--- a/grub-2.00-r4.ebuild    2013-07-24 10:11:24.424040466 -0400
+++ b/grub-2.00-r4.ebuild    2013-07-24 10:11:54.036039071 -0400
@@ -129,17 +129,6 @@
        usr/lib.*/grub/.*/kernel.img
 "
 
-pkg_pretend() {
-       if [[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]]; then
-               # Bug 439082
-               if $(tc-getLD) --version | grep -q "GNU gold"; then
-                       eerror "GRUB does not function correctly when built with the gold linker."
-                       eerror "Please select the bfd linker with binutils-config."
-                       die "GNU gold detected"
-               fi
-       fi
-}
-
 src_prepare() {
        [[ ${PATCHES} ]] && epatch "${PATCHES[@]}"
        sed -i -e /autoreconf/d autogen.sh || die
@@ -194,6 +183,8 @@
 
        if use multislot; then
                myeconfargs+=(
+       append-cflags "-fuse-ld=bfd"
+
                        --program-transform-name="s,grub,grub2,"
                        --with-grubdir=grub2
                )