diff --git a/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py b/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
index 816f6a0..42902a3 100644
--- a/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
+++ b/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ def Sourceify(path):
 
 # Map from qualified target to path to output.
 target_outputs = {}
-# Map from qualified target to a list of linkable outputs.  A subset
+# Map from qualified target to any linkable output.  A subset
 # of target_outputs.  E.g. when mybinary depends on liba, we want to
 # include liba in the linker line; when otherbinary depends on
 # mybinary, we just want to build mybinary first.
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ def Write(self, qualified_target, base_path, output_filename, spec, configs,
 
     # Update global list of link dependencies.
     if self.type in ('static_library', 'shared_library'):
-      target_link_deps[qualified_target] = [self.output]
+      target_link_deps[qualified_target] = self.output
 
     # Currently any versions have the same effect, but in future the behavior
     # could be different.
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ def ComputeDeps(self, spec):
                    if target_outputs[dep]])
       for dep in spec['dependencies']:
         if dep in target_link_deps:
-          link_deps.extend(target_link_deps[dep])
+          link_deps.append(target_link_deps[dep])
       deps.extend(link_deps)
       # TODO: It seems we need to transitively link in libraries (e.g. -lfoo)?
       # This hack makes it work:
diff --git a/pylib/gyp/input.py b/pylib/gyp/input.py
index 5bc8cb4..3fe7bc5 100644
--- a/pylib/gyp/input.py
+++ b/pylib/gyp/input.py
@@ -1545,14 +1545,6 @@ def AdjustStaticLibraryDependencies(flat_list, targets, dependency_nodes):
           target_dict['dependencies'] = []
         if not dependency in target_dict['dependencies']:
           target_dict['dependencies'].append(dependency)
-      # Sort the dependencies list in the order from dependents to dependencies.
-      # e.g. If A and B depend on C and C depends on D, sort them in A, B, C, D.
-      # Note: flat_list is already sorted in the order from dependencies to
-      # dependents.
-      if 'dependencies' in target_dict:
-        target_dict['dependencies'] = [
-            dep for dep in flat_list if dep in target_dict['dependencies']]
-        target_dict['dependencies'].reverse()
 
 # Initialize this here to speed up MakePathRelative.
 exception_re = re.compile(r'''["']?[-/$<>]''')