diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 5276ce4..f71abd7 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
 
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libc",
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			nocrt: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
 
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libm",
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			nocrt: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
 
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libdl",
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			nocrt: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
diff --git a/cc/cc_test.go b/cc/cc_test.go
index 997e11e..ca34185 100644
--- a/cc/cc_test.go
+++ b/cc/cc_test.go
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libTest",
 			srcs: ["foo.c"],
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			nocrt: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			vendor_available: true,
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@
 	testCcError(t, "module \".*\" variant \".*\": link.* \".*\" which is not LL-NDK, VNDK-SP, .*double_loadable", `
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libllndk",
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			shared_libs: ["libnondoubleloadable"],
 		}
 
@@ -1786,7 +1786,7 @@
 		shared_libs: ["libllndk"],
 		vendor: true,
 		srcs: ["foo.c"],
-		no_libgcc: true,
+		no_libcrt: true,
 		nocrt: true,
 	}
 	`)
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@
 	cc_library {
 		name: "libvendor_available1",
 		vendor_available: true,
-		no_libgcc : true,
+		no_libcrt : true,
 		nocrt : true,
 		system_shared_libs : [],
 	}
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@
 		name: "libvendor_available2",
 		vendor_available: true,
 		runtime_libs: ["libvendor_available1"],
-		no_libgcc : true,
+		no_libcrt : true,
 		nocrt : true,
 		system_shared_libs : [],
 	}
@@ -1836,21 +1836,21 @@
 				exclude_runtime_libs: ["libvendor_available1"],
 			}
 		},
-		no_libgcc : true,
+		no_libcrt : true,
 		nocrt : true,
 		system_shared_libs : [],
 	}
 	cc_library {
 		name: "libcore",
 		runtime_libs: ["libvendor_available1"],
-		no_libgcc : true,
+		no_libcrt : true,
 		nocrt : true,
 		system_shared_libs : [],
 	}
 	cc_library {
 		name: "libvendor1",
 		vendor: true,
-		no_libgcc : true,
+		no_libcrt : true,
 		nocrt : true,
 		system_shared_libs : [],
 	}
@@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@
 		name: "libvendor2",
 		vendor: true,
 		runtime_libs: ["libvendor_available1", "libvendor1"],
-		no_libgcc : true,
+		no_libcrt : true,
 		nocrt : true,
 		system_shared_libs : [],
 	}
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@
 		name: "libvendorpublic",
 		srcs: ["foo.c"],
 		vendor: true,
-		no_libgcc: true,
+		no_libcrt: true,
 		nocrt: true,
 	}
 
@@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@
 		shared_libs: ["libvendorpublic"],
 		vendor: false,
 		srcs: ["foo.c"],
-		no_libgcc: true,
+		no_libcrt: true,
 		nocrt: true,
 	}
 	cc_library {
@@ -2067,7 +2067,7 @@
 		shared_libs: ["libvendorpublic"],
 		vendor: true,
 		srcs: ["foo.c"],
-		no_libgcc: true,
+		no_libcrt: true,
 		nocrt: true,
 	}
 	`)
diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index 986a562..dda2fcb 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@
 	// This flag should only be necessary for compiling low-level libraries like libc.
 	Allow_undefined_symbols *bool `android:"arch_variant"`
 
-	// don't link in libgcc.a
-	No_libgcc *bool
-
 	// don't link in libclang_rt.builtins-*.a
 	No_libcrt *bool `android:"arch_variant"`
 
@@ -230,9 +227,6 @@
 			deps.LateStaticLibs = append(deps.LateStaticLibs, config.BuiltinsRuntimeLibrary(ctx.toolchain()))
 			deps.LateStaticLibs = append(deps.LateStaticLibs, "libatomic")
 			deps.LateStaticLibs = append(deps.LateStaticLibs, "libgcc_stripped")
-		} else if !Bool(linker.Properties.No_libgcc) {
-			deps.LateStaticLibs = append(deps.LateStaticLibs, "libatomic")
-			deps.LateStaticLibs = append(deps.LateStaticLibs, "libgcc")
 		}
 
 		systemSharedLibs := linker.Properties.System_shared_libs
diff --git a/cc/testing.go b/cc/testing.go
index d9be900..df7cb78 100644
--- a/cc/testing.go
+++ b/cc/testing.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libc",
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			nocrt: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			recovery_available: true,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 		}
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libm",
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			nocrt: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			recovery_available: true,
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 		}
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libdl",
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			nocrt: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			recovery_available: true,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 		}
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libc++_static",
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			nocrt: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 		}
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libc++",
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			nocrt: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 		}
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libunwind_llvm",
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			nocrt: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
diff --git a/sysprop/sysprop_test.go b/sysprop/sysprop_test.go
index d78238a..b470ba5 100644
--- a/sysprop/sysprop_test.go
+++ b/sysprop/sysprop_test.go
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
 
 		cc_library {
 			name: "liblog",
-			no_libgcc: true,
+			no_libcrt: true,
 			nocrt: true,
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			recovery_available: true,