diff --git a/linker/Android.mk b/linker/Android.mk
index 4647c8f..27a6677 100644
--- a/linker/Android.mk
+++ b/linker/Android.mk
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 LOCAL_MODULE:= linker
 
-LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libcutils libc_nomalloc
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libc_nomalloc
 
 #LOCAL_FORCE_STATIC_EXECUTABLE := true # not necessary when not including BUILD_EXECUTABLE