diff --git a/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py b/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
index d85912398d7..8a2ea3e1fa8 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/symbol-check.py
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ ELF_ALLOWED_LIBRARIES = {
 'libc.so.6', # C library
 'libpthread.so.0', # threading
 'libm.so.6', # math library
-'librt.so.1', # real-time (clock)
 'libatomic.so.1',
 'ld-linux-x86-64.so.2', # 64-bit dynamic linker
 'ld-linux.so.2', # 32-bit dynamic linker