diff --git a/stdlib/public/SwiftShims/swift/shims/CMakeLists.txt b/stdlib/public/SwiftShims/swift/shims/CMakeLists.txt
index 0de28bc414bb4..d664cddcd614a 100644
--- a/stdlib/public/SwiftShims/swift/shims/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/stdlib/public/SwiftShims/swift/shims/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ else()
   set(clang_headers_location "${LLVM_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_INTDIR}/clang/${CLANG_VERSION_MAJOR}")
 endif()
 
-# Normalize the path.
-cmake_path(CONVERT "${clang_headers_location}" TO_CMAKE_PATH_LIST clang_headers_location NORMALIZE)
-
 add_custom_command_target(unused_var
     COMMAND
       "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" "-E" "make_directory" "${SWIFTLIB_DIR}"
diff --git a/utils/build.ps1 b/utils/build.ps1
index 0c52d641b34bf..134226679001a 100644
--- a/utils/build.ps1
+++ b/utils/build.ps1
@@ -520,15 +520,6 @@ function Get-CMake {
   throw "CMake not found on Path nor in the Visual Studio Installation. Please Install CMake to continue."
 }
 
-$cmake = Get-CMake
-$CMakeVersionString = & $cmake --version | Select-String -Pattern 'cmake version ([\d\.]+)' | ForEach-Object { $_.Matches[0].Groups[1].Value }
-$CMakeVersion = [Version]$CMakeVersionString
-# Starting with CMake 3.30, CMake propagates linker flags to Swift.
-$CMakePassesSwiftLinkerFlags = $CMakeVersion -ge [version]'3.30'
-# CMP0181 enables support for the `LINKER:flag1,flag2,...` syntax in
-# `CMAKE_[EXE|SHARED|MODULE]_LINKER_FLAGS[_<CONFIG>]` variables.
-$CMakeSupportsCMP0181 = $CMakeVersion -ge [version]'4.0'
-
 function Get-Ninja {
   try {
     return (Get-Command "Ninja.exe" -ErrorAction Stop).Source
@@ -540,6 +531,7 @@ function Get-Ninja {
   throw "Ninja not found on Path nor in the Visual Studio Installation. Please Install Ninja to continue."
 }
 
+$cmake = Get-CMake
 $ninja = Get-Ninja
 
 $NugetRoot = "$BinaryCache\nuget"
@@ -1489,32 +1481,9 @@ function Build-CMakeProject {
     $UseCXX = $UseBuiltCompilers.Contains("CXX") -or $UseMSVCCompilers.Contains("CXX") -or $UsePinnedCompilers.Contains("CXX")
     $UseSwift = $UseBuiltCompilers.Contains("Swift") -or $UsePinnedCompilers.Contains("Swift")
 
-    # We need to manually prefix linker flags with `-Xlinker` if we are using
-    # the GNU driver or if Swift is used as the linker driver.
-    # This is not necessary with CMake 4.0+ as CMP0181 simplifies the handling
-    # of linker arguments.
-    $PrefixLinkerFlags = if ($Platform.OS -eq [OS]::Android) {
-      # We pass the linker location to the driver, not to the linker.
-      $false
-    } elseif ($CMakeSupportsCMP0181) {
-      # Not necessary if CMP0181 is supported.
-      $false
-    } elseif ($UseGnuDriver) {
-      # Always necessary with the GNU driver.
-      $true
-    } else {
-      # Only necessary with Swift projects, when CMake is not passing the linker flags.
-      $UseSwift -and $CMakePassesSwiftLinkerFlags
-    }
-
     # Add additional defines (unless already present)
     $Defines = $Defines.Clone()
 
-    # Always enable CMP0181 if available.
-    if ($CMakeSupportsCMP0181) {
-      Add-KeyValueIfNew $Defines CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0181 NEW
-    }
-
     Add-KeyValueIfNew $Defines CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release
 
     # Avoid specifying `CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME` and `CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR` on
@@ -1685,30 +1654,22 @@ function Build-CMakeProject {
             @("-gnone")
           }
 
-          if (-not $CMakePassesSwiftLinkerFlags) {
-            # Disable EnC as that introduces padding in the conformance tables
-            $SwiftFlags += @("-Xlinker", "/INCREMENTAL:NO")
-            # Swift requires COMDAT folding and de-duplication
-            $SwiftFlags += @("-Xlinker", "/OPT:REF", "-Xlinker", "/OPT:ICF")
-          }
+          # Disable EnC as that introduces padding in the conformance tables
+          $SwiftFlags += @("-Xlinker", "/INCREMENTAL:NO")
+          # Swift requires COMDAT folding and de-duplication
+          $SwiftFlags += @("-Xlinker", "/OPT:REF", "-Xlinker", "/OPT:ICF")
 
           Add-FlagsDefine $Defines CMAKE_Swift_FLAGS $SwiftFlags
           # Workaround CMake 3.26+ enabling `-wmo` by default on release builds
           Add-FlagsDefine $Defines CMAKE_Swift_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O"
           Add-FlagsDefine $Defines CMAKE_Swift_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-O"
-
-          if ($CMakePassesSwiftLinkerFlags) {
-            # CMake 3.30+ passes all linker flags to Swift as the linker driver,
-            # including those from the internal CMake modules files, without
-            # a `-Xlinker` prefix. This causes build failures as Swift cannot
-            # parse linker flags.
-            # Overwrite the release linker flags to be empty to avoid this.
-            Add-KeyValueIfNew $Defines CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE ""
-            Add-KeyValueIfNew $Defines CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE ""
-          }
         }
 
-        $LinkerFlags = @("/INCREMENTAL:NO", "/OPT:REF", "/OPT:ICF")
+        $LinkerFlags = if ($UseGNUDriver) {
+          @("-Xlinker", "/INCREMENTAL:NO", "-Xlinker", "/OPT:REF", "-Xlinker", "/OPT:ICF")
+        } else {
+          @("/INCREMENTAL:NO", "/OPT:REF", "/OPT:ICF")
+        }
 
         if ($DebugInfo) {
           if ($UseASM -or $UseC -or $UseCXX) {
@@ -1719,14 +1680,10 @@ function Build-CMakeProject {
             Add-KeyValueIfNew $Defines CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT Embedded
             Add-KeyValueIfNew $Defines CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0141 NEW
 
-            $LinkerFlags += @("/DEBUG")
-
-            # The linker flags are shared across every language, and `/IGNORE:longsections` is an
-            # `lld-link.exe` argument, not `link.exe`, so this can only be enabled when we use
-            # `lld-link.exe` for linking.
-            # TODO: Investigate supporting fission with PE/COFF, this should avoid this warning.
-            if ($SwiftDebugFormat -eq "dwarf" -and -not ($UseMSVCCompilers.Contains("C") -or $UseMSVCCompilers.Contains("CXX"))) {
-              $LinkerFlags += @("/IGNORE:longsections")
+            $LinkerFlags += if ($UseGNUDriver) {
+              @("-Xlinker", "/DEBUG")
+            } else {
+              @("/DEBUG")
             }
 
             # The linker flags are shared across every language, and `/IGNORE:longsections` is an
@@ -1877,33 +1834,24 @@ function Build-CMakeProject {
         $Value = $Define.Value.Replace("\", "/")
       } else {
         # Flags array, multiple tokens, quoting needed for tokens containing spaces
-        $EscapedArgs = $Define.Value | ForEach-Object {
-          $Arg = $_.Replace("\", "/")
-          if ($Arg.Contains(" ")) {
+        $Value = ""
+        foreach ($Arg in $Define.Value) {
+          if ($Value.Length -gt 0) {
+            $Value += " "
+          }
+
+          $ArgWithForwardSlashes = $Arg.Replace("\", "/")
+          if ($ArgWithForwardSlashes.Contains(" ")) {
             # Escape the quote so it makes it through. PowerShell 5 and Core
             # handle quotes differently, so we need to check the version.
             $quote = if ($PSEdition  -eq "Core") { '"' } else { '\"' }
-            "$quote$Arg$quote"
+            $Value += "$quote$ArgWithForwardSlashes$quote"
           } else {
-            $Arg
+            $Value += $ArgWithForwardSlashes
           }
         }
-
-        # Linker flags are handled differently depending on the CMake version.
-        $IsLinkerFlag = $Define.Key -match "_LINKER_FLAGS" -and ($Platform.OS -ne [OS]::Android)
-        $Value = if ($IsLinkerFlag) {
-          if ($CMakeSupportsCMP0181) { "LINKER:" } elseif ($PrefixLinkerFlags) { "-Xlinker " } else { "" }
-        } else {
-          ""
-        }
-        $Separator = if ($IsLinkerFlag) {
-          if ($CMakeSupportsCMP0181) { "," } elseif ($PrefixLinkerFlags) { " -Xlinker " } else { " " }
-        } else {
-          " "
-        }
-
-        $Value += $EscapedArgs -join $Separator
       }
+
       $cmakeGenerateArgs += @("-D", "$($Define.Key)=$Value")
     }