diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 52b18cab060c..b4d8b71f796c 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -390,12 +390,6 @@ fn configureStage2(b: *Builder, exe: anytype, ctx: Context, need_cpp_includes: b
         } else if (exe.target.isFreeBSD()) {
             try addCxxKnownPath(b, ctx, exe, "libc++.a", null, need_cpp_includes);
             exe.linkSystemLibrary("pthread");
-        } else if (exe.target.isOpenBSD()) {
-            // XXX libc++.a/libc++abi.a isn't the right stdc++ library
-            // on all archs on OpenBSD
-            try addCxxKnownPath(b, ctx, exe, "libc++.a", null, need_cpp_includes);
-            try addCxxKnownPath(b, ctx, exe, "libc++abi.a", null, need_cpp_includes);
-            try addCxxKnownPath(b, ctx, exe, "libpthread.a", null, need_cpp_includes);
         } else if (exe.target.isDarwin()) {
             if (addCxxKnownPath(b, ctx, exe, "libgcc_eh.a", "", need_cpp_includes)) {
                 // Compiler is GCC.
diff --git a/src/link/Elf.zig b/src/link/Elf.zig
index 9eb11acc3dc8..e772cb5b6c17 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf.zig
@@ -1576,6 +1576,9 @@ fn linkWithLLD(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation) !void {
 
                 if (target.os.tag == .openbsd) {
                     try argv.append("-lcompiler_rt");
+                    try argv.append("-lc++abi");
+                    try argv.append("-lc++");
+                    try argv.append("-lpthread");
                 }
             } else if (target.isGnuLibC()) {
                 try argv.append(comp.libunwind_static_lib.?.full_object_path);