diff --git a/lib/std/Target.zig b/lib/std/Target.zig
index 32b8525c08..1d037d864e 100644
--- a/lib/std/Target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Target.zig
@@ -1939,30 +1939,6 @@ pub inline fn floatAbi(target: Target) FloatAbi {
     return target.abi.floatAbi();
 }
 
-pub inline fn hasDynamicLinker(target: Target) bool {
-    if (target.cpu.arch.isWasm()) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    switch (target.os.tag) {
-        .freestanding,
-        .ios,
-        .tvos,
-        .watchos,
-        .macos,
-        .visionos,
-        .uefi,
-        .windows,
-        .emscripten,
-        .opencl,
-        .opengl,
-        .vulkan,
-        .plan9,
-        .other,
-        => return false,
-        else => return true,
-    }
-}
-
 pub const DynamicLinker = struct {
     /// Contains the memory used to store the dynamic linker path. This field
     /// should not be used directly. See `get` and `set`. This field exists so
diff --git a/lib/std/zig/system.zig b/lib/std/zig/system.zig
index d1967877b3..a33200b50c 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/system.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/system.zig
@@ -963,14 +963,15 @@ fn detectAbiAndDynamicLinker(
     os: Target.Os,
     query: Target.Query,
 ) DetectError!Target {
-    const native_target_has_ld = comptime builtin.target.hasDynamicLinker();
+    const native_target_has_ld = comptime Target.DynamicLinker.kind(builtin.os.tag) != .none;
     const is_linux = builtin.target.os.tag == .linux;
     const is_solarish = builtin.target.os.tag.isSolarish();
+    const is_darwin = builtin.target.os.tag.isDarwin();
     const have_all_info = query.dynamic_linker.get() != null and
         query.abi != null and (!is_linux or query.abi.?.isGnu());
     const os_is_non_native = query.os_tag != null;
     // The Solaris/illumos environment is always the same.
-    if (!native_target_has_ld or have_all_info or os_is_non_native or is_solarish) {
+    if (!native_target_has_ld or have_all_info or os_is_non_native or is_solarish or is_darwin) {
         return defaultAbiAndDynamicLinker(cpu, os, query);
     }
     if (query.abi) |abi| {