diff -r 3662412ddd59 -r 2af20cfd210b config/binutils/binutils.in
--- a/config/binutils/binutils.in	Thu Oct 11 14:39:41 2012 +1000
+++ b/config/binutils/binutils.in	Thu Nov 22 19:43:26 2012 +0100
@@ -115,8 +115,11 @@
 config BINUTILS_HAS_GOLD
     bool
 
+# gold only suports the listed architectures
 config BINUTILS_GOLD_SUPPORTS_ARCH
     bool
+    default y if ARCH_arm
+    default y if ARCH_x86
 
 config BINUTILS_HAS_PLUGINS
     bool
@@ -124,13 +127,6 @@
 config BINUTILS_HAS_PKGVERSION_BUGURL
     bool
 
-# Only these architectures have support in gold
-config ARCH_arm
-    select BINUTILS_GOLD_SUPPORTS_ARCH
-
-config ARCH_x86
-    select BINUTILS_GOLD_SUPPORTS_ARCH
-
 # Force using the BFD linker if needed
 # This is the case for some C libraries (eg. glibc and
 # eglibc at least) and affected components can select this