diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/linkage_checker.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/linkage_checker.rb
index 583107d85e..2603ed0d9a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/linkage_checker.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/linkage_checker.rb
@@ -80,5 +80,7 @@ class LinkageChecker
     @unwanted_system_dylibs = @system_dylibs.reject do |s|
       SYSTEM_LIBRARY_ALLOWLIST.include? File.basename(s)
     end
+
+    @undeclared_deps.delete("gcc")
   end
 end