diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7050345b08..f91ae3b14a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     # Set default flags for Release build.
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-Wall -O2 -DNDEBUG ")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-Wall -O2 -DNDEBUG")
-    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "-s -static-libgcc")
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "-s")
 
     # Set default flags for Debug build.
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-Wall -g3 -ggdb3 -DDEBUG")