diff --git a/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4 b/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4
index 92a97fa743..8f438a620f 100755
--- a/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4
+++ b/build/scripts/build_cross_tools_gcc4
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ esac
 # Only the ones from the source tree should be used.
 rm -rf "$installDir/$haikuMachine/sys-include"
 
+# remove the static libstdc++, only the shared one should be used
+rm -f "$installDir/$haikuMachine/lib/libstdc++.a"
+
 # remove the sysroot dir
 rm -rf "$sysrootDir"