diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index 9c6ca7cbc88..92e01389b4c 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ MK_SYSTEM_LINKER=	no
 .if defined(CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX)
 CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX?=${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}
 .endif
-XBINUTILS=	AS AR ELFCTL LD NM OBJCOPY RANLIB SIZE STRINGS STRIPBIN
+XBINUTILS=	AR ELFCTL LD NM OBJCOPY SIZE STRINGS STRIPBIN
 .for BINUTIL in ${XBINUTILS}
 .if defined(CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX) && \
     exists(${CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX}/${${BINUTIL}})
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ MK_LLD_BOOTSTRAP=	no
 .endif
 
 # If full paths to all standard bintuils are given, don't build LLVM binutils.
-.if ${XAR:M/*} && ${XNM:M/*} && ${XOBJCOPY:M/*} && ${XRANLIB:M/*} && \
-    ${XSIZE:M/*} && ${XSTRINGS:M/*} && ${XSTRIPBIN:M/*}
+.if ${XAR:M/*} && ${XNM:M/*} && ${XOBJCOPY:M/*} && ${XSIZE:M/*} && \
+    ${XSTRINGS:M/*} && ${XSTRIPBIN:M/*}
 MK_LLVM_BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP=	no
 .endif
 
@@ -855,9 +855,9 @@ HMAKE+=		PATH=${TMPPATH:Q} METALOG=${METALOG} -DNO_ROOT
 
 CROSSENV+=	CC="${XCC} ${XCFLAGS}" CXX="${XCXX} ${XCXXFLAGS} ${XCFLAGS}" \
 		CPP="${XCPP} ${XCFLAGS}" \
-		AS="${XAS}" AR="${XAR}" ELFCTL="${XELFCTL}" LD="${XLD}" \
+		AR="${XAR}" ELFCTL="${XELFCTL}" LD="${XLD}" \
 		LLVM_LINK="${XLLVM_LINK}" NM=${XNM} OBJCOPY="${XOBJCOPY}" \
-		RANLIB=${XRANLIB} STRINGS=${XSTRINGS} \
+		STRINGS=${XSTRINGS} \
 		SIZE="${XSIZE}" STRIPBIN="${XSTRIPBIN}"
 
 .if defined(CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX) && exists(${CROSS_BINUTILS_PREFIX})
diff --git a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
index 33ce061a111..c277647a925 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
@@ -1013,7 +1013,6 @@ To be able to build the system alternate binary utilities must be provided via
 .Ev XAR ,
 .Ev XNM ,
 .Ev XOBJCOPY ,
-.Ev XRANLIB ,
 .Ev XSIZE ,
 .Ev XSTRINGS ,
 and
diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_LLVM_BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_LLVM_BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP
index 141679d4f6a..b30e8135d28 100644
--- a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_LLVM_BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP
+++ b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_LLVM_BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ To be able to build the system alternate binary utilities must be provided via
 .Ev XAR ,
 .Ev XNM ,
 .Ev XOBJCOPY ,
-.Ev XRANLIB ,
 .Ev XSIZE ,
 .Ev XSTRINGS ,
 and