diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 790a1cd20494..6e58396fc535 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ gnu/lib/libgcc__L: lib/libc__L
 _prebuild_libs=	${_kerberos5_lib_libasn1} ${_kerberos5_lib_libheimntlm} \
 		${_kerberos5_lib_libhx509} ${_kerberos5_lib_libkrb5} \
 		${_kerberos5_lib_libroken} \
-		lib/libbz2 lib/libcom_err lib/libcrypt lib/libelf \
+		lib/libbz2 lib/libcom_err lib/libcrypt \
 		lib/libexpat lib/libfetch \
 		${_lib_libgssapi} ${_lib_libipx} \
 		lib/libkiconv lib/libkvm lib/liblzma lib/libmd \
diff --git a/cddl/lib/drti/Makefile b/cddl/lib/drti/Makefile
index 57b161f74e17..605bde752723 100644
--- a/cddl/lib/drti/Makefile
+++ b/cddl/lib/drti/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ FILESOWN=	${LIBOWN}
 FILESGRP=	${LIBGRP}
 FILESMODE=	${LIBMODE}
 FILESDIR=	${LIBDIR}/dtrace
-CLEANFILES=	${FILES} ${FILES}.tmp
+CLEANFILES=	${FILES}
 
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/../../../sys/cddl/compat/opensolaris \
 		-I${.CURDIR}/../../../cddl/compat/opensolaris/include \
@@ -18,10 +18,4 @@ CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/../../../sys/cddl/compat/opensolaris \
 		-I${OPENSOLARIS_SYS_DISTDIR}/uts/common \
 		-DPIC -fpic
 
-.c.o:
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c ${.IMPSRC}
-	mv ${FILES} ${FILES}.tmp
-	${LD} -o ${FILES} -r ${FILES}.tmp ${LIBELF_PIC}
-	rm -f ${FILES}.tmp
-
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/lib/libelf/Makefile b/lib/libelf/Makefile
index 4e51de0cc61b..fc70d9d865c7 100644
--- a/lib/libelf/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libelf/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ SRCS=	elf_begin.c						\
 	${GENSRCS}
 INCS=	libelf.h gelf.h
 
-INSTALL_PIC_ARCHIVE=yes
 GENSRCS=	libelf_fsize.c libelf_msize.c libelf_convert.c
 CLEANFILES=	${GENSRCS}
 CFLAGS+=	-I. -I${.CURDIR}