diff --git a/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.45.9999.ebuild b/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.45.9999.ebuild
index 97ab5db61c07b..e1386793ad98a 100644
--- a/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.45.9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.45.9999.ebuild
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 			# This is applied conditionally for now just out of caution.
 			# It should be okay on non-prefix systems though. See bug #892549.
 			if is_cross || use prefix; then
-				eapply "${FILESDIR}"/binutils-2.43-linker-search-path.patch \
+				eapply "${FILESDIR}"/binutils-2.40-linker-search-path.patch \
 					   "${FILESDIR}"/binutils-2.43-linker-prefix.patch
 			fi
 		fi
diff --git a/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.45.ebuild b/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.45.ebuild
index 4a2eebf6b4f3f..e14a0f59767d8 100644
--- a/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.45.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.45.ebuild
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 			# This is applied conditionally for now just out of caution.
 			# It should be okay on non-prefix systems though. See bug #892549.
 			if is_cross || use prefix; then
-				eapply "${FILESDIR}"/binutils-2.43-linker-search-path.patch \
+				eapply "${FILESDIR}"/binutils-2.40-linker-search-path.patch \
 					   "${FILESDIR}"/binutils-2.43-linker-prefix.patch
 			fi
 		fi
diff --git a/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-9999.ebuild b/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-9999.ebuild
index 97ab5db61c07b..e1386793ad98a 100644
--- a/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-9999.ebuild
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 			# This is applied conditionally for now just out of caution.
 			# It should be okay on non-prefix systems though. See bug #892549.
 			if is_cross || use prefix; then
-				eapply "${FILESDIR}"/binutils-2.43-linker-search-path.patch \
+				eapply "${FILESDIR}"/binutils-2.40-linker-search-path.patch \
 					   "${FILESDIR}"/binutils-2.43-linker-prefix.patch
 			fi
 		fi