diff --git a/internal/arduino/builder/linker.go b/internal/arduino/builder/linker.go
index a508458d802..e6183585fc0 100644
--- a/internal/arduino/builder/linker.go
+++ b/internal/arduino/builder/linker.go
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ func (b *Builder) link() error {
 		for _, archive := range newArchives {
 			archiveDir := archive.Parent()
 			relatedObjectFiles := objectFiles.Clone()
-			relatedObjectFiles.FilterOutSuffix(".a")
 			relatedObjectFiles.Filter(func(object *paths.Path) bool {
 				// extract all the object files that are in the same directory of the archive
 				return object.Parent().EquivalentTo(archiveDir)