diff --git a/srcpkgs/golangci-lint/template b/srcpkgs/golangci-lint/template
index 199642ac150..726a0315e05 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/golangci-lint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/golangci-lint/template
@@ -12,17 +12,6 @@ homepage="https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint"
 distfiles="https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=71739de1aa88defc6f08c7e5118705069fee51f4fcf303cb9b7a39215ef0c56d
 
-# XXX: LDFLAGS="-fuse-ld=bfd" does no longer work when cross compiling
-# 'go build runtime/cgo: invalid flag in go:cgo_ldflag: -fuse-ld=bfd'
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc*)	# @q66 : ppc64le does not (yet?) support the internal linker
-		LDFLAGS="-fuse-ld=bfd"
-		;;
-	*)	# other targets can use go's internal linker
-		go_ldflags=" -linkmode internal"
-		;;
-esac
-
 post_install() {
 	vdoc README.md
 }