diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/cc b/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/cc
index 836a7cc573..2e3ebb040b 100755
--- a/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/cc
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/shims/linux/super/cc
@@ -188,11 +188,6 @@ class Cmd
       val  = chuzzle($1) || enum.next
       path = canonical_path(val)
       args << "-L#{val}" if keep?(path) && @lset.add?(path)
-    when /^-R(.+)?/
-      # -R is not the correct way to pass rpaths to the linker
-      path = chuzzle($1) || enum.next
-      wl = "-Wl," unless mode == :ld
-      args << "#{wl}-rpath=" if keep?(path)
     else
       args << arg
     end