diff --git a/packages/security/openssl/build b/packages/security/openssl/build
index 8cdb057f2e..4551e39549 100755
--- a/packages/security/openssl/build
+++ b/packages/security/openssl/build
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 $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||"`
-
 export MAKEFLAGS=-j1
 
 case $TARGET_ARCH in