diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
index 2feeed6214..e752ed6e21 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qt5.inc
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ do_configure() {
     set_arch
     set_endian
 
-    # Avoid problems with the linkers, since we want the linker to be g++
-    unset LD
-
     # Similar logic is in autotools.bbclass
     if [ -d ${B} -a "${S}" != "${B}" ] ; then
         # Existing separate build directory, exists, remove
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
index 6791c7f1ff..bb4ab98628 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase-native.inc
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ do_configure_prepend() {
         rm -rf "${B}/*"
     fi  
 
-    # Avoid setting QMAKE_LINK from LD (since we want the linker to be g++)
-    unset LD
-
     (echo o; echo yes) | ${S}/configure ${EXTRA_OECONF} || die "Configuring qt failed. EXTRA_OECONF was ${EXTRA_OECONF}"
     bin/qmake ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} ${S} -o Makefile || die "Configuring qt with qmake failed. EXTRA_OECONF was ${EXTRA_OECONF}"
 }
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
index 80199a267e..64de60bb15 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtbase.inc
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ do_configure() {
     set_arch
     set_endian
 
-    # Avoid problems with the linkers, since we want the linker to be g++
-    unset LD
-
     # Similar logic is in autotools.bbclass
     if [ -d ${B} -a "${S}" != "${B}" ] ; then
         # Existing separate build directory, exists, remove
diff --git a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc
index 57f017dafe..3db013501e 100644
--- a/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-qt/qt5/qtjsbackend-native.inc
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ do_configure() {
         rm -rf "${B}/*"
     fi
 
-    # Avoid setting QMAKE_LINK from LD (since we want the linker to be g++)
-    unset LD
-
     ${OE_QMAKE_QMAKE} ${OE_QMAKE_DEBUG_OUTPUT} -r ${S}
 }