diff --git a/cc/builder.go b/cc/builder.go
index 107cd58..525b1a1 100644
--- a/cc/builder.go
+++ b/cc/builder.go
@@ -855,24 +855,13 @@
 	deps = append(deps, crtBegin...)
 	deps = append(deps, crtEnd...)
 
-	var depFile android.WritablePath
-	var depFileLdFlags string
-	depsType := blueprint.DepsNone
-	if !ctx.Windows() && !ctx.Darwin() {
-		// lld only supports --dependency-file for elf files
-		depFile = outputFile.ReplaceExtension(ctx, "d")
-		depFileLdFlags = " -Wl,--dependency-file=" + depFile.String()
-		depsType = blueprint.DepsGCC
-		implicitOutputs = append(implicitOutputs, depFile)
-	}
-
 	rule := ld
 	args := map[string]string{
 		"ldCmd":         ldCmd,
 		"crtBegin":      strings.Join(crtBegin.Strings(), " "),
 		"libFlags":      strings.Join(libFlagsList, " "),
 		"extraLibFlags": flags.extraLibFlags,
-		"ldFlags":       flags.globalLdFlags + " " + flags.localLdFlags + depFileLdFlags,
+		"ldFlags":       flags.globalLdFlags + " " + flags.localLdFlags,
 		"crtEnd":        strings.Join(crtEnd.Strings(), " "),
 	}
 	if ctx.Config().UseRBE() && ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("RBE_CXX_LINKS") {
@@ -883,8 +872,6 @@
 
 	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
 		Rule:            rule,
-		Deps:            depsType,
-		Depfile:         depFile,
 		Description:     "link " + outputFile.Base(),
 		Output:          outputFile,
 		ImplicitOutputs: implicitOutputs,
@@ -1038,33 +1025,18 @@
 
 	ldCmd := "${config.ClangBin}/clang++"
 
-	var implicitOutputs android.WritablePaths
-	var depFile android.WritablePath
-	var depFileLdFlags string
-	depsType := blueprint.DepsNone
-	if !ctx.Windows() && !ctx.Darwin() {
-		// lld only supports --dependency-file for elf files
-		depFile = outputFile.ReplaceExtension(ctx, "d")
-		depFileLdFlags = " -Wl,--dependency-file=" + depFile.String()
-		depsType = blueprint.DepsGCC
-		implicitOutputs = append(implicitOutputs, depFile)
-	}
-
 	rule := partialLd
 	args := map[string]string{
 		"ldCmd":   ldCmd,
-		"ldFlags": flags.globalLdFlags + " " + flags.localLdFlags + depFileLdFlags,
+		"ldFlags": flags.globalLdFlags + " " + flags.localLdFlags,
 	}
 	if ctx.Config().UseRBE() && ctx.Config().IsEnvTrue("RBE_CXX_LINKS") {
 		rule = partialLdRE
 		args["inCommaList"] = strings.Join(objFiles.Strings(), ",")
 		args["implicitInputs"] = strings.Join(deps.Strings(), ",")
-		args["implicitOutputs"] = strings.Join(implicitOutputs.Strings(), ",")
 	}
 	ctx.Build(pctx, android.BuildParams{
 		Rule:        rule,
-		Deps:        depsType,
-		Depfile:     depFile,
 		Description: "link " + outputFile.Base(),
 		Output:      outputFile,
 		Inputs:      objFiles,