diff --git a/templates/gcc.tmpl b/templates/gcc.tmpl
index 4319a57fead..5a0a17cae70 100644
--- a/templates/gcc.tmpl
+++ b/templates/gcc.tmpl
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ checksum=bfbf487731ad5dca37efe480a837417de071bd67e685d5c1df6a290707575165
 long_desc="
  The GNU C Compiler suite, with support for C, C++, Fortran, ObjC."
 
-ignore_files="libiberty.a"
 build_depends="mpfr-2.3.2 binutils-2.18"