diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 2dd7f569d8a146cff8125f8642667838e6a817cf..fd1a7e3eb6c35e126fdd3361a175bd0dc6ee97a0 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ if GetOption('gprof'):
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-pg'],
 		   LDFLAGS=['-pg'],
                    LINKFLAGS=['-pg'])
-        env.Append(LIBS=['gcov'])
         env['GPROF'] = 1
     else:
         print("Can only use gprof with gcc")