diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/link.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/link.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1350676ea0a..00000000000
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/link.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-use rustc::session::config::OutputFilenames;
-use rustc::session::Session;
-use rustc_codegen_ssa::CodegenResults;
-use super::archive::LlvmArchiveBuilder;
-
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-pub use rustc_codegen_utils::link::*;
-
-/// Performs the linkage portion of the compilation phase. This will generate all
-/// of the requested outputs for this compilation session.
-pub(crate) fn link_binary<'a>(
-    sess: &'a Session,
-    codegen_results: &CodegenResults,
-    outputs: &OutputFilenames,
-    crate_name: &str,
-) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
-    let target_cpu = crate::llvm_util::target_cpu(sess);
-    rustc_codegen_ssa::back::link::link_binary::<LlvmArchiveBuilder<'a>>(
-        sess,
-        codegen_results,
-        outputs,
-        crate_name,
-        target_cpu,
-    )
-}
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/lib.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/lib.rs
index 8283d1aa1b5..cee0d5be647 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/lib.rs
@@ -71,9 +71,8 @@ use rustc_codegen_utils::codegen_backend::CodegenBackend;
 mod error_codes;
 
 mod back {
-    mod archive;
+    pub mod archive;
     pub mod bytecode;
-    pub mod link;
     pub mod lto;
     pub mod write;
 }
@@ -327,8 +326,17 @@ impl CodegenBackend for LlvmCodegenBackend {
         // This should produce either a finished executable or library.
         sess.profiler(|p| p.start_activity("link_crate"));
         time(sess, "linking", || {
-            back::link::link_binary(sess, &codegen_results,
-                                    outputs, &codegen_results.crate_name.as_str());
+            use rustc_codegen_ssa::back::link::link_binary;
+            use crate::back::archive::LlvmArchiveBuilder;
+
+            let target_cpu = crate::llvm_util::target_cpu(sess);
+            link_binary::<LlvmArchiveBuilder<'_>>(
+                sess,
+                &codegen_results,
+                outputs,
+                &codegen_results.crate_name.as_str(),
+                target_cpu,
+            );
         });
         sess.profiler(|p| p.end_activity("link_crate"));