diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/build b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/build
index c135c90d60..cee730da0d 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/build
+++ b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/build
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ mkdir -p objdir-$1 && cd objdir-$1
              --with-ppl=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --disable-ppl-version-check \
              --with-cloog=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
-             --with-libelf=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --with-gnu-as \
              --with-gnu-ld \
              --enable-languages=c \
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/meta b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/meta
index b809d498c8..e1aea0b6cd 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/lang/gcc-core/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://gcc.gnu.org/"
 PKG_URL=""
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache autoconf-2.64 binutils gmp-host mpfr mpc cloog ppl libelf"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache autoconf-2.64 binutils gmp-host mpfr mpc cloog ppl"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/lang"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="gcc: The GNU Compiler Collection Version 4 (aka GNU C Compiler)"