diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 1cc96a31d5d078..267753de12f218 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -447,7 +447,6 @@
           'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS': 'NO',        # -fno-exceptions
           'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_RTTI': 'NO',              # -fno-rtti
           'GCC_ENABLE_PASCAL_STRINGS': 'NO',        # No -mpascal-strings
-          'GCC_THREADSAFE_STATICS': 'NO',           # -fno-threadsafe-statics
           'PREBINDING': 'NO',                       # No -Wl,-prebind
           'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.7',       # -mmacosx-version-min=10.7
           'USE_HEADERMAP': 'NO',