diff --git a/cmake/modules/AddSwift.cmake b/cmake/modules/AddSwift.cmake
index ebc14ae29c3d0..c54fe5f407cc8 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/AddSwift.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/AddSwift.cmake
@@ -637,9 +637,6 @@ function(_add_swift_runtime_link_flags target relpath_to_lib_dir bootstrapping)
       get_filename_component(TOOLCHAIN_LIB_DIR "${TOOLCHAIN_BIN_DIR}/../lib/swift/${SWIFT_SDK_${SWIFT_HOST_VARIANT_SDK}_LIB_SUBDIR}" ABSOLUTE)
       target_link_directories(${target} BEFORE PUBLIC ${TOOLCHAIN_LIB_DIR})
     endif()
-    if(SWIFT_HOST_VARIANT_SDK MATCHES "LINUX|ANDROID|OPENBSD|FREEBSD" AND SWIFT_USE_LINKER STREQUAL "lld")
-      target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE "SHELL:-Xlinker -z -Xlinker nostart-stop-gc")
-    endif()
   endif()
 
   set_property(TARGET ${target} PROPERTY BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH YES)