diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 7a42ad8..1a9276c 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -1773,7 +1773,6 @@
 	-nostdlib -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@) \
 	-Wl,--gc-sections \
 	$(if $(filter true,$(PRIVATE_CLANG)),-shared,-Wl$(comma)-shared) \
-	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_SO_O) \
 	$(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS) \
 	-Wl,--whole-archive \
@@ -1860,7 +1859,6 @@
 	-Wl,-dynamic-linker,$(PRIVATE_LINKER) \
 	-Wl,--gc-sections \
 	-Wl,-z,nocopyreloc \
-	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS) \
 	-Wl,-rpath-link=$(PRIVATE_TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_DYNAMIC_O) \
 	$(PRIVATE_ALL_OBJECTS) \
@@ -1904,7 +1902,6 @@
 	$(if $(filter $(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS),-shared),,-static) \
 	-Wl,--gc-sections \
 	-o $@ \
-	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_STATIC_O) \
 	$(PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(PRIVATE_LDFLAGS) \
diff --git a/core/executable_internal.mk b/core/executable_internal.mk
index 593f9f4..531187c 100644
--- a/core/executable_internal.mk
+++ b/core/executable_internal.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 endif
 
 # Define PRIVATE_ variables from global vars
-my_target_global_ld_dirs :=
 ifeq ($(LOCAL_NO_LIBGCC),true)
 my_target_libgcc :=
 else
@@ -51,19 +50,10 @@
 my_target_crtend_o := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/crtend_android.o
 endif
 ifdef LOCAL_SDK_VERSION
-# Make sure the prebuilt NDK paths are put ahead of the TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS,
-# so we don't have race condition when the system libraries (such as libc, libstdc++) are also built in the tree.
-my_target_global_ld_dirs := \
-    $(addprefix -L, $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(my_ndk_stl_shared_lib_fullpath))) \
-    $(my_ndk_sysroot_lib)) \
-    $(my_target_global_ld_dirs)
-my_target_global_ldflags := $(my_ndk_stl_shared_lib) $(my_target_global_ldflags)
 my_target_crtbegin_dynamic_o := $(wildcard $(my_ndk_sysroot_lib)/crtbegin_dynamic.o)
 my_target_crtbegin_static_o := $(wildcard $(my_ndk_sysroot_lib)/crtbegin_static.o)
 my_target_crtend_o := $(wildcard $(my_ndk_sysroot_lib)/crtend_android.o)
 endif
-$(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS := $(my_target_global_ld_dirs)
-$(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS := $(my_target_global_ldflags)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC := $(my_target_libgcc)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC := $(my_target_libatomic)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_DYNAMIC_O := $(my_target_crtbegin_dynamic_o)
diff --git a/core/shared_library_internal.mk b/core/shared_library_internal.mk
index 1a8975a..eeea50b 100644
--- a/core/shared_library_internal.mk
+++ b/core/shared_library_internal.mk
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 include $(BUILD_SYSTEM)/dynamic_binary.mk
 
 # Define PRIVATE_ variables from global vars
-my_target_global_ld_dirs :=
 ifeq ($(LOCAL_NO_LIBGCC),true)
 my_target_libgcc :=
 else
@@ -54,18 +53,9 @@
 my_target_crtend_so_o := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)TARGET_OUT_INTERMEDIATE_LIBRARIES)/crtend_so.o
 endif
 ifdef LOCAL_SDK_VERSION
-# Make sure the prebuilt NDK paths are put ahead of the TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS,
-# so we don't have race condition when the system libraries (such as libc, libstdc++) are also built in the tree.
-my_target_global_ld_dirs := \
-    $(addprefix -L, $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(my_ndk_stl_shared_lib_fullpath))) \
-    $(my_ndk_sysroot_lib)) \
-    $(my_target_global_ld_dirs)
-my_target_global_ldflags := $(my_ndk_stl_shared_lib) $(my_target_global_ldflags)
 my_target_crtbegin_so_o := $(wildcard $(my_ndk_sysroot_lib)/crtbegin_so.o)
 my_target_crtend_so_o := $(wildcard $(my_ndk_sysroot_lib)/crtend_so.o)
 endif
-$(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LD_DIRS := $(my_target_global_ld_dirs)
-$(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_GLOBAL_LDFLAGS := $(my_target_global_ldflags)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBGCC := $(my_target_libgcc)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_LIBATOMIC := $(my_target_libatomic)
 $(linked_module): PRIVATE_TARGET_CRTBEGIN_SO_O := $(my_target_crtbegin_so_o)