diff --git a/src/local.mk b/src/local.mk
index 3f93a7507..c7c77a7c9 100644
--- a/src/local.mk
+++ b/src/local.mk
@@ -336,9 +336,6 @@ src_sort_LDADD += $(LIBPMULTITHREAD)
 # for pthread_sigmask
 src_sort_LDADD += $(PTHREAD_SIGMASK_LIB)
 
-# for mbrtowc, mbfile
-src_fold_LDADD += $(LIBC32CONV) $(LIBUNISTRING) $(MBRTOWC_LIB)
-
 # Get the release year from lib/version-etc.c.
 RELEASE_YEAR = \
   `sed -n '/.*COPYRIGHT_YEAR = \([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\) };/s//\1/p' \