diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/container_pre_build.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/container_pre_build.sh
index f9825cff50d..b4238a5b45b 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/container_pre_build.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/container_pre_build.sh
@@ -23,19 +23,6 @@ if test -x /usr/bin/ccache; then
     ccache --show-stats
 fi
 
-# When not using the mold linker (e.g. unsupported architecture), force
-# linkers to gold, since it's so much faster for building.  We can't use
-# lld because we're on old debian and it's buggy.  mingw fails meson builds
-# with it with "meson.build:21:0: ERROR: Unable to determine dynamic linker"
-if [ -e /usr/bin/ld.gold ]; then
-  find /usr/bin -name \*-ld -o -name ld | \
-    grep -v mingw | \
-    xargs -n 1 -I '{}' ln -sf '{}.gold' '{}'
-else
-  echo "ld.gold is missing, not replacing ld with it."
-  echo "Builds might be slower, consider installing gold."
-fi
-
 # Make a wrapper script for ninja to always include the -j flags
 {
     echo '#!/bin/sh -x'