diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 6593d8f19c..c02476a68c 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ strip_lto() {
 strip_gold() {
   # strip out usage from GOLD linker
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-ld=gold||g"`
-  TARGET_LDFLAGS=echo $TARGET_LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-ld=gold||g"`
+  TARGET_LDFLAGS=`echo $TARGET_LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-ld=gold||g"`
 }
 
 fix_module_depends() {