diff --git a/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template b/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template
index 56776a1cbcd..41163a482df 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/webkitgtk/template
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ else
 	configure_args+=" --disable-x11-target"
 fi
 
-# Use linker flags to reduce memory consumption
-LDFLAGS="-Wl,--no-keep-memory -Wl,--reduce-memory-overheads"
-
 pre_configure() {
 	libtoolize -f
 }