diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-newlib.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-newlib.inc
index 238b430e49..34318b2454 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-newlib.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-newlib.inc
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK ?= "packagegroup-cross-canadian-${MACHINE} nativesdk-qemu na
 TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK ?= "${LIBC_DEPENDENCIES}"
 TOOLCHAIN_NEED_CONFIGSITE_CACHE:remove = "zlib ncurses"
 
-# disable pie security flags by default
-SECURITY_CFLAGS:libc-newlib = "${SECURITY_NOPIE_CFLAGS}"
-SECURITY_LDFLAGS:libc-newlib = ""
+# disable pie security flags by default since RISCV linker doesnt support them
+SECURITY_CFLAGS:libc-newlib:qemuriscv32 = "${SECURITY_NOPIE_CFLAGS}"
+SECURITY_CFLAGS:libc-newlib:qemuriscv64 = "${SECURITY_NOPIE_CFLAGS}"