diff --git a/package/binutils/Config.in.host b/package/binutils/Config.in.host
index ef1b2a94db..5bdda25faf 100644
--- a/package/binutils/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/binutils/Config.in.host
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ config BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION
 	default "2.37"		if BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_37_X
 	default "2.38"		if BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_38_X
 
-config BR2_BINUTILS_ENABLE_LTO
-	bool
-
 config BR2_BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS
 	string "Additional binutils options"
 	default ""
diff --git a/package/binutils/binutils.mk b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
index c94ebe0995..6362cb1641 100644
--- a/package/binutils/binutils.mk
+++ b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ HOST_BINUTILS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-sysroot=$(STAGING_DIR) \
 	--enable-poison-system-directories \
 	--without-debuginfod \
+	--enable-plugins \
+	--enable-lto \
 	$(BINUTILS_DISABLE_GDB_CONF_OPTS) \
 	$(BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS)
 
@@ -120,10 +122,6 @@ HOST_BINUTILS_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS += BINUTILS_XTENSA_OVERLAY_EXTRACT
 HOST_BINUTILS_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS += $(ARCH_XTENSA_OVERLAY_URL)
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_BINUTILS_ENABLE_LTO),y)
-HOST_BINUTILS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-plugins --enable-lto
-endif
-
 # Hardlinks between binaries in different directories cause a problem
 # with rpath fixup, so we de-hardlink those binaries, and replace them
 # with copies instead.
diff --git a/package/gcc/Config.in.host b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
index a7e237c3f7..20187db6fd 100644
--- a/package/gcc/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_DLANG
 
 config BR2_GCC_ENABLE_LTO
 	bool "Enable compiler link-time-optimization support"
-	select BR2_BINUTILS_ENABLE_LTO
 	help
 	  This option enables link-time optimization (LTO) support in
 	  gcc.