diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix
index 998b7d052b35..a65d4ed041b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs test
   '';
 
-  LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isRiscV "-latomic";
-
   # You probably shouldn't ever run these! They will reconfigure Linux
   # NUMA settings, which on my build machine makes the rest of package
   # building ~5% slower until reboot. Ugh!