diff --git a/misc/cgo/testcshared/cshared_test.go b/misc/cgo/testcshared/cshared_test.go
index daef3a9e546..194dec96ad7 100644
--- a/misc/cgo/testcshared/cshared_test.go
+++ b/misc/cgo/testcshared/cshared_test.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func testMain(m *testing.M) int {
 		// TODO(crawshaw): can we do better?
 		cc = append(cc, []string{"-framework", "CoreFoundation", "-framework", "Foundation"}...)
 	case "android":
-		cc = append(cc, "-pie", "-fuse-ld=gold")
+		cc = append(cc, "-pie")
 	}
 	libgodir := GOOS + "_" + GOARCH
 	switch GOOS {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index 09a5f2a711d..45cc87287c3 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) hostlink() {
 		// from the beginning of the section (like sym.STYPE).
 		argv = append(argv, "-Wl,-znocopyreloc")
 
-		if ctxt.Arch.InFamily(sys.ARM, sys.ARM64) && (objabi.GOOS == "linux" || objabi.GOOS == "android") {
+		if ctxt.Arch.InFamily(sys.ARM, sys.ARM64) && objabi.GOOS == "linux" {
 			// On ARM, the GNU linker will generate COPY relocations
 			// even with -znocopyreloc set.
 			// https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19962