diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross-canadian.inc b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross-canadian.inc
index 8298fe3..dd485b6 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross-canadian.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/go/go-cross-canadian.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 export GOTOOLDIR_BOOTSTRAP = "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/${HOST_SYS}/go/pkg/tool/${BUILD_GOTUPLE}"
 export CGO_CFLAGS = "${CFLAGS}"
 export CGO_LDFLAGS = "${LDFLAGS}"
-export GO_LDFLAGS = '-linkmode external -extld ${HOST_PREFIX}gcc -extldflags "--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_HOST} ${SECURITY_NOPIE_CFLAGS} ${HOST_CC_ARCH} ${LDFLAGS}"'
+export GO_LDFLAGS = '-extld ${HOST_PREFIX}gcc -extldflags "--sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_HOST} ${SECURITY_NOPIE_CFLAGS} ${HOST_CC_ARCH} ${LDFLAGS}"'
 
 do_configure[noexec] = "1"