diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/efivar/efivar_38.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/efivar/efivar_38.bb
index 87a1e665ca..411e951a5a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/efivar/efivar_38.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/efivar/efivar_38.bb
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ inherit pkgconfig
 
 export CCLD_FOR_BUILD = "${BUILD_CCLD}"
 
-# Upstream uses --add-needed in gcc.specs which gold doesn't support, so
-# enforce BFD.
-LDFLAGS += "-fuse-ld=bfd"
-
 do_compile() {
     oe_runmake ERRORS= HOST_CFLAGS="${BUILD_CFLAGS}" HOST_LDFLAGS="${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
 }