diff --git a/Doc/GraphBLAS_UserGuide.pdf b/Doc/GraphBLAS_UserGuide.pdf
index d6ac0b7fc1..c76ce242f4 100644
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diff --git a/cmake_modules/SuiteSparsePolicy.cmake b/cmake_modules/SuiteSparsePolicy.cmake
index 05171d7ee8..57727207dd 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/SuiteSparsePolicy.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/SuiteSparsePolicy.cmake
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@
 #                       explicitly, if the defaults are not appropriate for your
 #                       system.
 #                       Default: false
-#
-#   NPIC                if true, do not use position independent code when
-#                       building static libraries.
-#                       Default: false
 
 cmake_minimum_required ( VERSION 3.19 )
 
@@ -105,14 +101,6 @@ else ( )
     option ( NSTATIC "ON: do not build static libraries.  OFF (default): build static libraries" off )
 endif ( )
 
-option ( NPIC "OFF (default): build static libraries with -fPIC.  ON: build static libraries without -fPIC" off )
-if ( NPIC )
-    set ( CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE false )
-else ( )
-    # default for SuiteSparse: build static libraries with -fPIC
-    set ( CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE true )
-endif ( )
-
 # installation options
 option ( LOCAL_INSTALL "Install in SuiteSparse/lib" off )
 
diff --git a/cmake_modules/SuiteSparseReport.cmake b/cmake_modules/SuiteSparseReport.cmake
index 564b3cc419..9271c4a920 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/SuiteSparseReport.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/SuiteSparseReport.cmake
@@ -52,5 +52,4 @@ endif ( )
 if ( NPARTITION )
     message ( STATUS "NPARTITION:           do not use METIS" )
 endif ( )
-message ( STATUS "static with -fPIC:    ${CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE}" )
 message ( STATUS "------------------------------------------------------------------------" )