diff --git a/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4 b/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4
index ab1dcbc3c82..58dba26e558 100644
--- a/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4
+++ b/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #
 
 # ===========================================================================
-# (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2019, 2019 All Rights Reserved
+# (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2019, 2024 All Rights Reserved
 # ===========================================================================
 
 AC_DEFUN([FLAGS_SETUP_LDFLAGS],
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([FLAGS_SETUP_LDFLAGS_HELPER],
     LDFLAGS_CXX_PARTIAL_LINKING="$MACHINE_FLAG -r"
 
     if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xaix; then
-      BASIC_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-b64 -Wl,-brtl -Wl,-bnorwexec -Wl,-bnolibpath -Wl,-bnoexpall \
+      BASIC_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-b64 -Wl,-brtl -Wl,-bnolibpath -Wl,-bnoexpall \
         -Wl,-bernotok -Wl,-bdatapsize:64k -Wl,-btextpsize:64k -Wl,-bstackpsize:64k"
       BASIC_LDFLAGS_JVM_ONLY="$BASIC_LDFLAGS_JVM_ONLY -Wl,-lC_r -Wl,-bbigtoc"
     fi