diff --git a/config/cc/gcc.in.2 b/config/cc/gcc.in.2
index 8818de6ec..638bfe93c 100644
--- a/config/cc/gcc.in.2
+++ b/config/cc/gcc.in.2
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ config CC_GCC_USE_GRAPHITE
 config CC_GCC_USE_LTO
     bool "Enable LTO"
     default y
+    depends on ! STATIC_TOOLCHAIN
     help
       Enable the Link Time Optimisations.
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/cc/100-gcc.sh b/scripts/build/cc/100-gcc.sh
index 43488a24b..91ddd3da5 100644
--- a/scripts/build/cc/100-gcc.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/cc/100-gcc.sh
@@ -1050,6 +1050,8 @@ do_gcc_backend() {
 
     if [ "${CT_CC_GCC_ENABLE_PLUGINS}" = "y" ]; then
         extra_config+=( --enable-plugin )
+    else
+        extra_config+=( --disable-plugin )
     fi
     if [ "${CT_CC_GCC_GOLD}" = "y" ]; then
         extra_config+=( --enable-gold )