diff --git a/sys-libs/glu/glu-9.0.0.recipe b/sys-libs/glu/glu-9.0.0.recipe
index 598cf03c1..ca58ed698 100644
--- a/sys-libs/glu/glu-9.0.0.recipe
+++ b/sys-libs/glu/glu-9.0.0.recipe
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ INSTALL()
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libGLU
 	fixPkgconfig
 
-	# Remove the additional LDFLAGS from libGLU.la
-	sed -i "s,^dependency_libs=.*,dependency_libs=' -lGL'," \
-		$developLibDir/libGLU.la
-
 	# devel package
 	packageEntries devel \
 		$developDir