diff --git a/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-21.12.ebuild b/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-21.12.ebuild
index 3672570cf101b..7c343d581c797 100644
--- a/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-21.12.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/protobuf/protobuf-21.12.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 2008-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2008-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit cmake-multilib elisp-common toolchain-funcs
+inherit cmake-multilib elisp-common
 
 if [[ "${PV}" == *9999 ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
@@ -40,15 +40,6 @@ PATCHES=(
 
 DOCS=( CONTRIBUTORS.txt README.md )
 
-src_configure() {
-	if tc-ld-is-gold; then
-		# https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24527
-		tc-ld-disable-gold
-	fi
-
-	cmake-multilib_src_configure
-}
-
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-Dprotobuf_DISABLE_RTTI=ON