diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index 4e9404c..78d2d41 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
 	if ctx.toolchain().Bionic() {
 		// libclang_rt.builtins has to be last on the command line
 		if !Bool(linker.Properties.No_libcrt) && !ctx.header() {
-			deps.LateStaticLibs = append(deps.LateStaticLibs, config.BuiltinsRuntimeLibrary(ctx.toolchain()))
+			deps.UnexportedStaticLibs = append(deps.UnexportedStaticLibs, config.BuiltinsRuntimeLibrary(ctx.toolchain()))
 		}
 
 		if inList("libdl", deps.SharedLibs) {
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
 		}
 	} else if ctx.toolchain().Musl() {
 		if !Bool(linker.Properties.No_libcrt) && !ctx.header() {
-			deps.LateStaticLibs = append(deps.LateStaticLibs, config.BuiltinsRuntimeLibrary(ctx.toolchain()))
+			deps.UnexportedStaticLibs = append(deps.UnexportedStaticLibs, config.BuiltinsRuntimeLibrary(ctx.toolchain()))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -530,10 +530,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ctx.toolchain().LibclangRuntimeLibraryArch() != "" {
-		flags.Global.LdFlags = append(flags.Global.LdFlags, "-Wl,--exclude-libs="+config.BuiltinsRuntimeLibrary(ctx.toolchain())+".a")
-	}
-
 	CheckBadLinkerFlags(ctx, "ldflags", linker.Properties.Ldflags)
 
 	flags.Local.LdFlags = append(flags.Local.LdFlags, proptools.NinjaAndShellEscapeList(linker.Properties.Ldflags)...)