diff --git a/dev-debug/gdb/gdb-9999.ebuild b/dev-debug/gdb/gdb-9999.ebuild
index cc7c270112cb..35d537e2113e 100644
--- a/dev-debug/gdb/gdb-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-debug/gdb/gdb-9999.ebuild
@@ -270,8 +270,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	# ensure proper compiler is detected for Clang builds: bug #831202
 	export GCC_FOR_TARGET="${CC_FOR_TARGET:-$(tc-getCC)}"
 
-	# XXX: bash for https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/87ecw08tfk.fsf@gentoo.org/
-	CONFIG_SHELL="${BROOT}"/bin/bash econf "${myconf[@]}"
+	econf "${myconf[@]}"
 }
 
 src_test() {