diff --git a/mail/emailrelay/Makefile b/mail/emailrelay/Makefile
index 6a2ec6fa1..7b377438e 100644
--- a/mail/emailrelay/Makefile
+++ b/mail/emailrelay/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:=CONFIG_EMAILRELAY_SUPPORT_VERBOSE_DBG CONFIG_EMAILRELAY_SSL
-PKG_FORTIFY_SOURCE:=0 #GCC8 and 9 fix
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk