diff --git a/mkspecs/android-clang/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/android-clang/qmake.conf
index c6d8ce4626..9758546fd4 100644
--- a/mkspecs/android-clang/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/android-clang/qmake.conf
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ else: equals(ANDROID_TARGET_ARCH, mips): \
 else: equals(ANDROID_TARGET_ARCH, mips64): \
     QMAKE_CFLAGS = -target mips64el-none-linux-android
 
-QMAKE_LINK              = $$QMAKE_CXX $$QMAKE_CFLAGS -gcc-toolchain $$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_PATH -fuse-ld=gold
+QMAKE_LINK = $$QMAKE_CXX $$QMAKE_CFLAGS -gcc-toolchain $$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_PATH
 
 include(../common/android-base-tail.conf)
diff --git a/mkspecs/android-g++/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/android-g++/qmake.conf
index e05cc3f23a..50d1fd6cf2 100644
--- a/mkspecs/android-g++/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/android-g++/qmake.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ QMAKE_CC                = $$NDK_TOOLCHAIN_PATH/bin/$$NDK_TOOLS_PREFIX-gcc
 QMAKE_CXX               = $$QMAKE_GCC
 
 QMAKE_CFLAGS            =
-QMAKE_LINK              = $$QMAKE_GCC -fuse-ld=gold
+QMAKE_LINK              = $$QMAKE_GCC
 
 include(../common/android-base-tail.conf)