diff --git a/lib/GHCup/GHC.hs b/lib/GHCup/GHC.hs
index bd9f854d..fd5d876f 100644
--- a/lib/GHCup/GHC.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/GHC.hs
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ installUnpackedGHC path inst tver forceInstall addConfArgs
       -- We also must make sure to preserve mtime to not confuse ghc-pkg.
       liftE $ mergeGHCFileTree path inst tver forceInstall
   | otherwise = do
-      PlatformRequest {..} <- lift getPlatformReq
+      pfreq@PlatformRequest {..} <- lift getPlatformReq
 
       let ldOverride
            | _tvVersion tver >= [vver|8.2.2|]
@@ -448,30 +448,13 @@ installUnpackedGHC path inst tver forceInstall addConfArgs
            = []
 
       lift $ logInfo "Installing GHC (this may take a while)"
-      env <- case _rPlatform of
-               -- https://github.com/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues/967
-               Linux Alpine
-                 -- lets not touch LD for cross targets
-                 | Nothing <- _tvTarget tver -> do
-                     cEnv <- liftIO getEnvironment
-                     spaths <- liftIO getSearchPath
-                     has_ld_bfd <- isJust <$> liftIO (searchPath spaths "ld.bfd")
-                     let ldSet = isJust $ lookup "LD" cEnv
-                     -- only set LD if ld.bfd exists in PATH and LD is not set
-                     -- already
-                     if has_ld_bfd && not ldSet
-                     then do
-                       lift $ logInfo "Detected alpine linux... setting LD=ld.bfd"
-                       pure $ Just (("LD", "ld.bfd") : cEnv)
-                     else pure Nothing
-               _ -> pure Nothing
       lEM $ execLogged "sh"
-                       ("./configure" : ("--prefix=" <> fromInstallDir inst)
+                       ("./configure" : "--disable-ld-override" : ("--prefix=" <> fromInstallDir inst)
                         : (maybe mempty (\x -> ["--target=" <> T.unpack x]) (_tvTarget tver) <> ldOverride <> (T.unpack <$> addConfArgs))
                        )
                        (Just $ fromGHCupPath path)
                        "ghc-configure"
-                       env
+                       Nothing
       tmpInstallDest <- lift withGHCupTmpDir
       lEM $ make ["DESTDIR=" <> fromGHCupPath tmpInstallDest, "install"] (Just $ fromGHCupPath path)
       liftE $ catchWarn $ lEM @_ @'[ProcessError] $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform (fromGHCupPath tmpInstallDest)
@@ -479,6 +462,7 @@ installUnpackedGHC path inst tver forceInstall addConfArgs
       pure ()
 
 
+
 mergeGHCFileTree :: ( MonadReader env m
                     , HasPlatformReq env
                     , HasDirs env
@@ -1313,6 +1297,8 @@ compileGHC targetGhc crossTarget vps bstrap jobs mbuildConfig patches aargs buil
                 (_tvTarget tver)
       ++ ["--prefix=" <> ghcdir]
       ++ (if isWindows then ["--enable-tarballs-autodownload"] else [])
+      -- https://github.com/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues/1032
+      ++ ["--disable-ld-override"]
       ++ fmap T.unpack aargs
       )
       (Just workdir)