diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 07f397a3e..86c42e27d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -488,6 +488,12 @@ if(NOT WITH_ACCESSIBILITY)
     katie_definition(-DQT_NO_ACCESSIBILITY)
 endif()
 
+add_library(pic_test ${KATIE_TYPE}  EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/pic.cpp")
+get_target_property(HAVE_pic pic_test POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE)
+if(NOT HAVE_pic)
+    katie_definition(-DQ_NO_DATA_RELOCATION)
+endif()
+
 # keep in sync with the gui component CMake file, only definitions setup is needed here
 foreach(x11ext Xshape Xinerama Xrandr Xrender Xfixes Xcursor)
     if(NOT X11_${x11ext}_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/pic.cpp b/cmake/pic.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..489640298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/pic.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+struct PIC {
+    bool abc;
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mkspecs/bsymbolic_functions.cpp b/mkspecs/bsymbolic_functions.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f785bf43..000000000
--- a/mkspecs/bsymbolic_functions.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-int main() { return 0; } 
diff --git a/mkspecs/mkspecs.cmake b/mkspecs/mkspecs.cmake
index 84c57aa55..12b1e0cd8 100644
--- a/mkspecs/mkspecs.cmake
+++ b/mkspecs/mkspecs.cmake
@@ -44,16 +44,6 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     katie_definition(-DQT_NO_DEBUG)
 endif()
 
-try_compile(bsymbolic_functions_test
-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/bsymbolic_functions.cpp
-    CMAKE_FLAGS -shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIC
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE bsymbolic_functions_test_output
-)
-if(NOT bsymbolic_functions_test OR NOT CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE)
-    katie_definition(-DQ_NO_DATA_RELOCATION)
-endif()
-
 # Set compiler standard to C++ 11, appending to CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS is done so that try_compile() is
 # also affected, which KDE uses for visibility check for an example
 if(NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.8.0")
diff --git a/package/freebsd/pkg-plist b/package/freebsd/pkg-plist
index 841e5605e..4d9bd79f1 100644
--- a/package/freebsd/pkg-plist
+++ b/package/freebsd/pkg-plist
@@ -1463,7 +1463,6 @@ lib/cmake/Katie/KatieConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/cmake/Katie/KatieTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/Katie/KatieTargets.cmake
 lib/cmake/Katie/Qt4UseFile.cmake
-lib/cmake/Katie/mkspecs/bsymbolic_functions.cpp
 lib/cmake/Katie/mkspecs/mkspecs.cmake
 lib/katie/imports/Qt/labs/folderlistmodel/libqmlfolderlistmodelplugin.so
 lib/katie/imports/Qt/labs/folderlistmodel/qmldir
diff --git a/package/netbsd/PLIST b/package/netbsd/PLIST
index 9e77e9152..602800d09 100644
--- a/package/netbsd/PLIST
+++ b/package/netbsd/PLIST
@@ -1466,7 +1466,6 @@ lib/cmake/Katie/KatieConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/cmake/Katie/KatieTargets-relwithdebinfo.cmake
 lib/cmake/Katie/KatieTargets.cmake
 lib/cmake/Katie/Qt4UseFile.cmake
-lib/cmake/Katie/mkspecs/bsymbolic_functions.cpp
 lib/cmake/Katie/mkspecs/mkspecs.cmake
 lib/katie/imports/Qt/labs/folderlistmodel/libqmlfolderlistmodelplugin.so
 lib/katie/imports/Qt/labs/folderlistmodel/qmldir
diff --git a/package/openbsd/pkg/PLIST b/package/openbsd/pkg/PLIST
index 5d9e70552..47613e0f3 100644
--- a/package/openbsd/pkg/PLIST
+++ b/package/openbsd/pkg/PLIST
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@ lib/cmake/Katie/KatieTargets${MODCMAKE_BUILD_SUFFIX}
 lib/cmake/Katie/KatieTargets.cmake
 lib/cmake/Katie/Qt4UseFile.cmake
 lib/cmake/Katie/mkspecs/
-lib/cmake/Katie/mkspecs/bsymbolic_functions.cpp
 lib/cmake/Katie/mkspecs/mkspecs.cmake
 lib/katie/
 lib/katie/imports/