diff --git a/package/base-files/Makefile b/package/base-files/Makefile
index 23152c11d..5e51b7e65 100644
--- a/package/base-files/Makefile
+++ b/package/base-files/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endef
 define Package/libgcc
  SECTION:=libs
  CATEGORY:=Libraries
- DEFAULT:=m, y if GCC_VERSION_4_0_2 || GCC_VERSION_4_0_3 || GCC_VERSION_4_1_0
+ DEFAULT:=y
  TITLE:=GCC support library
  VERSION:=$(LIBGCC_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE)
  DESCRIPTION:=$(TITLE)
diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/3.4.4/static-libgcc.patch.conditional b/toolchain/gcc/3.4.4/static-libgcc.patch.conditional
deleted file mode 100644
index c8c1d849c..000000000
--- a/toolchain/gcc/3.4.4/static-libgcc.patch.conditional
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- specs~	2005-11-21 17:22:08.000000000 +0100
-+++ specs	2005-11-21 17:22:08.000000000 +0100
-@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
- %{shared: -lc} %{!static:-rpath-link %R/lib:%R/usr/lib} %{!shared: %{pthread:-lpthread}   %{profile:-lc_p} %{!profile: -lc}}
- 
- *libgcc:
--%{static|static-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{!static:%{!static-libgcc:%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s%M --no-as-needed}%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%M%{!shared: -lgcc}}}}
-+%{static|static-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{!static:%{!static-libgcc:%{!shared:%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%M -lgcc}}%{shared:%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%M}%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc}}}}
- 
- *startfile:
- %{!shared: %{pg|p|profile:gcrt1.o%s;pie:Scrt1.o%s;:crt1.o%s}}    crti.o%s %{static:crtbeginT.o%s;shared|pie:crtbeginS.o%s;:crtbegin.o%s}
diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/3.4.5/static-libgcc.patch.conditional b/toolchain/gcc/3.4.5/static-libgcc.patch.conditional
deleted file mode 100644
index c8c1d849c..000000000
--- a/toolchain/gcc/3.4.5/static-libgcc.patch.conditional
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- specs~	2005-11-21 17:22:08.000000000 +0100
-+++ specs	2005-11-21 17:22:08.000000000 +0100
-@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
- %{shared: -lc} %{!static:-rpath-link %R/lib:%R/usr/lib} %{!shared: %{pthread:-lpthread}   %{profile:-lc_p} %{!profile: -lc}}
- 
- *libgcc:
--%{static|static-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{!static:%{!static-libgcc:%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s%M --no-as-needed}%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%M%{!shared: -lgcc}}}}
-+%{static|static-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{!static:%{!static-libgcc:%{!shared:%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%M -lgcc}}%{shared:%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%M}%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc}}}}
- 
- *startfile:
- %{!shared: %{pg|p|profile:gcrt1.o%s;pie:Scrt1.o%s;:crt1.o%s}}    crti.o%s %{static:crtbeginT.o%s;shared|pie:crtbeginS.o%s;:crtbegin.o%s}
diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/3.4.6/static-libgcc.patch.conditional b/toolchain/gcc/3.4.6/static-libgcc.patch.conditional
deleted file mode 100644
index c8c1d849c..000000000
--- a/toolchain/gcc/3.4.6/static-libgcc.patch.conditional
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- specs~	2005-11-21 17:22:08.000000000 +0100
-+++ specs	2005-11-21 17:22:08.000000000 +0100
-@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
- %{shared: -lc} %{!static:-rpath-link %R/lib:%R/usr/lib} %{!shared: %{pthread:-lpthread}   %{profile:-lc_p} %{!profile: -lc}}
- 
- *libgcc:
--%{static|static-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{!static:%{!static-libgcc:%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s%M --no-as-needed}%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%M%{!shared: -lgcc}}}}
-+%{static|static-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{!static:%{!static-libgcc:%{!shared:%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%M -lgcc}}%{shared:%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%M}%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc}}}}
- 
- *startfile:
- %{!shared: %{pg|p|profile:gcrt1.o%s;pie:Scrt1.o%s;:crt1.o%s}}    crti.o%s %{static:crtbeginT.o%s;shared|pie:crtbeginS.o%s;:crtbegin.o%s}
diff --git a/toolchain/gcc/Makefile b/toolchain/gcc/Makefile
index b0686297d..e76b60b0b 100644
--- a/toolchain/gcc/Makefile
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/Makefile
@@ -158,12 +158,6 @@ gcc-install: $(GCC_BUILD_DIR2)/.compiled FORCE
 		   	$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)$${app##$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)}; \
 		done; \
 	);
-# We do another ugly hack here because the standard behaviour is
-# to include a reference to libgcc.so.1 in all binaries. For flash space
-# saving, we change the specs file to link in a static libgcc here. 
-	if [ -f $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/gcc/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)/$(GCC_VERSION)/specs ] ; then \
-		patch -d $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/gcc/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)/$(GCC_VERSION)/ -p0 < ./$(GCC_VERSION)/static-libgcc.patch.conditional ; \
-	fi;
 
 source: $(DL_DIR)/$(GCC_SOURCE)
 prepare: $(STAGING_DIR)/bin/$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME)-gcc