diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libunwind/libunwind.inc b/meta/recipes-support/libunwind/libunwind.inc
index 1c342d3922..e4ae8df278 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libunwind/libunwind.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libunwind/libunwind.inc
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@ ATOMICOPS_armv5 = "-DAO_USE_PTHREAD_DEFS=1"
 ATOMICOPS_armv4 = "-DAO_USE_PTHREAD_DEFS=1"
 ATOMICOPS ?= ""
 
-LDFLAGS_append_x86 = " -fuse-ld=gold"
-LDFLAGS_append_x86-64 = " -fuse-ld=gold"
-
-LDFLAGS_append_arm = " -fuse-ld=gold"
-LDFLAGS_append_aarch64 = " -fuse-ld=gold"
-
-LDFLAGS_append_powerpc = " -fuse-ld=gold -mbss-plt"
-LDFLAGS_append_powerpc64 = " -fuse-ld=gold -mbss-plt"
-
 SECURITY_LDFLAGS_append_libc-musl = " -lssp_nonshared -lssp"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"