diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs
index 3f3d305da01..c4bb82d0dd7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/linker.rs
@@ -404,12 +404,14 @@ fn push_linker_plugin_lto_args(&mut self, plugin_path: Option<&OsStr>) {
     fn build_dylib(&mut self, crate_type: CrateType, out_filename: &Path) {
         // On mac we need to tell the linker to let this library be rpathed
         if self.sess.target.is_like_osx {
-            if !self.is_ld {
+            if self.is_cc() {
+                // `-dynamiclib` makes `cc` pass `-dylib` to the linker.
                 self.cc_arg("-dynamiclib");
+            } else {
+                self.link_arg("-dylib");
+                // Clang also sets `-dynamic`, but that's implied by `-dylib`, so unnecessary.
             }
 
-            self.link_arg("-dylib");
-
             // Note that the `osx_rpath_install_name` option here is a hack
             // purely to support bootstrap right now, we should get a more
             // principled solution at some point to force the compiler to pass