diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_%.bbappend b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_%.bbappend
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+# TODO: openbmc/openbmc#1407 - Remove with RHEL6 support deprecation.
+LDFLAGS_remove_class-native = " -fuse-ld=bfd"