diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c801823ecb179c5c5c37ab0ef274061fa4c8998..c587fa8ec9fce200527407a567c0f21479c42f90 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED on)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-return-type -Wall -Wextra -Wnon-virtual-dtor -pedantic-errors -fvisibility=hidden")
 if (OPENDHT_SANITIZE)
     set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fstack-protector-strong")
-else ()
-    set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fno-stack-protector")
 endif ()
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_NIL -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_CONVERT")
 if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)