diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/x265/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/x265/default.nix
index c41dc12bd2f1..736c350bc068 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/x265/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/x265/default.nix
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake yasm ];
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-L${stdenv.cc.libc.out}/lib"; #outputs TODO: this is strange
-
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Library for encoding h.265/HEVC video streams";
     homepage    = http://x265.org;