diff --git a/gcc/config/gnu-user.h b/gcc/config/gnu-user.h
index de605b0c466..2787a3d16be 100644
--- a/gcc/config/gnu-user.h
+++ b/gcc/config/gnu-user.h
@@ -50,28 +50,19 @@ see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively.  If not, see
 
 #if defined HAVE_LD_PIE
 #define GNU_USER_TARGET_STARTFILE_SPEC \
-  "%{shared:; \
-     pg|p|profile:gcrt1.o%s; \
-     static:crt1.o%s; \
-     " PIE_SPEC ":Scrt1.o%s; \
-     :crt1.o%s} \
-   crti.o%s \
-   %{static:crtbeginT.o%s; \
-     shared|" PIE_SPEC ":crtbeginS.o%s; \
-     :crtbegin.o%s} \
+  "%{!shared: %{pg|p|profile:gcrt1.o%s;: \
+    %{" PIE_SPEC ":Scrt1.o%s} %{" NO_PIE_SPEC ":crt1.o%s}}} \
+   crti.o%s %{static:crtbeginT.o%s;: %{shared:crtbeginS.o%s} \
+	      %{" PIE_SPEC ":crtbeginS.o%s} \
+	      %{" NO_PIE_SPEC ":crtbegin.o%s}} \
    %{fvtable-verify=none:%s; \
      fvtable-verify=preinit:vtv_start_preinit.o%s; \
      fvtable-verify=std:vtv_start.o%s} \
    " CRTOFFLOADBEGIN
 #else
 #define GNU_USER_TARGET_STARTFILE_SPEC \
-  "%{shared:; \
-     pg|p|profile:gcrt1.o%s; \
-     :crt1.o%s} \
-   crti.o%s \
-   %{static:crtbeginT.o%s; \
-     shared|pie:crtbeginS.o%s; \
-     :crtbegin.o%s} \
+  "%{!shared: %{pg|p|profile:gcrt1.o%s;:crt1.o%s}} \
+   crti.o%s %{static:crtbeginT.o%s;shared|pie:crtbeginS.o%s;:crtbegin.o%s} \
    %{fvtable-verify=none:%s; \
      fvtable-verify=preinit:vtv_start_preinit.o%s; \
      fvtable-verify=std:vtv_start.o%s} \
@@ -91,20 +82,15 @@ see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively.  If not, see
   "%{fvtable-verify=none:%s; \
      fvtable-verify=preinit:vtv_end_preinit.o%s; \
      fvtable-verify=std:vtv_end.o%s} \
-   %{static:crtend.o%s; \
-     shared|" PIE_SPEC ":crtendS.o%s; \
-     :crtend.o%s} \
-   crtn.o%s \
+   %{shared:crtendS.o%s;: %{" PIE_SPEC ":crtendS.o%s} \
+   %{" NO_PIE_SPEC ":crtend.o%s}} crtn.o%s \
    " CRTOFFLOADEND
 #else
 #define GNU_USER_TARGET_ENDFILE_SPEC \
   "%{fvtable-verify=none:%s; \
      fvtable-verify=preinit:vtv_end_preinit.o%s; \
      fvtable-verify=std:vtv_end.o%s} \
-   %{static:crtend.o%s; \
-     shared|pie:crtendS.o%s; \
-     :crtend.o%s} \
-   crtn.o%s \
+   %{shared|pie:crtendS.o%s;:crtend.o%s} crtn.o%s \
    " CRTOFFLOADEND
 #endif
 #undef  ENDFILE_SPEC
diff --git a/gcc/config/sol2.h b/gcc/config/sol2.h
index d522de03f4a..13b27873719 100644
--- a/gcc/config/sol2.h
+++ b/gcc/config/sol2.h
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
 			    %{!ansi:values-Xa.o%s}"
 
 #if defined(HAVE_LD_PIE) && defined(HAVE_SOLARIS_CRTS)
-#define STARTFILE_CRTBEGIN_SPEC "%{static:crtbegin.o%s; \
-				   shared|" PIE_SPEC ":crtbeginS.o%s; \
-				   :crtbegin.o%s}"
+#define STARTFILE_CRTBEGIN_SPEC "%{shared:crtbeginS.o%s} \
+				 %{" PIE_SPEC ":crtbeginS.o%s} \
+				 %{" NO_PIE_SPEC ":crtbegin.o%s}"
 #else
 #define STARTFILE_CRTBEGIN_SPEC	"crtbegin.o%s"
 #endif
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
 #endif
 
 #if defined(HAVE_LD_PIE) && defined(HAVE_SOLARIS_CRTS)
-#define ENDFILE_CRTEND_SPEC "%{static:crtend.o%s; \
-			       shared|" PIE_SPEC ":crtendS.o%s; \
-			       :crtend.o%s}"
+#define ENDFILE_CRTEND_SPEC "%{shared:crtendS.o%s;: \
+			       %{" PIE_SPEC ":crtendS.o%s} \
+			       %{" NO_PIE_SPEC ":crtend.o%s}}"
 #else
 #define ENDFILE_CRTEND_SPEC "crtend.o%s"
 #endif
diff --git a/gcc/gcc.c b/gcc/gcc.c
index e2fae4ef055..91eb0534722 100644
--- a/gcc/gcc.c
+++ b/gcc/gcc.c
@@ -873,7 +873,8 @@ proper position among the other output files.  */
 #endif
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_DEFAULT_PIE
-#define PIE_SPEC		"!no-pie"
+#define NO_PIE_SPEC		"no-pie|static"
+#define PIE_SPEC		NO_PIE_SPEC "|r|shared:;"
 #define NO_FPIE1_SPEC		"fno-pie"
 #define FPIE1_SPEC		NO_FPIE1_SPEC ":;"
 #define NO_FPIE2_SPEC		"fno-PIE"
@@ -894,6 +895,7 @@ proper position among the other output files.  */
 #define FPIE_OR_FPIC_SPEC	NO_FPIE_AND_FPIC_SPEC ":;"
 #else
 #define PIE_SPEC		"pie"
+#define NO_PIE_SPEC		PIE_SPEC "|r|shared:;"
 #define FPIE1_SPEC		"fpie"
 #define NO_FPIE1_SPEC		FPIE1_SPEC ":;"
 #define FPIE2_SPEC		"fPIE"
@@ -922,7 +924,7 @@ proper position among the other output files.  */
 #else
 #define LD_PIE_SPEC ""
 #endif
-#define LINK_PIE_SPEC "%{static|shared|r:;" PIE_SPEC ":" LD_PIE_SPEC "} "
+#define LINK_PIE_SPEC "%{no-pie:} " "%{" PIE_SPEC ":" LD_PIE_SPEC "} "
 #endif
 
 #ifndef LINK_BUILDID_SPEC
@@ -1010,10 +1012,8 @@ proper position among the other output files.  */
 #endif
 
 /* -u* was put back because both BSD and SysV seem to support it.  */
-/* %{static|no-pie:} simply prevents an error message:
-   1. If the target machine doesn't handle -static.
-   2. If PIE isn't enabled by default.
- */
+/* %{static:} simply prevents an error message if the target machine
+   doesn't handle -static.  */
 /* We want %{T*} after %{L*} and %D so that it can be used to specify linker
    scripts which exist in user specified directories, or in standard
    directories.  */
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ proper position among the other output files.  */
    "%{fuse-ld=*:-fuse-ld=%*} " LINK_COMPRESS_DEBUG_SPEC \
    "%X %{o*} %{e*} %{N} %{n} %{r}\
     %{s} %{t} %{u*} %{z} %{Z} %{!nostdlib:%{!nostartfiles:%S}} \
-    %{static|no-pie:} %{L*} %(mfwrap) %(link_libgcc) " \
+    %{static:} %{L*} %(mfwrap) %(link_libgcc) " \
     VTABLE_VERIFICATION_SPEC " " SANITIZER_EARLY_SPEC " %o " CHKP_SPEC " \
     %{fopenacc|fopenmp|%:gt(%{ftree-parallelize-loops=*:%*} 1):\
 	%:include(libgomp.spec)%(link_gomp)}\