diff --git a/etc/rustc-with-gold b/etc/rustc-with-gold
deleted file mode 100755
index 077aa7f0d0b..00000000000
--- a/etc/rustc-with-gold
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-rustc -C link-args=-fuse-ld=gold "$@"
diff --git a/python/servo/command_base.py b/python/servo/command_base.py
index 2c980c276aa..35c35cfe6e9 100644
--- a/python/servo/command_base.py
+++ b/python/servo/command_base.py
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class CommandBase(object):
         # Don't run the gold linker if on Windows https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/9499
         if self.config["tools"]["rustc-with-gold"] and sys.platform not in ("win32", "msys"):
             if subprocess.call(['which', 'ld.gold'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE) == 0:
-                env['RUSTC'] = path.join(self.context.topdir, 'etc', 'rustc-with-gold')
+                env['RUSTFLAGS'] = env.get('RUSTFLAGS', "") + " -C link-args=-fuse-ld=gold"
 
         return env