diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/build b/packages/lang/Python/build
index b864060bb9..eb9bee4189 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/build
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/build
@@ -40,10 +40,9 @@ make distclean
 
 setup_toolchain target
 
-# Python fails to compile with GCC 4.5.0's link time optimization.
-  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||" -e "s|-fwhole-program||"`
-  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | 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||" -e "s|-fwhole-program||"`
+# 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||"`
 
 ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=no \
 ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no \