diff --git a/tools/make-binaries b/tools/make-binaries
index ddc6a09ab..442edfda4 100755
--- a/tools/make-binaries
+++ b/tools/make-binaries
@@ -684,9 +684,6 @@ build_deps()
 		export erl_xcomp_sysroot="$prefix"
 	fi
 	cd "$target_src_dir/$otp_dir"
-	# Don't link against libnsl: https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/5558
-	sed -i -e '/LIBS="-lnsl/d' -e '/LIBS="-lsocket/d' \
-	    'lib/erl_interface/configure'
 	# The additional CFLAGS/LIBS below are required by --enable-static-nifs.
 	# The "-ldl" flag specifically is only needed for ODBC, though.
 	$configure \