diff --git a/platform/javascript/detect.py b/platform/javascript/detect.py
index e6e35f6aa9f..71189cf697a 100644
--- a/platform/javascript/detect.py
+++ b/platform/javascript/detect.py
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ def configure(env):
 
     env["CC"] = "emcc"
     env["CXX"] = "em++"
-    env["LINK"] = "emcc"
 
     env["AR"] = "emar"
     env["RANLIB"] = "emranlib"
diff --git a/platform/osx/detect.py b/platform/osx/detect.py
index baa48f90ead..b8b26b92628 100644
--- a/platform/osx/detect.py
+++ b/platform/osx/detect.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ def configure(env):
             mpprefix = os.environ.get("MACPORTS_PREFIX", "/opt/local")
             mpclangver = env["macports_clang"]
             env["CC"] = mpprefix + "/libexec/llvm-" + mpclangver + "/bin/clang"
-            env["LINK"] = mpprefix + "/libexec/llvm-" + mpclangver + "/bin/clang++"
             env["CXX"] = mpprefix + "/libexec/llvm-" + mpclangver + "/bin/clang++"
             env["AR"] = mpprefix + "/libexec/llvm-" + mpclangver + "/bin/llvm-ar"
             env["RANLIB"] = mpprefix + "/libexec/llvm-" + mpclangver + "/bin/llvm-ranlib"
diff --git a/platform/windows/detect.py b/platform/windows/detect.py
index dd2a05e8762..c91d693754c 100644
--- a/platform/windows/detect.py
+++ b/platform/windows/detect.py
@@ -354,18 +354,17 @@ def configure_mingw(env):
 
     if env["use_llvm"]:
         env["CC"] = mingw_prefix + "clang"
-        env["AS"] = mingw_prefix + "as"
         env["CXX"] = mingw_prefix + "clang++"
+        env["AS"] = mingw_prefix + "as"
         env["AR"] = mingw_prefix + "ar"
         env["RANLIB"] = mingw_prefix + "ranlib"
-        env["LINK"] = mingw_prefix + "clang++"
     else:
         env["CC"] = mingw_prefix + "gcc"
-        env["AS"] = mingw_prefix + "as"
         env["CXX"] = mingw_prefix + "g++"
+        env["AS"] = mingw_prefix + "as"
         env["AR"] = mingw_prefix + "gcc-ar"
         env["RANLIB"] = mingw_prefix + "gcc-ranlib"
-        env["LINK"] = mingw_prefix + "g++"
+
     env["x86_libtheora_opt_gcc"] = True
 
     if env["use_lto"]: