diff --git a/cc/config/x86_64_device.go b/cc/config/x86_64_device.go
index eeb4d2f07..1941eb8d5 100644
--- a/cc/config/x86_64_device.go
+++ b/cc/config/x86_64_device.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ var (
 		"-Wl,--build-id=md5",
 		"-Wl,--warn-shared-textrel",
 		"-Wl,--fatal-warnings",
-		"-Wl,--gc-sections",
 		"-Wl,--hash-style=gnu",
 		"-Wl,--no-undefined-version",
 	}
diff --git a/cc/config/x86_device.go b/cc/config/x86_device.go
index be36de973..a95305bc0 100644
--- a/cc/config/x86_device.go
+++ b/cc/config/x86_device.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ var (
 		"-Wl,--build-id=md5",
 		"-Wl,--warn-shared-textrel",
 		"-Wl,--fatal-warnings",
-		"-Wl,--gc-sections",
 		"-Wl,--hash-style=gnu",
 		"-Wl,--no-undefined-version",
 	}
diff --git a/cc/config/x86_linux_bionic_host.go b/cc/config/x86_linux_bionic_host.go
index 645ac2651..9f0bbbdf1 100644
--- a/cc/config/x86_linux_bionic_host.go
+++ b/cc/config/x86_linux_bionic_host.go
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ var (
 		"-Wl,--build-id=md5",
 		"-Wl,--warn-shared-textrel",
 		"-Wl,--fatal-warnings",
-		"-Wl,--gc-sections",
 		"-Wl,--hash-style=gnu",
 		"-Wl,--no-undefined-version",