diff --git a/core/binary.mk b/core/binary.mk
index 9f17fd5..1599997 100644
--- a/core/binary.mk
+++ b/core/binary.mk
@@ -1003,7 +1003,6 @@
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_LDFLAGS := $(my_ldflags)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_LDLIBS := $(my_ldlibs)
 $(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_NO_CRT := $(strip $(LOCAL_NO_CRT) $(LOCAL_NO_CRT_$(TARGET_$(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)ARCH)))
-$(LOCAL_INTERMEDIATE_TARGETS): PRIVATE_LIBCXX := $(my_libcxx)
 
 # this is really the way to get the files onto the command line instead
 # of using $^, because then LOCAL_ADDITIONAL_DEPENDENCIES doesn't work
diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index a8ae51a..79cb1f8 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -1301,15 +1301,6 @@
 ## Commands for running gcc to link a shared library or package
 ###########################################################
 
-#echo >$@.vers "{"; \
-#echo >>$@.vers " global:"; \
-#$(BUILD_SYSTEM)/filter_symbols.sh $(TARGET_NM) "  " ";" $(filter %.o,$^) | sort -u >>$@.vers; \
-#echo >>$@.vers " local:"; \
-#echo >>$@.vers "  *;"; \
-#echo >>$@.vers "};"; \
-
-#	-Wl,--version-script=$@.vers \
-
 define transform-o-to-shared-lib-inner
 $(hide) $(PRIVATE_CXX) \
 	-nostdlib -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@) \
@@ -1324,14 +1315,13 @@
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_GROUP_STATIC_LIBRARIES),-Wl$(comma)--start-group) \
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_GROUP_STATIC_LIBRARIES),-Wl$(comma)--end-group) \
-	$(if $(TARGET_BUILD_APPS),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
+	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC) \
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(PRIVATE_ALL_SHARED_LIBRARIES)) \
 	-o $@ \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
-	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
-	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
-	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_SO_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
 endef
@@ -1387,14 +1377,13 @@
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_GROUP_STATIC_LIBRARIES),-Wl$(comma)--start-group) \
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES)) \
 	$(if $(PRIVATE_GROUP_STATIC_LIBRARIES),-Wl$(comma)--end-group) \
-	$(if $(TARGET_BUILD_APPS),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
+	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
+	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
+	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC) \
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(PRIVATE_ALL_SHARED_LIBRARIES)) \
 	-o $@ \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
-	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
-	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
-	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O)) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDLIBS)
 endef
@@ -1432,7 +1421,7 @@
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC) \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(NATIVE_COVERAGE)),$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCOV)) \
 	$(call normalize-target-libraries,$(filter %libcompiler_rt.a,$(PRIVATE_ALL_STATIC_LIBRARIES))) \
-	$(if $(PRIVATE_LIBCXX),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC)) \
+	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC) \
 	-Wl,--end-group \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_NO_CRT)),,$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTEND_O))
 endef