diff --git a/rts/build/cmake/TestCXXFlags.cmake b/rts/build/cmake/TestCXXFlags.cmake

index b3cc16d220..f2cb98b70d 100644

--- a/rts/build/cmake/TestCXXFlags.cmake

+++ b/rts/build/cmake/TestCXXFlags.cmake

@@ -130,42 +130,6 @@ if   (NOT MSVC)

 endif()

-if   (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)

-	# check if default linker is ld.gold

-	execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_LINKER} "-v"

-		OUTPUT_VARIABLE linkerVersion

-		ERROR_VARIABLE linkerVersion

-	)

-	set(hasGold FALSE)

-	if ("${linkerVersion}" MATCHES "gold")

-		set(hasGold TRUE)

-	endif()

-

-

-	if    (NOT hasGold AND NOT WIN32) #FIND_PROGRAM fails in crosscompile environments (it detects the native ld.gold)

-		# since gcc 4.8 it is possible to switch the linker via that argument

-		check_cxx_accepts_flag("-fuse-ld=gold" HAS_USE_LD)

-		if    (HAS_USE_LD)

-			find_program(LD_GOLD ld.gold)

-			if    (LD_GOLD)

-				set(hasGold TRUE)

-				set(LDGOLD_CXX_FLAGS "-fuse-ld=gold")

-			endif ()

-		endif ()

-	endif ()

-

-	if    (hasGold)

-		set(LDGOLD_FOUND TRUE)

-		set(LDGOLD_LINKER_FLAGS "")

-		#set(LDGOLD_LINKER_FLAGS " -Wl,--stats ${LDGOLD_LINKER_FLAGS}")

-		set(LDGOLD_LINKER_FLAGS " -Wl,-O3 ${LDGOLD_LINKER_FLAGS}")       # e.g. tries to optimize duplicated strings across the binary

-		set(LDGOLD_LINKER_FLAGS " -Wl,--icf=all ${LDGOLD_LINKER_FLAGS}") # Identical Code Folding

-	endif ()

-

-	mark_as_advanced(LDGOLD_FOUND LDGOLD_LINKER_FLAGS LDGOLD_CXX_FLAGS)

-endif()

-

-

 if   (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)

 	set(MPX_FLAGS "")

 	check_and_add_flags(MPX_FLAGS -fcheck-pointer-bounds -mmpx -Wchkp)