diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/backend/backend.factor b/basis/tools/deploy/backend/backend.factor
index bd58c7505b..fe8049e9e3 100644
--- a/basis/tools/deploy/backend/backend.factor
+++ b/basis/tools/deploy/backend/backend.factor
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ DEFER: ?make-staging-image
         "-output-image=" over staging-image-name append ,
         "-include=" swap " " join append ,
         "-no-user-init" ,
+        "-pic=0" ,
     ] { } make ;
 
 : run-factor ( vm flags -- )
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ DEFER: ?make-staging-image
             [ "-deploy-vocab=" prepend , ]
             [ make-deploy-config "-deploy-config=" prepend , ] bi
             "-output-image=" prepend ,
+            "-pic=0" ,
         ] { } make
     ] bind ;
 
diff --git a/extra/hello-ui/deploy.factor b/extra/hello-ui/deploy.factor
index 13d4dba8f1..ceff9857cb 100644
--- a/extra/hello-ui/deploy.factor
+++ b/extra/hello-ui/deploy.factor
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ H{
     { deploy-unicode? f }
     { "stop-after-last-window?" t }
     { deploy-io 1 }
-    { deploy-reflection 2 }
+    { deploy-reflection 1 }
     { deploy-word-props? f }
     { deploy-math? t }
     { deploy-threads? t }