diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index 0fb73c927f..5646b6652b 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@ HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_ENV = \
 GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CXXFLAGS = $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)
 
-# Xtensa libgcc can't be built with -mauto-litpools
-# because of the trick used to generate .init/.fini sections.
-ifeq ($(BR2_xtensa),y)
-GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CFLAGS = $(filter-out -mauto-litpools,$(TARGET_CFLAGS))
-GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CXXFLAGS = $(filter-out -mauto-litpools,$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS))
-endif
-
 # Propagate options used for target software building to GCC target libs
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="$(GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CFLAGS)"
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_ENV += CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET="$(GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CXXFLAGS)"