diff --git a/cc/private/toolchain/unix_cc_configure.bzl b/cc/private/toolchain/unix_cc_configure.bzl
index 856486e..124c8e2 100644
--- a/cc/private/toolchain/unix_cc_configure.bzl
+++ b/cc/private/toolchain/unix_cc_configure.bzl
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@
         for flag in line.split(" "):
             if flag.find("gold") == -1:
                 continue
+            if flag.find("--enable-gold") > -1 or flag.find("--with-plugin-ld") > -1:
+                # skip build configuration options of gcc itself
+                # TODO(hlopko): Add redhat-like worker on the CI (#9392)
+                continue
 
             # flag is '-fuse-ld=gold' for GCC or "/usr/lib/ld.gold" for Clang
             # strip space, single quote, and double quotes