diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index cab7459..0c46b24 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -1833,12 +1833,6 @@
 	if c.compiler != nil {
 		deps = c.compiler.compilerDeps(ctx, deps)
 	}
-	// Add the PGO dependency (the clang_rt.profile runtime library), which
-	// sometimes depends on symbols from libgcc, before libgcc gets added
-	// in linkerDeps().
-	if c.pgo != nil {
-		deps = c.pgo.deps(ctx, deps)
-	}
 	if c.linker != nil {
 		deps = c.linker.linkerDeps(ctx, deps)
 	}
diff --git a/cc/config/toolchain.go b/cc/config/toolchain.go
index 59c0422..fce28c1 100644
--- a/cc/config/toolchain.go
+++ b/cc/config/toolchain.go
@@ -245,10 +245,6 @@
 	return LibclangRuntimeLibrary(t, "tsan")
 }
 
-func ProfileRuntimeLibrary(t Toolchain) string {
-	return LibclangRuntimeLibrary(t, "profile")
-}
-
 func ScudoRuntimeLibrary(t Toolchain) string {
 	return LibclangRuntimeLibrary(t, "scudo")
 }
diff --git a/cc/pgo.go b/cc/pgo.go
index ada694b..95c9c2e 100644
--- a/cc/pgo.go
+++ b/cc/pgo.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 
 	"android/soong/android"
-	"android/soong/cc/config"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -271,14 +270,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func (pgo *pgo) deps(ctx BaseModuleContext, deps Deps) Deps {
-	if pgo.Properties.ShouldProfileModule {
-		runtimeLibrary := config.ProfileRuntimeLibrary(ctx.toolchain())
-		deps.LateStaticLibs = append(deps.LateStaticLibs, runtimeLibrary)
-	}
-	return deps
-}
-
 func (pgo *pgo) flags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags {
 	if ctx.Host() {
 		return flags