--- a/make/gluegen-cpptasks-base.xml
+++ b/make/gluegen-cpptasks-base.xml
@@ -1216,21 +1216,12 @@
  
     <!-- Unix linker configuration -->
 
-    <linker id="linker.cfg.linux" name="${gcc.compat.compiler}">
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
-    </linker>
-
     <linker id="linker.cfg.linux.x86" name="${gcc.compat.compiler}">
       <linkerarg value="-m32"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
     </linker>
 
     <linker id="linker.cfg.linux.amd64" name="${gcc.compat.compiler}">
       <linkerarg value="-m64"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
     </linker>
 
     <!-- Using default compiler settings - utilize:
@@ -1241,16 +1232,12 @@
       <linkerarg value="-fpic" /> 
       <linkerarg value="-nostdlib" />
       <linkerarg value="-Bdynamic" />
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
     </linker>
 
     <linker id="linker.cfg.linux.aarch64" name="${gcc.compat.compiler}">
       <linkerarg value="-fpic" /> 
       <linkerarg value="-nostdlib" />
       <linkerarg value="-Bdynamic" />
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
     </linker>
 
     <linker id="linker.cfg.linux.alpha" name="${gcc.compat.compiler}">
@@ -1296,20 +1283,14 @@
 
     <linker id="linker.cfg.solaris" name="${gcc.compat.compiler}"> 
       <linkerarg value="-m32"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
     </linker> 
 
     <linker id="linker.cfg.solaris.sparcv9" name="${gcc.compat.compiler}"> 
       <linkerarg value="-xarch=v9a" /> 
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
     </linker> 
 
     <linker id="linker.cfg.solaris.amd64" name="${gcc.compat.compiler}"> 
       <linkerarg value="-m64"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
       <!-- linkerarg value="-xarch=amd64" / --> 
     </linker>
 
@@ -1324,8 +1305,6 @@
       <linkerarg value="-arch" if="use.macosx64"/>
       <linkerarg value="x86_64" if="use.macosx64"/>
       <linkerarg value="-mmacosx-version-min=10.5"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
       <!-- Note: Apple doesn't seem to provide ppc64 binaries on Leopard -->
     </linker>
 
@@ -1334,16 +1313,12 @@
     <!--linker id="linker.cfg.linux64.mingw64" classname="net.sf.antcontrib.cpptasks.gcc.Gcc64Linker"-->
     <linker id="linker.cfg.linux64.mingw64" classname="net.sf.antcontrib.cpptasks.gcc.GccLinker">
       <linkerarg value="-m64"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
     </linker>
     
     <!--linker id="linker.cfg.linux64.mingw32" classname="net.sf.antcontrib.cpptasks.gcc.Gcc32Linker"-->
     <linker id="linker.cfg.linux64.mingw32" classname="net.sf.antcontrib.cpptasks.gcc.GccLinker">
       <linkerarg value="-m32"/>
       <linkerarg value="-Wl,--kill-at" />        <!-- remove @ from function names, ie no __stdcall @nn -->
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
     </linker>
 
     <linker id="linker.cfg.win32.mingw" name="${gcc.compat.compiler}" incremental="false">
@@ -1351,8 +1326,6 @@
       <linkerarg value="-Wl,--enable-auto-import"/>    <!-- for linking against dll directly -->
       <linkerarg value="-Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup"/>  <!-- for linking against dll directly -->
       <linkerarg value="-Wl,--kill-at" />        <!-- remove @ from function names, ie no __stdcall @nn -->
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
     </linker>
 
     <linker id="linker.cfg.win64.mingw" name="${gcc.compat.compiler}" incremental="false">
@@ -1360,8 +1333,6 @@
       <linkerarg value="-Wl,--enable-auto-import"/>    <!-- for linking against dll directly -->
       <linkerarg value="-Wl,--enable-stdcall-fixup"/>  <!-- for linking against dll directly -->
       <linkerarg value="-Wl,--kill-at" />        <!-- remove @ from function names, ie no __stdcall @nn -->
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libgcc" if="isGCC"/>
-      <linkerarg value="-static-libstdc++" if="isGCC"/>
     </linker>
 
     <linker id="linker.cfg.win32.msvc" name="msvc" incremental="false">