diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross-canadian.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross-canadian.inc
index 8298fe31be..dd485b6799 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross-canadian.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross-canadian.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP = "-fdebug-prefix-map=${WORKDIR}=${TARGET_DBGSRC_DIR} \
 export GOTOOLDIR_BOOTSTRAP = "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/${HOST_SYS}/go/pkg/tool/${BUILD_GOTUPLE}"
 export CGO_CFLAGS = "${CFLAGS}"
 export CGO_LDFLAGS = "${LDFLAGS}"
-export GO_LDFLAGS = '-linkmode external -extld ${HOST_PREFIX}gcc -extldflags "--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_HOST} ${SECURITY_NOPIE_CFLAGS} ${HOST_CC_ARCH} ${LDFLAGS}"'
+export GO_LDFLAGS = '-extld ${HOST_PREFIX}gcc -extldflags "--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_HOST} ${SECURITY_NOPIE_CFLAGS} ${HOST_CC_ARCH} ${LDFLAGS}"'
 
 do_configure[noexec] = "1"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-target.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-target.inc
index a4b55ad3d8..981c7abd31 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-target.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-target.inc
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ export CGO_CXXFLAGS = "${CXXFLAGS}"
 export CGO_LDFLAGS = "${@ ' '.join(filter(lambda f: not f.startswith('-fdebug-prefix-map'), d.getVar('LDFLAGS').split())) }"
 
 export GOCACHE = "${B}/.cache"
-GO_LDFLAGS = ""
-GO_LDFLAGS:class-nativesdk = " -linkmode external"
-export GO_LDFLAGS
+export GO_LDFLAGS = ""
 export GOBUILDFLAGS = "-gcflags=-trimpath=$GOPATH -asmflags=-trimpath=$GOPATH -trimpath"
 CC:append:class-nativesdk = " ${SECURITY_NOPIE_CFLAGS}"