diff --git a/package/gcc/Config.in.host b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
index 1b191282d0..0836f9f640 100644
--- a/package/gcc/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
@@ -105,14 +105,6 @@ config BR2_INSTALL_FORTRAN
 	  Note that it is highly recommended NOT to use gfortran
 	  from gcc older than 4.2.0
 
-config BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC
-	bool "Build/install a shared libgcc?"
-	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
-	default y
-	depends on !BR2_sparc
-	help
-	  Build/install a shared libgcc library
-
 config BR2_GCC_ENABLE_TLS
 	bool "Enable compiler tls support" if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_UCLIBC
 	default y
diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk b/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
index f99f1a3789..0db2eaa6dd 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ else
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPT += --disable-libgomp
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC),y)
-HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPT += --enable-shared
-else
-HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPT += --disable-shared
-endif
-
 # End with user-provided options, so that they can override previously
 # defined options.
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_CONF_OPT += \
@@ -99,7 +93,6 @@ HOST_GCC_FINAL_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_GCC_FINAL_CREATE_SIMPLE_SYMLINKS
 # Cannot use the HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS mechanism below, because we want
 # libgcc_s to be installed in /lib and not /usr/lib. We add +x on
 # libgcc_s to ensure it will be stripped.
-ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC),y)
 define HOST_GCC_FINAL_INSTALL_LIBGCC
 	-cp -dpf $(HOST_DIR)/usr/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/lib*/libgcc_s* \
 		$(STAGING_DIR)/lib/
@@ -109,12 +102,11 @@ define HOST_GCC_FINAL_INSTALL_LIBGCC
 endef
 
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_GCC_FINAL_INSTALL_LIBGCC
-endif
 
 # Handle the installation of libraries in /usr/lib
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS =
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC)$(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),yy)
+ifeq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS += libstdc++
 endif
 
diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index d38629d15e..8bd65fcd58 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ endef
 # Apply patches
 #
 
-ifeq ($(ARCH)-$(BR2_GCC_SHARED_LIBGCC),powerpc-y)
+ifeq ($(ARCH),powerpc)
 ifneq ($(BR2_SOFT_FLOAT),)
 define HOST_GCC_APPLY_POWERPC_PATCH
 	support/scripts/apply-patches.sh $(@D) package/gcc/$(GCC_VERSION) powerpc-link-with-math-lib.patch.conditional