diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index 289b80ea38..7810335a3b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -2014,13 +2014,6 @@ also contains the libsysfs library.")
            (substitute* "configure"
              (("includedir='(\\$\\{prefix\\}/include)'" all orig)
               (string-append "includedir='" orig "/sysfs'")))))))
-    ;; XXX sysfsutils-1.3.0's config.guess fails on mips64el
-    (arguments `(#:configure-flags
-                 '(,@(if (%current-target-system)
-                         '()
-                         (let ((triplet
-                                (nix-system->gnu-triplet (%current-system))))
-                           (list (string-append "--build=" triplet)))))))
     (synopsis "System utilities based on Linux sysfs (version 1.x)")))
 
 (define-public cpufrequtils