diff --git a/package/gdal/Config.in b/package/gdal/Config.in
index 24a1f06af2..839a1bd7ea 100644
--- a/package/gdal/Config.in
+++ b/package/gdal/Config.in
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GDAL
 	# configure can't find proj, when linking statically
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 # C++11, proj
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_BINUTILS_BUG_27597
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # proj
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # proj
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GIFLIB
@@ -26,9 +25,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GDAL
 
 	  https://gdal.org/
 
-comment "gdal needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.7, not binutils bug 27597, threads, wchar"
+comment "gdal needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.7, threads, wchar"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 || \
-		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_BINUTILS_BUG_27597 || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR