diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabi/template b/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabi/template
index e828ca02c39..234f95c4256 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-arm-linux-gnueabi/template
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ _gcc_build() {
 	fi
 
 	_args="--prefix=/usr"
-	_args+=" --libdir=/usr/lib"
 	_args+=" --libexecdir=/usr/lib"
 	_args+=" --target=${_triplet}"
 	_args+=" --with-sysroot=${_sysroot}"