diff --git a/cmake/ecbuild_add_library.cmake b/cmake/ecbuild_add_library.cmake
index eeb6a95e..0e91f611 100644
--- a/cmake/ecbuild_add_library.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ecbuild_add_library.cmake
@@ -413,9 +413,6 @@ function( ecbuild_add_library_impl )
         if( "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Cray" )
           set( _PAR_CXXFLAGS "-fPIC -h PIC ${_PAR_CXXFLAGS}" )
         endif()
-        if( "${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Cray" )
-          set( _PAR_FFLAGS "-fPIC -h PIC ${_PAR_FFLAGS}" )
-        endif()
       endif()
     endif()