diff --git a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
index 45df971071..24eb168894 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
+++ b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC),)
 ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += musl-fts argp-standalone
-ELFUTILS_LDFLAGS += -lfts
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)