diff --git a/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass b/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass
index 4559894ca04a2..8fef764ad5973 100644
--- a/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass
+++ b/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass
@@ -534,10 +534,9 @@ tc-ld-force-bfd() {
 	ewarn "Forcing usage of the BFD linker"
 
 	# Set up LD to point directly to bfd if it's available.
-	local ld=$(tc-getLD "$@")
-	# We need to extract the first word in case there are flags appended
-	# to its value (like multilib), bug #545218.
-	local bfd_ld="${ld%% *}.bfd"
+	# Unset LD first so we get the default value from tc-getLD.
+	local ld=$(unset LD; tc-getLD "$@")
+	local bfd_ld="${ld}.bfd"
 	local path_ld=$(type -P "${bfd_ld}" 2>/dev/null)
 	[[ -e ${path_ld} ]] && export LD=${bfd_ld}
 
diff --git a/sys-libs/db/db-4.8.30-r8.ebuild b/sys-libs/db/db-4.8.30-r8.ebuild
index f5906a0c970e8..7d3883eeb3603 100644
--- a/sys-libs/db/db-4.8.30-r8.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/db/db-4.8.30-r8.ebuild
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ src_prepare() {
 		-i configure || die
 }
 
+src_configure() {
+	# Force bfd before calling multilib_toolchain_setup
+	tc-ld-force-bfd #470634 #729510
+	multilib-minimal_src_configure
+}
+
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local myconf=(
 		--enable-compat185
@@ -93,9 +99,6 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable test)
 	)
 
-	# bug #470634 and bug #729510
-	tc-ld-force-bfd
-
 	# compilation with -O0 fails on amd64, see bug #171231
 	if [[ ${ABI} == amd64 ]]; then
 		local CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS}
diff --git a/sys-libs/db/db-5.3.28-r9.ebuild b/sys-libs/db/db-5.3.28-r9.ebuild
index 1d029d38e96b4..a86fe5ad0d1f8 100644
--- a/sys-libs/db/db-5.3.28-r9.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/db/db-5.3.28-r9.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
-inherit autotools db flag-o-matic multilib multilib-minimal toolchain-funcs
+inherit autotools db flag-o-matic multilib-minimal toolchain-funcs
 
 #Number of official patches
 #PATCHNO=`echo ${PV}|sed -e "s,\(.*_p\)\([0-9]*\),\2,"`
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="Oracle Berkeley DB"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/berkeleydb/overview/index.html"
 SRC_URI="http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
 for (( i=1 ; i<=${PATCHNO} ; i++ )) ; do
-	export SRC_URI="${SRC_URI} http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/berkeley-db/db/update/${MY_PV}/patch.${MY_PV}.${i}"
+	SRC_URI+=" http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/berkeley-db/db/update/${MY_PV}/patch.${MY_PV}.${i}"
 done
 
 LICENSE="Sleepycat"
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ src_prepare() {
 		-i "${S_BASE}"/test/tcl/reputils.tcl || die
 }
 
+src_configure() {
+	# Force bfd before calling multilib_toolchain_setup
+	tc-ld-force-bfd #470634 #729510
+	multilib-minimal_src_configure
+}
+
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local myconf=(
 		# sql_compat will cause a collision with sqlite3
@@ -132,8 +138,6 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable test)
 	)
 
-	tc-ld-force-bfd #470634 #729510
-
 	# compilation with -O0 fails on amd64, see bug #171231
 	if [[ ${ABI} == amd64 ]]; then
 		local CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
diff --git a/sys-libs/db/db-6.0.35-r4.ebuild b/sys-libs/db/db-6.0.35-r4.ebuild
index 20268a5c99966..422b7e8188a81 100644
--- a/sys-libs/db/db-6.0.35-r4.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/db/db-6.0.35-r4.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
-inherit autotools db flag-o-matic multilib multilib-minimal toolchain-funcs
+inherit autotools db flag-o-matic multilib-minimal toolchain-funcs
 
 #Number of official patches
 #PATCHNO=`echo ${PV}|sed -e "s,\(.*_p\)\([0-9]*\),\2,"`
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="Oracle Berkeley DB"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/berkeleydb/overview/index.html"
 SRC_URI="http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
 for (( i=1 ; i<=${PATCHNO} ; i++ )) ; do
-	export SRC_URI="${SRC_URI} http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/berkeley-db/db/update/${MY_PV}/patch.${MY_PV}.${i}"
+	SRC_URI+=" http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/berkeley-db/db/update/${MY_PV}/patch.${MY_PV}.${i}"
 done
 
 LICENSE="AGPL-3"
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ src_prepare() {
 		-i "${S_BASE}"/test/tcl/reputils.tcl || die
 }
 
+src_configure() {
+	# Force bfd before calling multilib_toolchain_setup
+	tc-ld-force-bfd #470634 #729510
+	multilib-minimal_src_configure
+}
+
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local myconf=(
 		--enable-compat185
@@ -121,8 +127,6 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable test)
 	)
 
-	tc-ld-force-bfd #470634 #729510
-
 	# compilation with -O0 fails on amd64, see bug #171231
 	if [[ ${ABI} == amd64 ]]; then
 		local CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS}