diff --git a/sys-libs/binutils-libs/binutils-libs-2.44-r1.ebuild b/sys-libs/binutils-libs/binutils-libs-2.44-r1.ebuild
index c1b0d5301feac..990df14b5832f 100644
--- a/sys-libs/binutils-libs/binutils-libs-2.44-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/binutils-libs/binutils-libs-2.44-r1.ebuild
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ pkgversion() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
-	use static-libs && lto-guarantee-fat
+	lto-guarantee-fat
 	multilib-minimal_src_configure
 }
 
diff --git a/sys-libs/binutils-libs/binutils-libs-9999.ebuild b/sys-libs/binutils-libs/binutils-libs-9999.ebuild
index d9210a6401ad8..9b8bfbc90fc9a 100644
--- a/sys-libs/binutils-libs/binutils-libs-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/binutils-libs/binutils-libs-9999.ebuild
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ pkgversion() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
-	use static-libs && lto-guarantee-fat
+	lto-guarantee-fat
 	multilib-minimal_src_configure
 }