diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5f71148535..54a5b7b6e6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ TARGET_DIR:=$(BASE_DIR)/target
 
 # define values for prepatched source trees for toolchains
 VENDOR_SITE:=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_VENDOR_SITE))
-VENDOR_SUFFIX:=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_VENDOR_SUFFIX))
 VENDOR_BINUTILS_RELEASE:=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_VENDOR_BINUTILS_RELEASE))
 VENDOR_GCC_RELEASE:=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_VENDOR_GCC_RELEASE))
 VENDOR_UCLIBC_RELEASE:=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_VENDOR_UCLIBC_RELEASE))
diff --git a/toolchain/gdb/gdb.mk b/toolchain/gdb/gdb.mk
index bdefd099a3..02da1527e7 100644
--- a/toolchain/gdb/gdb.mk
+++ b/toolchain/gdb/gdb.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ######################################################################
 GDB_VERSION:=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_GDB_VERSION))
 
-GDB_OFFICIAL_VERSION:=$(GDB_VERSION)$(VENDOR_SUFFIX)$(VENDOR_GDB_RELEASE)
+GDB_OFFICIAL_VERSION:=$(GDB_VERSION)$(VENDOR_GDB_RELEASE)
 
 GDB_SOURCE:=gdb-$(GDB_OFFICIAL_VERSION).tar.bz2
 GDB_CAT:=$(BZCAT)