m4/ax_compiler_flags_ldflags.m4 | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/m4/ax_compiler_flags_ldflags.m4 b/m4/ax_compiler_flags_ldflags.m4
index 976d1198..274292a3 100644
--- a/m4/ax_compiler_flags_ldflags.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_compiler_flags_ldflags.m4
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_COMPILER_FLAGS_LDFLAGS],[
     ])
     # textonly, retpolineplt not yet
 
-    # macOS and cygwin linker do not have --as-needed
-    AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,--no-as-needed], [
-        ax_compiler_flags_as_needed_option="-Wl,--no-as-needed"
-    ], [
-        ax_compiler_flags_as_needed_option=""
-    ])
-
     # macOS linker speaks with a different accent
     ax_compiler_flags_fatal_warnings_option=""
     AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,--fatal-warnings], [
@@ -85,7 +78,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_COMPILER_FLAGS_LDFLAGS],[
 
     # Base flags
     AX_APPEND_LINK_FLAGS([ dnl
-        $ax_compiler_flags_as_needed_option dnl
         $3 dnl
     ],ax_warn_ldflags_variable,[$ax_compiler_flags_test])