diff --git a/packages/sysutils/udev/build b/packages/sysutils/udev/build
index 72229348b4..f7fbd710d6 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/udev/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/udev/build
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ $SCRIPTS/build pciutils
 $SCRIPTS/build usbutils
 $SCRIPTS/build libusb-compat
 
-# Fails to compile with GCC's link time optimization (appears to be libtool related).
+# Fails to compile with GCC's link time optimization.
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
-  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||" -e "s|-fwhole-program||"`
+  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 $AUTORECONF