diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 14481f6770..949d768384 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -149,7 +149,5 @@ strip_gold() {
 
 strip_linker_plugin() {
   # strip out usage from linker plugin
-  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
-  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
 }