diff --git a/packages/addons/shell/texteditor/nano/build b/packages/addons/shell/texteditor/nano/build
index 2a2f476698..367b6db1d2 100755
--- a/packages/addons/shell/texteditor/nano/build
+++ b/packages/addons/shell/texteditor/nano/build
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 # nano fails to build with GOLD linker
   strip_gold
 
+LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`
 LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ltinfo"
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD