diff --git a/build_library/build_image_util.sh b/build_library/build_image_util.sh
index b6d92823bc..409693268b 100755
--- a/build_library/build_image_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/build_image_util.sh
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ emerge_to_image() {
   # Make sure profile.env has been generated
   sudo -E ROOT="${root_fs_dir}" env-update --no-ldconfig
 
-  fixup_gcc_config_softlinks "${root_fs_dir}"
-
   # TODO(marineam): just call ${BUILD_LIBRARY_DIR}/check_root directly once
   # all tests are fatal, for now let the old function skip soname errors.
   ROOT="${root_fs_dir}" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="${BUILD_DIR}"/configroot \
diff --git a/build_packages b/build_packages
index 9614a20dfb..aaf7158596 100755
--- a/build_packages
+++ b/build_packages
@@ -295,8 +295,6 @@ fi
 
 eclean-$BOARD -d packages
 
-fixup_gcc_config_softlinks "${BOARD_ROOT}"
-
 info "Checking build root"
 test_image_content "${BOARD_ROOT}"
 
diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index 2d7013ea7a..d98d08ee37 100644
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -975,38 +975,3 @@ clean_qemu_static() {
     *) die "Unsupported arch" ;;
   esac
 }
-
-# Fix up various softlinks created by gcc-config
-fixup_gcc_config_softlinks() {
-    # root without trailing slashes, for / it will be empty
-    local root="${1%%*(/)}"
-
-    info "fixup_gcc_config_softlinks: Looking for broken softlinks in '${root}/'"
-
-    (
-        shopt -s nullglob
-        local files=(
-            "${root}"/usr/*/binutils-bin/lib/bfd-plugins/liblto_plugin.so
-            "${root}"/usr/*/*/binutils-bin/lib/bfd-plugins/liblto_plugin.so
-            "${root}"/usr/bin/*-cc
-        )
-        local file
-        local target
-        local new_target
-        for file in "${files[@]}"; do
-            if [[ ! -L "${file}" ]]; then
-                # not a symlink, ignore
-                continue
-            fi
-            target=$(readlink "${file}")
-            new_target=${target/#${root}}
-            if [[ "${target}" == "${new_target}" ]]; then
-                # nothing to fix, ignore
-                continue
-            fi
-            info "   Fixing up broken symlink '${file}' -> '${target}'"
-            info "   sudo ln -sf '${new_target}' '${file}'"
-            sudo ln -sf "${new_target}" "${file}"
-        done
-    )
-}