diff --git a/scripts/ld-version.sh b/scripts/ld-version.sh
index a78b804b680c..b9513d224476 100755
--- a/scripts/ld-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/ld-version.sh
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ else
 	fi
 fi
 
-# Some distributions append a package release number, as in 2.34-4.fc32
-# Trim the hyphen and any characters that follow.
-version=${version%-*}
+# There may be something after the version, such as a distribution's package
+# release number (like Fedora's "2.34-4.fc32") or punctuation (like LLD briefly
+# added before the "compatible with GNU linkers" string), so remove everything
+# after just numbers and periods.
+version=${version%%[!0-9.]*}
 
 cversion=$(get_canonical_version $version)
 min_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $min_version)