diff --git a/packages/debug/gdb/build b/packages/debug/gdb/build
index 9d327b9b5f..07538f79ea 100755
--- a/packages/debug/gdb/build
+++ b/packages/debug/gdb/build
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ cd objdir
 ../configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
              --build=$HOST_NAME \
              --prefix=/usr \
-             --with-sysroot=$SYSROOT_PREFIX \
              --disable-nls \
              --disable-sim \
              --without-x \
              --enable-tui \
              --disable-libada \
 
+#             --with-sysroot=$SYSROOT_PREFIX \
+
 make #LDFLAGS=-static