diff --git a/toolchain/private/cc_toolchains.bzl b/toolchain/private/cc_toolchains.bzl
index a7b6ebe..7de5017 100644
--- a/toolchain/private/cc_toolchains.bzl
+++ b/toolchain/private/cc_toolchains.bzl
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ def declare_cc_toolchains(os, zig_sdk_path, zig_include_root):
             )
             absolute_tool_paths[name] = tool_path
 
-        linkopts = target_config.linkopts
         dynamic_library_linkopts = target_config.dynamic_library_linkopts
         copts = target_config.copts
+        linkopts = []
         for s in getattr(target_config, "linker_version_scripts", []):
-            linkopts = linkopts + ["-Wl,--version-script,%s/%s" % (zig_sdk_path, s)]
+            linkopts = ["-Wl,--version-script,%s/%s" % (zig_sdk_path, s)]
         for incl in getattr(target_config, "compiler_extra_includes", []):
             copts = copts + ["-include", zig_sdk_path + "/" + incl]
 
diff --git a/toolchain/private/defs.bzl b/toolchain/private/defs.bzl
index b86c1e6..25ee8e0 100644
--- a/toolchain/private/defs.bzl
+++ b/toolchain/private/defs.bzl
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ def _target_darwin(gocpu, zigcpu):
             "libc/include/any-macos.{}-any".format(min_os),
             "libc/include/any-macos-any",
         ],
-        linkopts = [],
         dynamic_library_linkopts = ["-Wl,-undefined=dynamic_lookup"],
         copts = [],
         bazel_target_cpu = "darwin",
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ def _target_windows(gocpu, zigcpu):
             "libunwind/include",
             "libc/include/any-windows-any",
         ],
-        linkopts = [],
         dynamic_library_linkopts = [],
         copts = [],
         bazel_target_cpu = "x64_windows",
@@ -106,7 +104,6 @@ def _target_linux_gnu(gocpu, zigcpu, glibc_version):
         toplevel_include = ["glibc-hacks"] if fcntl_hack else [],
         compiler_extra_includes = ["glibc-hacks/glibchack-fcntl.h"] if fcntl_hack else [],
         linker_version_scripts = ["glibc-hacks/fcntl.map"] if fcntl_hack else [],
-        linkopts = ["-lc++", "-lc++abi"],
         dynamic_library_linkopts = [],
         copts = [],
         bazel_target_cpu = "k8",
@@ -131,7 +128,6 @@ def _target_linux_musl(gocpu, zigcpu):
                    (["libc/include/{}-linux-any".format(zigcpu)] if zigcpu != "x86_64" else []) + [
             "libc/include/any-linux-any",
         ],
-        linkopts = [],
         dynamic_library_linkopts = [],
         copts = ["-D_LIBCPP_HAS_MUSL_LIBC", "-D_LIBCPP_HAS_THREAD_API_PTHREAD"],
         bazel_target_cpu = "k8",
diff --git a/toolchain/zig_toolchain.bzl b/toolchain/zig_toolchain.bzl
index 7ffdba8..f76aa80 100644
--- a/toolchain/zig_toolchain.bzl
+++ b/toolchain/zig_toolchain.bzl
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ def _zig_cc_toolchain_config_impl(ctx):
         "-I" + d
         for d in ctx.attr.cxx_builtin_include_directories
     ] + [
-        "-target",
-        ctx.attr.target + ctx.attr.target_suffix,
         "-no-canonical-prefixes",
         "-Wno-builtin-macro-redefined",
         "-D__DATE__=\"redacted\"",
@@ -128,17 +126,7 @@ def _zig_cc_toolchain_config_impl(ctx):
     default_linker_flags = feature(
         name = "default_linker_flags",
         enabled = True,
-        flag_sets = [
-            flag_set(
-                actions = all_link_actions,
-                flag_groups = [
-                    flag_group(
-                        flags = ["-target", ctx.attr.target] +
-                                ctx.attr.linkopts,
-                    ),
-                ],
-            ),
-        ] + dynamic_library_flag_sets,
+        flag_sets = dynamic_library_flag_sets,
     )
 
     features = [