diff --git a/tests/testsuite/freshness.rs b/tests/testsuite/freshness.rs
index 5b3042f721f..7ad417e194e 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/freshness.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/freshness.rs
@@ -2799,7 +2799,6 @@ fn lld_is_fresh() {
             r#"
                 [target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
                 linker = "rust-lld"
-                rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=lld"]
             "#,
         )
         .file(
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/freshness_checksum.rs b/tests/testsuite/freshness_checksum.rs
index 1ae2ba1cd2c..863153fe56c 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/freshness_checksum.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/freshness_checksum.rs
@@ -2602,7 +2602,6 @@ fn lld_is_fresh() {
             r#"
                 [target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
                 linker = "rust-lld"
-                rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=lld"]
             "#,
         )
         .file(