# Swift defaults to building with `gold` on Linux because `bfd` can't correctly
# handle Swift symbols; Gentoo no longer supports `gold`, so we have to make
# sure that we build with `lld`.

--- a/swift/lib/Driver/UnixToolChains.cpp
+++ b/swift/lib/Driver/UnixToolChains.cpp
@@ -109,36 +109,7 @@ ToolChain::InvocationInfo toolchains::GenericUnix::constructInvocation(
   return II;
 }

-std::string toolchains::GenericUnix::getDefaultLinker() const {
-  if (getTriple().isAndroid()
-      || (getTriple().isMusl()
-          && getTriple().getVendor() == llvm::Triple::Swift))
-    return "lld";
-
-  switch (getTriple().getArch()) {
-  case llvm::Triple::arm:
-  case llvm::Triple::aarch64:
-  case llvm::Triple::aarch64_32:
-  case llvm::Triple::armeb:
-  case llvm::Triple::thumb:
-  case llvm::Triple::thumbeb:
-    // BFD linker has issues wrt relocation of the protocol conformance
-    // section on these targets, it also generates COPY relocations for
-    // final executables, as such, unless specified, we default to gold
-    // linker.
-    return "gold";
-  case llvm::Triple::x86:
-  case llvm::Triple::x86_64:
-  case llvm::Triple::ppc64:
-  case llvm::Triple::ppc64le:
-  case llvm::Triple::systemz:
-    // BFD linker has issues wrt relocations against protected symbols.
-    return "gold";
-  default:
-    // Otherwise, use the default BFD linker.
-    return "";
-  }
-}
+std::string toolchains::GenericUnix::getDefaultLinker() const { return "lld"; }

 bool toolchains::GenericUnix::addRuntimeRPath(const llvm::Triple &T,
                                               const llvm::opt::ArgList &Args) const {
--- a/swift-driver/Sources/SwiftDriver/Jobs/GenericUnixToolchain+LinkerSupport.swift
+++ b/swift-driver/Sources/SwiftDriver/Jobs/GenericUnixToolchain+LinkerSupport.swift
@@ -17,26 +17,7 @@ import struct TSCBasic.AbsolutePath

 extension GenericUnixToolchain {
   private func defaultLinker(for targetTriple: Triple) -> String? {
-    if targetTriple.os == .openbsd || targetTriple.os == .freeBSD ||
-         targetTriple.environment == .android ||
-         targetTriple.isFullyStaticLinux {
-      return "lld"
-    }
-
-    switch targetTriple.arch {
-    case .arm, .aarch64, .armeb, .thumb, .thumbeb:
-      // BFD linker has issues wrt relocation of the protocol conformance
-      // section on these targets, it also generates COPY relocations for
-      // final executables, as such, unless specified, we default to gold
-      // linker.
-      return "gold"
-    case .x86, .x86_64, .ppc64, .ppc64le, .systemz:
-      // BFD linker has issues wrt relocations against protected symbols.
-      return "gold"
-    default:
-      // Otherwise, use the default BFD linker.
-      return ""
-    }
+    "lld"
   }

   private func majorArchitectureName(for triple: Triple) -> String {