diff --git a/sys-libs/efivar/efivar-39-r1.ebuild b/sys-libs/efivar/efivar-39-r1.ebuild
index 68dbf69df601d..b3ccf47c6b889 100644
--- a/sys-libs/efivar/efivar-39-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/efivar/efivar-39-r1.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
-	tc-ld-force-bfd
 	tc-export_build_env
 
 	unset CROSS_COMPILE