diff --git a/packages/sysutils/e2fsprogs/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/e2fsprogs/package.mk
index fb477d03d4..46f9eed737 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/e2fsprogs/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/e2fsprogs/package.mk
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="BUILD_CC=$HOST_CC \
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_INIT="$PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET"
 
-pre_configure_target() {
-# e2fsprogs fails to build with LTO support on gcc-4.9
-  strip_lto
-}
-
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/sbin/badblocks
   rm -rf $INSTALL/sbin/blkid
@@ -85,11 +80,6 @@ post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/sbin/mklost+found
 }
 
-pre_configure_init() {
-# e2fsprogs fails to build with LTO support on gcc-4.9
-  strip_lto
-}
-
 makeinstall_init() {
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/sbin
     cp e2fsck/e2fsck $INSTALL/sbin