diff --git a/cmake/nuttx/px4_impl_nuttx.cmake b/cmake/nuttx/px4_impl_nuttx.cmake
index 756c42d635..47a3ea8c5b 100644
--- a/cmake/nuttx/px4_impl_nuttx.cmake
+++ b/cmake/nuttx/px4_impl_nuttx.cmake
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ function(px4_os_add_flags)
 		-nostdlib
 		)
 
-	set(added_exe_linker_flags -lstdc++) # none currently
+	set(added_exe_linker_flags) # none currently
 
 	set(cpu_flags)
 	if (${BOARD} STREQUAL "px4fmu-v1")