diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/2.0.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/2.0.nix
index 2c9aec5b6952..3a11dc78c6cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/2.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/2.0.nix
@@ -92,15 +92,6 @@
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook-2.0.sh;
 
-  crossAttrs.preConfigure =
-    stdenv.lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isHurd)
-       # On GNU, libgc depends on libpthread, but the cross linker doesn't
-       # know where to find libpthread, which leads to erroneous test failures
-       # in `configure', where `-pthread' and `-lpthread' aren't explicitly
-       # passed.  So it needs some help (XXX).
-       "export LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath-link=${gnu.libpthreadCross}/lib";
-
-
   meta = {
     description = "Embeddable Scheme implementation";
     homepage    = http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
index 3d5c51dc420b..748b3c5e200a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/guile/default.nix
@@ -88,15 +88,6 @@
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook-2.2.sh;
 
-  crossAttrs.preConfigure =
-    stdenv.lib.optionalString (hostPlatform.isHurd)
-       # On GNU, libgc depends on libpthread, but the cross linker doesn't
-       # know where to find libpthread, which leads to erroneous test failures
-       # in `configure', where `-pthread' and `-lpthread' aren't explicitly
-       # passed.  So it needs some help (XXX).
-       "export LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath-link=${gnu.libpthreadCross}/lib";
-
-
   meta = {
     description = "Embeddable Scheme implementation";
     homepage    = http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/;