diff --git a/Makefile.system b/Makefile.system
index 3f1c48d23..b44cbf987 100644
--- a/Makefile.system
+++ b/Makefile.system
@@ -442,11 +442,9 @@ CCOMMON_OPT += -Wl,-ld_classic
 FCOMMON_OPT += -Wl,-ld_classic
 endif
 ifeq (x$(XCVER), x 16)
-ifeq ($(F_COMPILER), GFORTRAN)
 override CEXTRALIB := $(filter-out(-lto_library, $(CEXTRALIB))) 
 endif
 endif
-endif
 
 ifneq (,$(findstring $(OSNAME), FreeBSD OpenBSD DragonFly))
 MD5SUM = md5 -r