diff --git a/src/bootstrap/builder.rs b/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
index 4708b207156..33b03d57dd4 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
         cmd.env_remove("MAKEFLAGS");
         cmd.env_remove("MFLAGS");
 
-        if let Some(linker) = self.linker(compiler.host, true) {
+        if let Some(linker) = self.linker(compiler.host) {
             cmd.env("RUSTC_TARGET_LINKER", linker);
         }
         cmd
@@ -1041,11 +1041,11 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
             }
         }
 
-        if let Some(host_linker) = self.linker(compiler.host, true) {
+        if let Some(host_linker) = self.linker(compiler.host) {
             cargo.env("RUSTC_HOST_LINKER", host_linker);
         }
 
-        if let Some(target_linker) = self.linker(target, true) {
+        if let Some(target_linker) = self.linker(target) {
             let target = crate::envify(&target.triple);
             cargo.env(&format!("CARGO_TARGET_{}_LINKER", target), target_linker);
         }
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/lib.rs b/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
index 1b655f55fb0..642f1ea9c00 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/lib.rs
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ impl Build {
     }
 
     /// Returns the path to the linker for the given target if it needs to be overridden.
-    fn linker(&self, target: TargetSelection, can_use_lld: bool) -> Option<&Path> {
+    fn linker(&self, target: TargetSelection) -> Option<&Path> {
         if let Some(linker) = self.config.target_config.get(&target).and_then(|c| c.linker.as_ref())
         {
             Some(linker)
@@ -863,12 +863,9 @@ impl Build {
             && !target.contains("msvc")
         {
             Some(self.cc(target))
-        } else if target.contains("msvc")
-            && can_use_lld
-            && self.config.use_lld
-            && self.build == target
-        {
-            // Currently we support using LLD directly via `rust.use_lld` option only with MSVC
+        } else if target.contains("msvc") && self.config.use_lld && self.build == target {
+            // `rust.use_lld` means using LLD directly only for MSVC, for other targets it only
+            // adds `-fuse-ld=lld` to already selected linker.
             Some(&self.initial_lld)
         } else {
             None
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/test.rs b/src/bootstrap/test.rs
index a7c9b99f45f..f7eb2aecc0d 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/test.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/test.rs
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ impl Step for RustdocTheme {
             .env("CFG_RELEASE_CHANNEL", &builder.config.channel)
             .env("RUSTDOC_REAL", builder.rustdoc(self.compiler))
             .env("RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP", "1");
-        if let Some(linker) = builder.linker(self.compiler.host, true) {
+        if let Some(linker) = builder.linker(self.compiler.host) {
             cmd.env("RUSTC_TARGET_LINKER", linker);
         }
         try_run(builder, &mut cmd);
@@ -1061,8 +1061,7 @@ impl Step for Compiletest {
         flags.push("-Zunstable-options".to_string());
         flags.push(builder.config.cmd.rustc_args().join(" "));
 
-        // Don't use LLD here since we want to test that rustc finds and uses a linker by itself.
-        if let Some(linker) = builder.linker(target, false) {
+        if let Some(linker) = builder.linker(target) {
             cmd.arg("--linker").arg(linker);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/tools.mk b/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/tools.mk
index f9b6d342295..634c9ece3f5 100644
--- a/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/tools.mk
+++ b/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/tools.mk
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ BARE_RUSTDOC := $(HOST_RPATH_ENV) '$(RUSTDOC)'
 RUSTC := $(BARE_RUSTC) --out-dir $(TMPDIR) -L $(TMPDIR) $(RUSTFLAGS)
 RUSTDOC := $(BARE_RUSTDOC) -L $(TARGET_RPATH_DIR)
 ifdef RUSTC_LINKER
-RUSTC := $(RUSTC) -Clinker=$(RUSTC_LINKER)
-RUSTDOC := $(RUSTDOC) -Clinker=$(RUSTC_LINKER)
+RUSTC := $(RUSTC) -Clinker='$(RUSTC_LINKER)'
+RUSTDOC := $(RUSTDOC) -Clinker='$(RUSTC_LINKER)'
 endif
 #CC := $(CC) -L $(TMPDIR)
 HTMLDOCCK := '$(PYTHON)' '$(S)/src/etc/htmldocck.py'