diff --git a/make/gcc_target.mk b/make/gcc_target.mk
index f02b7b92f8..a3ed649b70 100644
--- a/make/gcc_target.mk
+++ b/make/gcc_target.mk
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ $(BINUTILS_DIR2)/.configured:
 		--mandir=/usr/man \
 		--infodir=/usr/info \
 		--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++ \
-		--disable-shared $(MULTILIB) \
-		--enable-targets=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) );
+		--disable-shared $(MULTILIB) );
 	touch $(BINUTILS_DIR2)/.configured
 
 $(BINUTILS_DIR2)/binutils/objdump: $(BINUTILS_DIR2)/.configured
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ $(GCC_BUILD_DIR3)/.configured: $(GCC_BUILD_DIR3)/.gcc_build_hacks
 		--localstatedir=/var \
 		--mandir=/usr/man \
 		--infodir=/usr/info \
-		--disable-shared $(MULTILIB) \
+		--enable-shared $(MULTILIB) \
 		--enable-target-optspace --disable-nls --with-gnu-ld \
 		--enable-languages=$(TARGET_LANGUAGES) --disable-__cxa_atexit );
 	touch $(GCC_BUILD_DIR3)/.configured
diff --git a/make/uclibc_toolchain.mk b/make/uclibc_toolchain.mk
index 7e37cf387a..fc0f83f7c4 100644
--- a/make/uclibc_toolchain.mk
+++ b/make/uclibc_toolchain.mk
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ $(GCC_BUILD_DIR2)/.configured: $(GCC_DIR)/.g++_build_hacks
 		--with-local-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/local \
 		--oldincludedir=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include $(MULTILIB) \
 		--enable-target-optspace --disable-nls --with-gnu-ld \
-		--disable-shared --enable-languages=$(TARGET_LANGUAGES) --disable-__cxa_atexit \
+		--enable-shared --enable-languages=$(TARGET_LANGUAGES) --disable-__cxa_atexit \
 		--program-prefix=$(ARCH)-uclibc-);
 	touch $(GCC_BUILD_DIR2)/.configured