diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/log4cplus/log4cplus_2.0.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/log4cplus/log4cplus_2.0.4.bb
index b396cabf3f..566de28535 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/log4cplus/log4cplus_2.0.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/log4cplus/log4cplus_2.0.4.bb
@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "log4cplus-stable/(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)/"
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
-
-CXXFLAGS += "-fuse-ld=gold"