diff --git a/Meta/serenity.sh b/Meta/serenity.sh
index 6bd7166f1e..73ad001922 100755
--- a/Meta/serenity.sh
+++ b/Meta/serenity.sh
@@ -296,11 +296,10 @@ build_toolchain() {
 ensure_toolchain() {
     [ -d "$TOOLCHAIN_DIR" ] || build_toolchain
 
-    # FIXME: Remove this check when most people have already updated their toolchain
     if [ "$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE" = "GNU" ]; then
         local ld_version
         ld_version="$("$TOOLCHAIN_DIR"/bin/"$TARGET"-pc-serenity-ld -v)"
-        local expected_version="GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.38"
+        local expected_version="GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.39"
         if [ "$ld_version" != "$expected_version" ]; then
             echo "Your toolchain has an old version of binutils installed."
             echo "    installed version: \"$ld_version\""
diff --git a/Toolchain/BuildIt.sh b/Toolchain/BuildIt.sh
index af26882674..5a2156b1d0 100755
--- a/Toolchain/BuildIt.sh
+++ b/Toolchain/BuildIt.sh
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ echo SYSROOT is "$SYSROOT"
 
 mkdir -p "$DIR/Tarballs"
 
-BINUTILS_VERSION="2.38"
-BINUTILS_MD5SUM="f430dff91bdc8772fcef06ffdc0656ab"
+BINUTILS_VERSION="2.39"
+BINUTILS_MD5SUM="ab6825df57514ec172331e988f55fc10"
 BINUTILS_NAME="binutils-$BINUTILS_VERSION"
 BINUTILS_PKG="${BINUTILS_NAME}.tar.gz"
 BINUTILS_BASE_URL="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils"
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ pushd "$DIR/Tarballs"
     md5=""
     if [ -e "$BINUTILS_PKG" ]; then
         md5="$($MD5SUM $BINUTILS_PKG | cut -f1 -d' ')"
-        echo "bu md5='$md5'"
+        echo "binutils md5='$md5'"
     fi
     if [ "$md5" != ${BINUTILS_MD5SUM} ] ; then
         rm -f $BINUTILS_PKG