diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-stella/patches/stella-01-do_not-use_static_libgcc_libstdc++.patch b/packages/emulation/libretro-stella/patches/stella-01-do_not-use_static_libgcc_libstdc++.patch
index 8e3d447d9f..fd600eb236 100644
--- a/packages/emulation/libretro-stella/patches/stella-01-do_not-use_static_libgcc_libstdc++.patch
+++ b/packages/emulation/libretro-stella/patches/stella-01-do_not-use_static_libgcc_libstdc++.patch
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@ diff --git a/src/libretro/Makefile b/src/libretro/Makefile
 index a170992343..6a828521e5 100644
 --- a/src/os/libretro/Makefile
 +++ b/src/os/libretro/Makefile
-@@ -57,11 +57,10 @@ ifneq ($(GIT_VERSION)," unknown")
+@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     CXXFLAGS += -DGIT_VERSION=\"$(GIT_VERSION)\"
  endif
  
 -GET_STATIC_ARG=$(if $(filter $(shell $(CXX) -print-file-name=$1.a),$1.a),,-static-$1)
  # Unix
  ifneq (,$(findstring unix,$(platform)))
+    GPP_MAJOR := $(shell $(CXX) -dumpversion | cut -d '.' -f 1)
+@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@
+       $(error Unable to determine $(CXX) version)
+    endif
     CXXFLAGS += $(LTO)
 -   LDFLAGS += $(LTO) $(PTHREAD_FLAGS) $(call GET_STATIC_ARG,libgcc) $(call GET_STATIC_ARG,libstdc++)
 +   LDFLAGS += $(LTO) $(PTHREAD_FLAGS)