I patch both configure.ac and configure itself (though only configure is required for the build)
Serenity's GCC doesn't support SSP, so this is disabled.
--- a/configure.ac.orig
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -99,22 +99,7 @@
 			[AC_MSG_NOTICE([Not setting $TESTFLAGS]); LDFLAGS="$OLDLDFLAGS" ]
 			)
 	fi # non-static
-	# stack protector. -strong is good but only in gcc 4.9 or later
-	OLDCFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-	TESTFLAGS="-fstack-protector-strong"
-	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $TESTFLAGS"
-	AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([])], 
-	    [AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting $TESTFLAGS])], 
-	    [
-			CFLAGS="$OLDCFLAGS"
-			TESTFLAGS="-fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
-			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $TESTFLAGS"
-			AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([])], 
-			    [AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting $TESTFLAGS])], 
-			    [AC_MSG_NOTICE([Not setting $TESTFLAGS]); CFLAGS="$OLDCFLAGS" ]
-			    )
-	    ]
-	    )
+
 	# FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	DB_TRYADDCFLAGS([-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2])
 
--- a/configure.orig
+++ b/configure
@@ -3357,53 +3357,7 @@
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
 	fi # non-static
-	# stack protector. -strong is good but only in gcc 4.9 or later
-	OLDCFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-	TESTFLAGS="-fstack-protector-strong"
-	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $TESTFLAGS"
-	cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
 
-int
-main ()
-{
-
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Setting $TESTFLAGS" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: Setting $TESTFLAGS" >&6;}
-else
-
-			CFLAGS="$OLDCFLAGS"
-			TESTFLAGS="-fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
-			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $TESTFLAGS"
-			cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Setting $TESTFLAGS" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: Setting $TESTFLAGS" >&6;}
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: Not setting $TESTFLAGS" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: Not setting $TESTFLAGS" >&6;}; CFLAGS="$OLDCFLAGS"
-
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-
-
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
 	# FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	{
 		OLDFLAGS="$CFLAGS"