diff --git gcc/config/freebsd.h gcc/config/freebsd.h
index e7ea42370c5..191e7da2071 100644
--- gcc/config/freebsd.h
+++ gcc/config/freebsd.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
 #undef  LIB_SPEC
 #define LIB_SPEC FBSD_LIB_SPEC
 
+#undef  STARTFILE_PREFIX_SPEC
+#define STARTFILE_PREFIX_SPEC "/usr/lib/ "
+
 #if defined(HAVE_LD_EH_FRAME_HDR)
 #define LINK_EH_SPEC "%{!static|static-pie:--eh-frame-hdr} "
 #endif
diff --git gcc/gcc.c gcc/gcc.c
index f70755679f4..890ef20fd43 100644
--- gcc/gcc.c
+++ gcc/gcc.c
@@ -4298,10 +4298,12 @@ process_command (unsigned int decoded_options_count,
 	}
 
       set_std_prefix (gcc_exec_prefix, len);
+#if 0
       add_prefix (&exec_prefixes, gcc_libexec_prefix, "GCC",
 		  PREFIX_PRIORITY_LAST, 0, 0);
       add_prefix (&startfile_prefixes, gcc_exec_prefix, "GCC",
 		  PREFIX_PRIORITY_LAST, 0, 0);
+#endif
     }
 
   /* COMPILER_PATH and LIBRARY_PATH have values
@@ -4585,9 +4587,11 @@ process_command (unsigned int decoded_options_count,
   add_prefix (&exec_prefixes,
 	      concat (tooldir_prefix, "bin", dir_separator_str, NULL),
 	      "BINUTILS", PREFIX_PRIORITY_LAST, 0, 0);
+#if 0
   add_prefix (&startfile_prefixes,
 	      concat (tooldir_prefix, "lib", dir_separator_str, NULL),
 	      "BINUTILS", PREFIX_PRIORITY_LAST, 0, 1);
+#endif
   free (tooldir_prefix);
 
 #if defined(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT_RELOCATABLE) && !defined(VMS)