diff --git a/recipes-deps/curl/curl_%.bbappend b/recipes-deps/curl/curl_%.bbappend
index c3c1bb1..8ae75e0 100644
--- a/recipes-deps/curl/curl_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-deps/curl/curl_%.bbappend
@@ -18,7 +18,3 @@
 #"
 
 CFLAGS +=" -fPIC"
-
-do_configure_prepend () {
-	#export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
-}
diff --git a/recipes-deps/zlib/zlib_%.bbappend b/recipes-deps/zlib/zlib_%.bbappend
index 5586293..8e2173c 100644
--- a/recipes-deps/zlib/zlib_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-deps/zlib/zlib_%.bbappend
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 # cargo tries to build a shared object using several static objects, one of
 # which includes the contenst of zlib (zutil.o)
-do_configure_prepend () {
-	#export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fPIC"
-}
+CFLAGS += " -fPIC"