diff --git a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
index d162b757e53..6c35237dcc4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cross-base.scm
@@ -135,18 +135,9 @@
                                         (search-patches
                                          "ath9k-htc-firmware-binutils.patch")))
                  ((target-mingw? target)
-                  (package-with-extra-patches
-                   (package-with-extra-configure-variable
-                    ;; mingw binutils does not work correctly when configured
-                    ;; with `--enable-compressed-debug-sections`. An error
-                    ;; like the following will occur whenever you try to link:
-                    ;;
-                    ;;   x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld: final link failed: bad value
-                    ;;
-                    ;; TODO: This seems like a deeper problem that warrants
-                    ;; deeper investigation.
-                    binutils "--enable-compressed-debug-sections" "no")
-                   (search-patches "binutils-mingw-w64-deterministic.patch")))
+                  (package-with-extra-patches binutils
+                                              (search-patches
+                                               "binutils-mingw-w64-deterministic.patch")))
                  (else binutils))
            target)))