diff --git a/bitcoin-qt.pro b/bitcoin-qt.pro
index e71bb5fa8d9..8a5db22546e 100644
--- a/bitcoin-qt.pro
+++ b/bitcoin-qt.pro
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ contains(RELEASE, 1) {
 
 !win32 {
 # for extra security against potential buffer overflows: enable GCCs Stack Smashing Protection
-QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= -fstack-protector-all --param ssp-buffer-size=1
-QMAKE_LFLAGS *= -fstack-protector-all --param ssp-buffer-size=1
+QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= -fstack-protector-all
+QMAKE_LFLAGS *= -fstack-protector-all
 # We need to exclude this for Windows cross compile with MinGW 4.2.x, as it will result in a non-working executable!
 # This can be enabled for Windows, when we switch to MinGW >= 4.4.x.
 }