diff --git a/packages/network/dropbear/build b/packages/network/dropbear/build
index 33c7494ea4..df29801d6e 100755
--- a/packages/network/dropbear/build
+++ b/packages/network/dropbear/build
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 $SCRIPTS/build zlib
 
+# Suffers from bug 42453 <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42453>.
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
+  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \