diff --git a/hooks/install/qa-elf.sh b/hooks/install/qa-elf.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a243b8e909..0000000000
--- a/hooks/install/qa-elf.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
-# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-# found in the LICENSE file.
-
-check_compiler_flags()
-{
-  local binary="$1"
-  local flags=false
-  local fortify=true
-  local stack=true
-  ${readelf} -p .GCC.command.line "${binary}" | \
-  {
-    while read flag ; do
-      flags=true
-      case "${flag}" in
-        *"-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE"*)
-          fortify=false
-          ;;
-        *"-fno-stack-protector"*)
-          stack=false
-          ;;
-      esac
-    done
-    if ! ${flags}; then
-      echo "File not built with -frecord-gcc-switches: ${binary}"
-      return
-    fi
-    ${fortify} || echo "File not built with -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE: ${binary}"
-    ${stack} || echo "File not built with -fstack-protector: ${binary}"
-  }
-}
-
-check_linker_flags()
-{
-  local binary="$1"
-  local pie=false
-  local relro=false
-  local now=false
-  local gold=false
-  ${readelf} -dlSW "${binary}" | \
-  {
-    while read line ; do
-      case "${line}" in
-        *".note.gnu.gold-version"*)
-          gold=true
-          ;;
-        *"Shared object file"*)
-          pie=true
-          ;;
-        *"GNU_RELRO"*)
-          relro=true
-          ;;
-        *"BIND_NOW"*)
-          now=true
-          ;;
-      esac
-    done
-
-    ${pie} || echo "File not PIE: ${binary}"
-    ${relro} || echo "File not built with -Wl,-z,relro: ${binary}"
-    ${now} || echo "File not built with -Wl,-z,now: ${binary}"
-    ${gold} || echo "File not built with gold: ${binary}"
-  }
-}
-
-check_binaries()
-{
-  local CTARGET="${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}"
-  local readelf="${CTARGET}-readelf"
-  local binary
-  scanelf -y -B -F '%F' -R "${D}" | \
-    while read binary ; do
-      case "${binary}" in
-        *.ko)
-          ;;
-        ${D}usr/lib/debug/*)
-          ;;
-        *)
-          check_compiler_flags "${binary}"
-          check_linker_flags "${binary}"
-          ;;
-      esac
-    done
-}
-
-check_binaries
diff --git a/setup_board b/setup_board
index 0a368294df..a29d5d8919 100755
--- a/setup_board
+++ b/setup_board
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ fi
 
 info "Configuring portage in ${BOARD_ROOT}"
 cmds=(
-  "mkdir -p '${BOARD_ROOT}' '${BOARD_PROFILE}' '${BOARD_ETC}/portage/hooks'"
+  "mkdir -p '${BOARD_ROOT}' '${BOARD_PROFILE}'"
   "ROOT='${BOARD_ROOT}' eselect profile set --force '${PORTAGE_PROFILE}'"
 )
 
@@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ cmds+=(
     '${BOARD_ETC}/make.conf.common'"
   "touch '${BOARD_ROOT}/etc/make.conf.user'"
 )
-for d in "${SCRIPTS_DIR}"/hooks/*; do
-  cmds+=( "ln -sfT '${d}' '${BOARD_ROOT}/etc/portage/hooks/${d##*/}'" )
-done
 sudo_multi "${cmds[@]}"
 
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