diff --git a/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn
index ef17c89364b1e3e949a60f5774caeef2df343836..9ba957d250d16168b49fbb6a137de1979f4b7869 100644
--- a/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/platform/linux/BUILD.gn
@@ -23,6 +23,4 @@ executable("linux") {
     "//third_party:fontconfig",
     "//third_party/skia",
   ]
-
-  ldflags = [ "-lGL" ]
 }