diff --git a/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn
index ef17c89364b..9ba957d250d 100644
--- a/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn
@@ -23,6 +23,4 @@ executable("linux") {
     "//third_party:fontconfig",
     "//third_party/skia",
   ]
-
-  ldflags = [ "-lGL" ]
 }