diff --git a/package/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk b/package/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk
index 9230e3ce1a..6cd0786c3d 100644
--- a/package/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk
+++ b/package/elf2flt/elf2flt.mk
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ HOST_ELF2FLT_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
 	--disable-werror
 
-HOST_ELF2FLT_LIBS = -lz
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_ENABLE_LTO),y)
-HOST_ELF2FLT_LIBS += -ldl
-endif
+HOST_ELF2FLT_LIBS = -lz -ldl
 
 HOST_ELF2FLT_CONF_ENV = LIBS="$(HOST_ELF2FLT_LIBS)"
 
diff --git a/package/gcc/Config.in.host b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
index 20187db6fd..9833ae1336 100644
--- a/package/gcc/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
@@ -130,12 +130,6 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_DLANG
 	  D language and you want D libraries to be installed on your
 	  target system.
 
-config BR2_GCC_ENABLE_LTO
-	bool "Enable compiler link-time-optimization support"
-	help
-	  This option enables link-time optimization (LTO) support in
-	  gcc.
-
 config BR2_GCC_ENABLE_OPENMP
 	bool "Enable compiler OpenMP support"
 	depends on !BR2_PTHREADS_NONE && !BR2_arc && !BR2_microblaze
diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index 114e774503..ec6f3b550a 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-libssp \
 	--disable-multilib \
 	--disable-decimal-float \
+	--enable-plugins \
+	--enable-lto \
 	--with-gmp=$(HOST_DIR) \
 	--with-mpc=$(HOST_DIR) \
 	--with-mpfr=$(HOST_DIR) \
@@ -165,10 +167,6 @@ else
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --enable-tls
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_ENABLE_LTO),y)
-HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --enable-plugins --enable-lto
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PTHREADS_NONE),y)
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--disable-threads \