diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 035c07ba46..4270094400 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -170,11 +170,6 @@ strip_lto() {
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||g"`
 }
 
-strip_linker_plugin() {
-  # strip out usage from linker plugin
-  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||g"`
-}
-
 strip_gold() {
   # strip out usage from GOLD linker
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-ld=gold||g"`