diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-runtime_4.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-runtime_4.5.bb
index 1571601915..aaa48b5293 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-runtime_4.5.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-runtime_4.5.bb
@@ -9,8 +9,3 @@ SRC_URI_append = "file://fortran-cross-compile-hack.patch"
 ARCH_FLAGS_FOR_TARGET += "-isystem${STAGING_INCDIR}"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-libunwind-exceptions"
-
-# gcc 4.5 ends up in ICE when using -feliminate-dwarf2-dups in libstdc++
-# compiling pre compiled headers so we remove this option when compiling 
-# to workaround it
-CXXFLAGS := "${@oe_filter_out('-feliminate-dwarf2-dups', '${CXXFLAGS}', d)}"