diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build
index f0fb204c34..509fec906f 100755
--- a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ else
   BUSYBOX_CFG_FILE=$ROOT/$PKG_DIR/config/$1.conf
 fi
 
-# busybox fails building with LTO support on gcc-4.6
-  strip_lto
-
 # optimize for size
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Ofast|-Os|"`
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O.|-Os|"`