diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
   if (RSOCKET_ASAN)
     set(ASAN_FLAGS -fsanitize=address,undefined)
   endif ()
-  set(EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS ${EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold)

 elseif (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES Clang)
   if (RSOCKET_ASAN)