diff --git a/utils/genrandconfig b/utils/genrandconfig
index b838dda34d..0889be0d43 100755
--- a/utils/genrandconfig
+++ b/utils/genrandconfig
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import os
 from random import randint
 import sys
 import traceback
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
-import platform
 
 
 class SystemInfo:
@@ -166,23 +164,6 @@ async def is_toolchain_usable(configfile, config):
             print("      Missing: %s" % toolchainline.strip(), file=sys.stderr)
             return False
 
-    # The latest Linaro toolchains on x86-64 hosts requires glibc
-    # 2.14+ on the host.
-    if platform.machine() == 'x86_64':
-        if 'BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LINARO_ARM=y\n' in configlines or \
-           'BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LINARO_AARCH64=y\n' in configlines or \
-           'BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LINARO_AARCH64_BE=y\n' in configlines or \
-           'BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LINARO_ARMEB=y\n' in configlines:
-            proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
-                'ldd', '--version', stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE)
-            ldd_version_output, _ = await proc.communicate()
-            if proc.returncode:
-                return False
-            glibc_version = ldd_version_output.decode().splitlines()[0].split()[-1]
-            if StrictVersion('2.14') > StrictVersion(glibc_version):
-                print("WARN: ignoring the Linaro ARM toolchains because too old host glibc", file=sys.stderr)
-                return False
-
     return True