diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
index f83dc71d82..36bd367574 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ mkdir -p objdir && cd objdir
              --with-mpfr=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --with-ppl=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --with-cloog=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
-             --with-libelf=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --disable-werror \
              --disable-multilib \
              --disable-libada \
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/meta b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/meta
index a2d6891ff2..4095f00143 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/meta
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/binutils.html"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 #PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache bison flex linux-headers gmp-host mpfr cloog ppl libelf"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache bison flex linux-headers gmp-host mpfr cloog ppl"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="binutils: A GNU collection of binary utilities"