diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9f3f221e6..ab5d2abde 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ include(CheckLibraryExists)
 include(CheckSymbolExists)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 include(SwiftSupport)
-include(DispatchUtilities)
 
 set(SWIFT_LIBDIR "lib" CACHE PATH "Library folder name, defined by swift main buildscript")
 set(INSTALL_LIBDIR "${SWIFT_LIBDIR}" CACHE PATH "Path where the libraries should be installed")
@@ -83,18 +82,6 @@ option(ENABLE_DTRACE "enable dtrace support" "")
 
 option(ENABLE_TESTING "build libdispatch tests" ON)
 
-option(USE_LLD_LINKER "use the lld linker" FALSE)
-
-if(NOT USE_LLD_LINKER AND
-   (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Linux OR
-    CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL FreeBSD OR
-    CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Android))
-  set(USE_GOLD_LINKER_DEFAULT TRUE)
-else()
-  set(USE_GOLD_LINKER_DEFAULT FALSE)
-endif()
-option(USE_GOLD_LINKER "use the gold linker" ${USE_GOLD_LINKER_DEFAULT})
-
 option(ENABLE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE "enable usage of thread local storage via _Thread_local" ON)
 set(DISPATCH_USE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE ${ENABLE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE})
 
diff --git a/cmake/modules/DispatchUtilities.cmake b/cmake/modules/DispatchUtilities.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index fea3622ec..000000000
--- a/cmake/modules/DispatchUtilities.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-
-function(dispatch_set_linker target)
-  if(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Windows)
-    set(CMAKE_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX .exe)
-  endif()
-
-  if(USE_GOLD_LINKER)
-    set_property(TARGET ${target}
-                 APPEND_STRING
-                 PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS
-                   -fuse-ld=gold${CMAKE_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
-  endif()
-  if(USE_LLD_LINKER)
-    set_property(TARGET ${target}
-                 APPEND_STRING
-                 PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS
-                   -fuse-ld=lld${CMAKE_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
-  endif()
-endfunction()
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f71b68f45..9c4ae4c9c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,20 +116,6 @@ if(ENABLE_SWIFT)
                         PROPERTIES
                           POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE YES)
 
-  if(USE_LLD_LINKER)
-    if(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Windows)
-      set(use_ld_flag -use-ld=lld.exe)
-    else()
-      set(use_ld_flag -use-ld=lld)
-    endif()
-  elseif(USE_GOLD_LINKER)
-    if(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Windows)
-      set(use_ld_flag -use-ld=gold.exe)
-    else()
-      set(use_ld_flag -use-ld=gold)
-    endif()
-  endif()
-
   add_swift_library(swiftDispatch
                     CFLAGS
                       -fblocks
@@ -138,7 +124,6 @@ if(ENABLE_SWIFT)
                       module-maps
                       DispatchStubs
                     LINK_FLAGS
-                      ${use_ld_flag}
                       -lDispatchStubs
                       -L $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE_DIR:BlocksRuntime>
                       -lBlocksRuntime
@@ -260,7 +245,6 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Darwin)
                  "-Xlinker -dead_strip"
                  "-Xlinker -alias_list -Xlinker ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/xcodeconfig/libdispatch.aliases")
 endif()
-dispatch_set_linker(dispatch)
 
 install(TARGETS
           dispatch
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 11ab629a7..a27603559 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ endif ()
 
 add_executable(bsdtestharness
                bsdtestharness.c)
-dispatch_set_linker(bsdtestharness)
 target_include_directories(bsdtestharness
                            PRIVATE
                              ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ function(add_unit_test name)
     target_compile_options(${name} PRIVATE -fblocks)
     target_compile_options(${name} PRIVATE -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations)
   endif()
-  dispatch_set_linker(${name})
   target_link_libraries(${name}
                         PRIVATE
                           dispatch