diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
index adbd3fe67e..67f1361637 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
@@ -107,13 +107,11 @@ endif
 #
 # Definitions of the list of libraries that should be copied to the target.
 #
+
+TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS += ld*.so*
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_UCLIBC),y)
 TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS += libatomic.so.* libc.so.* libcrypt.so.* libdl.so.* libgcc_s.so.* libm.so.* libnsl.so.* libresolv.so.* librt.so.* libutil.so.*
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC)$(BR2_ARM_EABIHF),yy)
-TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS += ld-linux-armhf.so.*
-else
-TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS += ld*.so.*
-endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
 TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_LIBS += libpthread.so.*
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GDB)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY),)
@@ -470,30 +468,6 @@ define TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_INSTALL_GDBINIT
 	fi
 endef
 
-# Various utility functions used by the external toolchain based on musl.
-
-# With the musl C library, the libc.so library directly plays the role
-# of the dynamic library loader. We just need to create a symbolic
-# link to libc.so with the appropriate name.
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_MUSL):$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y:)
-ifeq ($(BR2_i386),y)
-MUSL_ARCH = i386
-else ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_EABIHF),y)
-MUSL_ARCH = armhf
-else ifeq ($(BR2_mips):$(BR2_SOFT_FLOAT),y:y)
-MUSL_ARCH = mips-sf
-else ifeq ($(BR2_mipsel):$(BR2_SOFT_FLOAT),y:y)
-MUSL_ARCH = mipsel-sf
-else ifeq ($(BR2_sh),y)
-MUSL_ARCH = sh
-else
-MUSL_ARCH = $(ARCH)
-endif
-define TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_MUSL_LD_LINK
-	ln -sf libc.so $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/ld-musl-$(MUSL_ARCH).so.1
-endef
-endif
-
 # uClibc-ng dynamic loader is called ld-uClibc.so.1, but gcc is not
 # patched specifically for uClibc-ng, so it continues to generate
 # binaries that expect the dynamic loader to be named ld-uClibc.so.0,