android)
 # NDK5 workarounds
 DEFINES += -D_STLP_CONST_CONSTRUCTOR_BUG -D_STLP_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
 endif
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/client/linux/minidump_writer/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/client/linux/minidump_writer/Makefile.in
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ LOCAL_INCLUDES 	= -I$(srcdir)/../../..
 
 CPPSRCS	= \
   linux_dumper.cc \
   minidump_writer.cc \
   $(NULL)
 
 # need static lib
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/client/solaris/handler/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/client/solaris/handler/Makefile.in
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ LOCAL_INCLUDES 	= -I$(srcdir)/../../..
 CPPSRCS	= \
   exception_handler.cc \
   minidump_generator.cc \
   solaris_lwp.cc \
   $(NULL)
 
 # need static lib
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/Makefile.in
@@ -85,11 +85,10 @@ endif
 ifeq (Darwin,$(OS_ARCH))
 HOST_CXXFLAGS += -DHAVE_MACH_O_NLIST_H
 endif
 
 HOST_CSRCS = $(CSRCS)
 
 # need static lib
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/linux/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/linux/Makefile.in
@@ -59,11 +59,10 @@ endif
 HOST_CPPSRCS = \
   dump_symbols.cc \
   file_id.cc \
   guid_creator.cc \
   $(NULL)
 
 # need static lib
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/solaris/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/solaris/Makefile.in
@@ -58,11 +58,10 @@ CPPSRCS	= \
 HOST_CPPSRCS = \
   dump_symbols.cc \
   file_id.cc \
   guid_creator.cc \
   $(NULL)
 
 # need static lib
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/tools/linux/dump_syms/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/tools/linux/dump_syms/Makefile.in
@@ -55,15 +55,14 @@ HOST_CPPSRCS = \
 HOST_LIBS += \
   $(DEPTH)/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/linux/$(LIB_PREFIX)host_breakpad_linux_common_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
   $(DEPTH)/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/$(LIB_PREFIX)host_breakpad_common_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
   $(DEPTH)/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/dwarf/$(LIB_PREFIX)host_breakpad_dwarf_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
   $(NULL)
 
 # force C++ linking
 CPP_PROG_LINK = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 #XXX: bug 554854 causes us to be unable to run binaries on the build slaves
 # due to them having an older libstdc++
 HOST_LDFLAGS += -static
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/tools/solaris/dump_syms/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/tools/solaris/dump_syms/Makefile.in
@@ -56,11 +56,10 @@ HOST_LIBS += \
   $(DEPTH)/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/solaris/$(LIB_PREFIX)host_breakpad_solaris_common_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
   $(DEPTH)/toolkit/crashreporter/google-breakpad/src/common/$(LIB_PREFIX)host_breakpad_common_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
   $(NULL)
 
 HOST_LDFLAGS += -lelf -ldemangle
 
 # force C++ linking
 CPP_PROG_LINK = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/toolkit/library/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/library/Makefile.in
@@ -44,17 +44,16 @@ include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 ifdef MOZ_RDF
 include $(topsrcdir)/rdf/util/src/objs.mk
 endif
 include $(topsrcdir)/intl/unicharutil/util/objs.mk
 
 MODULE = libxul
 LIBRARY_NAME = xul
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 FORCE_SHARED_LIB = 1
 MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API = 1
 
 ifeq ($(MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT),cocoa)
 # This is going to be a framework named "XUL", not an ordinary library named
 # "libxul.dylib"
 LIBRARY_NAME=XUL
 # Setting MAKE_FRAMEWORK makes DLL_PREFIX and DLL_SUFFIX be ignored when

--- a/widget/src/qt/faststartupqt/Makefile.in
+++ b/widget/src/qt/faststartupqt/Makefile.in
@@ -40,17 +40,16 @@ srcdir = @srcdir@
 VPATH = @srcdir@
 
 include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 MODULE = faststartupqt
 LIBRARY_NAME = faststartupqt
 DIST_INSTALL = 1
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
-FORCE_USE_PIC = 1
 STL_FLAGS=
 
 EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS = \
 	$(XPCOM_GLUE_LDOPTS) \
 	$(XPCOM_FROZEN_LDOPTS) \
 	$(MOZ_QT_LIBS) \
 	$(NULL)
 

--- a/xpcom/base/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/base/Makefile.in
@@ -148,18 +148,16 @@ XPIDLSRCS	= \
 
 ifeq (cocoa,$(MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT))
 XPIDLSRCS	+= nsIMacUtils.idl
 endif
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/config.mk
 include $(topsrcdir)/ipc/chromium/chromium-config.mk
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 DEFINES		+= -D_IMPL_NS_COM
 
 ifneq (,$(filter gtk2,$(MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT)))

--- a/xpcom/build/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/build/Makefile.in
@@ -120,18 +120,16 @@ EXPORTS	= \
 
 EXPORTS_mozilla = \
   XPCOM.h \
   Services.h \
   ServiceList.h \
   Omnijar.h \
   $(NULL)
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1 
 
 GARBAGE         += $(XPCOM_GLUE_SRC_LCPPSRCS) $(XPCOM_GLUENS_SRC_LCPPSRCS) $(wildcard *.$(OBJ_SUFFIX))
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/config.mk
 include $(topsrcdir)/ipc/chromium/chromium-config.mk
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 DEFINES		+= \

--- a/xpcom/components/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/components/Makefile.in
@@ -87,17 +87,15 @@ LOCAL_INCLUDES	= \
 	-I.. \
 	-I$(topsrcdir)/chrome/src \
 	-I$(topsrcdir)/modules/libjar \
 	$(NULL)
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 DEFINES	+= -D_IMPL_NS_COM
 
 ifneq (,$(filter gtk2,$(MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT)))
 CXXFLAGS += $(MOZ_GTK2_CFLAGS)
 endif

--- a/xpcom/ds/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/ds/Makefile.in
@@ -157,16 +157,14 @@ endif
 EXTRA_COMPONENTS = \
   nsINIProcessor.js \
   nsINIProcessor.manifest \
   $(NULL)
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/../io
 
 DEFINES		+= -D_IMPL_NS_COM

--- a/xpcom/glue/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/glue/Makefile.in
@@ -139,18 +139,16 @@ EXPORTS_mozilla/threads = \
 SDK_LIBRARY     =                        \
 		$(LIB_PREFIX)xpcomglue_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
 		$(NULL)
 
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 # Pretend we're statically linking the CRT, even though we might not be: this
 # avoids "msvcrp" and assembly dependencies from creeping into the directives
 # for this library on Windows.
 USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 

--- a/xpcom/glue/nomozalloc/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/glue/nomozalloc/Makefile.in
@@ -65,18 +65,16 @@ SDK_LIBRARY     =                       
 		$(LIB_PREFIX)xpcomglue_s_nomozalloc.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
 		$(NULL)
 
 GARBAGE += $(CPPSRCS) DeadlockDetector.h SSE.h arm.h
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 # Pretend we're statically linking the CRT, even though we might not be: this
 # avoids "msvcrp" and assembly dependencies from creeping into the directives
 # for this library on Windows.
 USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 
 # Don't use STL wrappers here (i.e. wrapped <new>); they require mozalloc
 STL_FLAGS       =

--- a/xpcom/glue/standalone/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/glue/standalone/Makefile.in
@@ -89,18 +89,16 @@ SDK_HEADERS     = \
 
 SDK_LIBRARY     	= \
 		$(LIB_PREFIX)xpcomglue.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
 		$(NULL)
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 # Pretend we're statically linking the CRT, even though we might not be: this
 # avoids "msvcrp" and assembly dependencies from creeping into the directives
 # for this library on Windows.
 USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 
 # Don't use STL wrappers here (i.e. wrapped <new>); they require mozalloc
 STL_FLAGS	=

--- a/xpcom/io/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/io/Makefile.in
@@ -176,18 +176,16 @@ SDK_HEADERS =  \
 		nsDirectoryServiceUtils.h \
 		$(NULL)
 
 EXPORTS		:= $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(EXPORTS))
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 include $(topsrcdir)/ipc/chromium/chromium-config.mk
 
 DEFINES		+= -D_IMPL_NS_COM
 
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),Linux)
 ifneq (,$(findstring lib64,$(libdir)))

--- a/xpcom/proxy/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/proxy/src/Makefile.in
@@ -55,14 +55,12 @@ CPPSRCS		= \
 		$(NULL)
 
 DEFINES		+=  -D_IMPL_NS_COM -DEXPORT_XPTC_API
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += -I$(top_srcdir)/xpcom/threads/
 
 # No shared lib; Force creation of static lib
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/../../reflect/xptinfo/src

--- a/xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/Makefile.in
@@ -49,16 +49,14 @@ MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API = 1
 DIRS		= md
 
 
 CPPSRCS		= xptcall.cpp
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 DEFINES		+= -DEXPORT_XPTC_API -D_IMPL_NS_COM
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/../../xptinfo/src

--- a/xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/md/os2/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/md/os2/Makefile.in
@@ -52,18 +52,16 @@ CPPSRCS		= \
 		xptcstubs_gcc_x86_os2.cpp \
 		$(NULL)
 LOCAL_INCLUDES = \
 		-I$(srcdir)/../unix \
 		-I$(srcdir)/../../../../xptinfo/src \
 		$(NULL)
 DEFINES		+= -DMOZ_NEED_LEADING_UNDERSCORE
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/config.mk
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 

--- a/xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/md/unix/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/md/unix/Makefile.in
@@ -48,18 +48,16 @@ LIBRARY_NAME	= xptcmd
 EXPORT_LIBRARY	= ../..
 MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API = 1
 
 #
 # The default is this buildable, but non-functioning code.
 #
 CPPSRCS = $(error XPTCall not implemented on this platform!)
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),SunOS)
 ifneq (86,$(findstring 86,$(OS_TEST)))
 # disable PGO for this directory with Sun Studio on SPARC because
 # compiling with xprofile=collect will insert code into nsXPTCStubBase::Stub##n
 NO_PROFILE_GUIDED_OPTIMIZE = 1
 endif
 endif

--- a/xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/md/win32/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/md/win32/Makefile.in
@@ -68,18 +68,16 @@ endif
 
 CPPSRCS		= xptcinvoke.cpp xptcstubs.cpp
 
 endif
 
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/../../../../xptinfo/src
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/config.mk
 
 ifeq ($(TARGET_CPU),x86_64)
 ifndef GNU_CXX
 CPPSRCS 	:= xptcinvoke_x86_64.cpp xptcstubs_x86_64.cpp
 ASFILES		:= xptcinvoke_asm_x86_64.asm xptcstubs_asm_x86_64.asm
 else #!GNU_CXX

--- a/xpcom/reflect/xptinfo/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/reflect/xptinfo/src/Makefile.in
@@ -52,17 +52,15 @@ CPPSRCS		= \
 		xptiInterfaceInfoManager.cpp	\
 		xptiTypelibGuts.cpp	\
 		xptiWorkingSet.cpp	\
 		$(NULL)
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 # For nsManifestLineReader class.
 LOCAL_INCLUDES	= -I$(srcdir)/../../../ds
 
 DEFINES += -DEXPORT_XPT_API -D_IMPL_NS_COM

--- a/xpcom/string/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/string/src/Makefile.in
@@ -62,18 +62,16 @@ CPPSRCS		=				\
 		nsStringComparator.cpp		\
 		nsStringObsolete.cpp		\
 		$(NULL)
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a
 # static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 # Are we targeting x86 or x86-64?  If so, compile the SSE2 functions for
 # nsUTF8Utils.cpp.
 ifneq (,$(INTEL_ARCHITECTURE))
 CPPSRCS += nsUTF8UtilsSSE2.cpp
 endif
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk

--- a/xpcom/stub/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/stub/Makefile.in
@@ -62,18 +62,16 @@ CPPSRCS		= nsXPComStub.cpp
 # If we have an import library, then copy that to the SDK.  Otherwise,
 # copy the shared library.
 ifneq (,$(filter OS2 WINNT,$(OS_ARCH)))
 SDK_LIBRARY = $(IMPORT_LIBRARY)
 else
 SDK_LIBRARY = $(SHARED_LIBRARY)
 endif
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1 
 
 FORCE_SHARED_LIB = 1
 
 EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS = $(LIBS_DIR)
 
 DEPENDENT_LIBS_LIST += \
 	$(DLL_PREFIX)nspr4$(DLL_SUFFIX) \
 	$(DLL_PREFIX)plc4$(DLL_SUFFIX) \

--- a/xpcom/threads/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/threads/Makefile.in
@@ -81,15 +81,13 @@ XPIDLSRCS	= \
 
 EXPORTS		:= $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(EXPORTS))
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES	= -I$(srcdir)/../components
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 DEFINES		+= -D_IMPL_NS_COM
 

--- a/xpcom/typelib/xpt/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/xpcom/typelib/xpt/src/Makefile.in
@@ -53,18 +53,16 @@ endif
 
 CSRCS		= xpt_arena.c xpt_struct.c xpt_xdr.c
 HOST_CSRCS	= $(CSRCS)
 
 # we don't want the shared lib, but we want to force the creation of a static lib.
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
 USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 
-# Force use of PIC
-FORCE_USE_PIC	= 1
 
 # Don't use profile-guided optimization
 NO_PROFILE_GUIDED_OPTIMIZE = 1
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/rules.mk
 
 DEFINES		+= -DEXPORT_XPT_API
 HOST_CFLAGS	+= -DEXPORT_XPT_API