diff --git a/pkgs/games/uqm/default.nix b/pkgs/games/uqm/default.nix
index 1a2afa29f8f1..d8dcdf6b7b60 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/uqm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/uqm/default.nix
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "10nbvcrr0lc0mxivxfkcbxnibwk3vwmamabrlvwdsjxd9pk8aw65";
   };
 
-  /* uses pthread_cancel(), which requires libgcc_s.so.1 to be
-     loadable at run-time. Adding the flag below ensures that the
-     library can be found. Obviously, though, this is a hack. */
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgcc_s";
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_image libpng libvorbis libogg libmikmod mesa ];