diff --git a/js/src/old-configure.in b/js/src/old-configure.in
index f3ea36b938..b046699f17 100644
--- a/js/src/old-configure.in
+++ b/js/src/old-configure.in
@@ -222,24 +222,6 @@ case "$target" in
         AC_SUBST(MSVC_CMP_RUNTIME_DLL)
         AC_SUBST(MSVC_CXX_RUNTIME_DLL)
 
-        # Check linker version
-        _LD_FULL_VERSION=`"${LD}" -v 2>&1`
-
-        # If using lld-link, force version to match clang-cl's MSVC suite (14)
-        case "$_LD_FULL_VERSION" in
-            *LLD*)
-                _LD_MAJOR_VERSION=$_CC_SUITE
-                ;;
-            *)
-            _LD_FULL_VERSION=`echo "$_LD_FULL_VERSION" | sed -nre "$_MSVC_VER_FILTER"`
-            _LD_MAJOR_VERSION=`echo ${_LD_FULL_VERSION} | $AWK -F\. '{ print $1 }'`
-            ;;
-        esac
-
-        if test "$_LD_MAJOR_VERSION" != "$_CC_SUITE"; then
-            AC_MSG_ERROR([The linker major version, $_LD_FULL_VERSION, does not match the compiler suite version, $_CC_SUITE.])
-        fi
-
         INCREMENTAL_LINKER=1
 
         unset _MSVC_VER_FILTER
diff --git a/old-configure.in b/old-configure.in
index 659010ab84..10edcb8fcc 100644
--- a/old-configure.in
+++ b/old-configure.in
@@ -255,24 +255,6 @@ case "$target" in
           WIN32_REDIST_DIR=`cd "$WIN32_REDIST_DIR" && pwd -W`
         fi
 
-        # Check linker version
-        _LD_FULL_VERSION=`"${LD}" -v 2>&1`
-
-        # If using lld-link, force version to match clang-cl's MSVC suite (14)
-        case "$_LD_FULL_VERSION" in
-            *LLD*)
-                _LD_MAJOR_VERSION=$_CC_SUITE
-                ;;
-            *)
-            _LD_FULL_VERSION=`echo "$_LD_FULL_VERSION" | sed -nre "$_MSVC_VER_FILTER"`
-            _LD_MAJOR_VERSION=`echo ${_LD_FULL_VERSION} | $AWK -F\. '{ print $1 }'`
-            ;;
-        esac
-
-        if test "$_LD_MAJOR_VERSION" != "$_CC_SUITE"; then
-            AC_MSG_ERROR([The linker major version, $_LD_FULL_VERSION, does not match the compiler suite version, $_CC_SUITE.])
-        fi
-
         INCREMENTAL_LINKER=1
 
         # Set midl environment