diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
index 183a1f50375..6fac7dc969d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/R/default.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       CXX=$(type -p g++)
       FC="${gfortran}/bin/gfortran" F77="${gfortran}/bin/gfortran"
       JAVA_HOME="${jdk}"
-      LDFLAGS="-L${gfortran.cc}/lib"
       RANLIB=$(type -p ranlib)
       R_SHELL="${stdenv.shell}"
     )