diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d4fd08493f..5ce6fa5549 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,52 +5,14 @@ DOCKER_BUF := $(DOCKER) run --rm -v $(CURDIR):/workspace --workdir /workspace bu
 IMAGE := ghcr.io/tendermint/docker-build-proto:latest
 DOCKER_PROTO_BUILDER := docker run -v $(shell pwd):/workspace --workdir /workspace $(IMAGE)
 PROJECTNAME=$(shell basename "$(PWD)")
-LEDGER_ENABLED ?= true
-
-
-# process build tags
-build_tags =
-ifeq ($(LEDGER_ENABLED),true)
-  ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
-    GCCEXE = $(shell where gcc.exe 2> NUL)
-    ifeq ($(GCCEXE),)
-      $(error gcc.exe not installed for ledger support, please install or set LEDGER_ENABLED=false)
-    else
-      build_tags += ledger
-    endif
-  else
-    UNAME_S = $(shell uname -s)
-    ifeq ($(UNAME_S),OpenBSD)
-      $(warning OpenBSD detected, disabling ledger support (https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/1988))
-    else
-      GCC = $(shell command -v gcc 2> /dev/null)
-      ifeq ($(GCC),)
-        $(error gcc not installed for ledger support, please install or set LEDGER_ENABLED=false)
-      else
-        build_tags += ledger
-      endif
-    endif
-  endif
-endif
-build_tags := $(strip $(build_tags))
-
-empty :=
-whitespace := $(empty) $(empty)
-comma := ,
-
-# convert build_tags from a whitespace seperated list to a comma seperated list
-build_tags_comma_sep := $(subst $(whitespace),$(comma),$(build_tags))
-
 
 # process linker flags
 ldflags = -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Name=celestia-app \
 		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.AppName=celestia-appd \
 		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Version=$(VERSION) \
 		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Commit=$(COMMIT) \
-		  -X "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.BuildTags=$(build_tags_comma_sep)"
-ldflags += $(LDFLAGS)
 
-BUILD_FLAGS := -tags "$(build_tags)" -ldflags '$(ldflags)'
+BUILD_FLAGS := -tags "ledger" -ldflags '$(ldflags)'
 
 ## help: Get more info on make commands.
 help: Makefile
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26d3c2d938..4425ef6f11 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ node            |  |                               |  |
     make install
     ```
 
+### Ledger Support
+
+Ledger is not supported on Windows and OpenBSD.
+
 ## Usage
 
 ```sh