diff -u binutils-2.21/debian/rules binutils-2.21/debian/rules
--- binutils-2.21/debian/rules
+++ binutils-2.21/debian/rules
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@
 	    && env CC="$(CC)" CXX="$(CXX)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" ../configure $(CONFARGS) \
 		--with-sysroot=/ \
 		--disable-werror \
+		--disable-gold   \
+		--disable-ld     \
 		--enable-targets=$(subst $(SPACE),$(COMMA),$(multiarch_targets))
 	$(MAKE) -C builddir-multi configure-host
 	touch configure-multi-stamp
diff -u binutils-2.21/debian/changelog binutils-2.21/debian/changelog
--- binutils-2.21/debian/changelog
+++ binutils-2.21/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+binutils (2.21-1ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low
+
+  * Disable linker for binutils-multiarch. LP: #688497 
+
+ -- Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin.juszkiewicz@linaro.org>  Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:18:09 +0100
+
 binutils (2.21-1ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low
 
   * Fix build dependencies.