diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.hpux-parisc.hpux-parisc b/configure/os/CONFIG.hpux-parisc.hpux-parisc
index 27c4d710d..aa47329c3 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.hpux-parisc.hpux-parisc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.hpux-parisc.hpux-parisc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ WARN_CXXFLAGS_NO =
 OPT_CXXFLAGS_YES = +O3
 OPT_CXXFLAGS_NO = -g
 
-STATIC_LDFLAGS_YES= -Wl,-a,archive -l:libc.sl +A
+STATIC_LDFLAGS_YES= -Wl,-a,archive -l:libc.sl
 # shared libs will be found by searching environment variable SHLIB_PATH,
 # then by searching the specified path (see below)
 STATIC_LDFLAGS_NO = -Wl,+b$(DEFAULT_SHRLIB_SEARCH_PATH),+s