diff --git a/src/all_types.hpp b/src/all_types.hpp
index 894be41b2..07218a40d 100644
--- a/src/all_types.hpp
+++ b/src/all_types.hpp
@@ -1061,9 +1061,9 @@ struct CodeGen {
     LLVMZigDICompileUnit *compile_unit;
 
     ZigList<Buf *> lib_search_paths;
+    ZigList<Buf *> link_libs;
 
     // reminder: hash tables must be initialized before use
-    HashMap<Buf *, bool, buf_hash, buf_eql_buf> link_table;
     HashMap<Buf *, ImportTableEntry *, buf_hash, buf_eql_buf> import_table;
     HashMap<Buf *, BuiltinFnEntry *, buf_hash, buf_eql_buf> builtin_fn_table;
     HashMap<Buf *, TypeTableEntry *, buf_hash, buf_eql_buf> primitive_type_table;
diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 7cfd699ce..f7b05bf37 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 CodeGen *codegen_create(Buf *root_source_dir, const ZigTarget *target) {
     CodeGen *g = allocate<CodeGen>(1);
-    g->link_table.init(32);
     g->import_table.init(32);
     g->builtin_fn_table.init(32);
     g->primitive_type_table.init(32);
@@ -3831,9 +3830,10 @@ static ImportTableEntry *codegen_add_code(CodeGen *g, Buf *abs_full_path,
                         if (buf_eql_str(name, "version")) {
                             set_root_export_version(g, param, directive_node);
                         } else if (buf_eql_str(name, "link")) {
-                            g->link_table.put(param, true);
                             if (buf_eql_str(param, "c")) {
                                 g->link_libc = true;
+                            } else {
+                                g->link_libs.append(param);
                             }
                         } else {
                             add_node_error(g, directive_node,
diff --git a/src/link.cpp b/src/link.cpp
index 5d684c46e..5fbcdfefb 100644
--- a/src/link.cpp
+++ b/src/link.cpp
@@ -210,17 +210,10 @@ static void construct_linker_job_linux(LinkJob *lj) {
         lj->args.append(buf_ptr(compiler_rt_o_path));
     }
 
-    auto it = g->link_table.entry_iterator();
-    for (;;) {
-        auto *entry = it.next();
-        if (!entry)
-            break;
-
-        // we handle libc explicitly, don't do it here
-        if (!buf_eql_str(entry->key, "c")) {
-            Buf *arg = buf_sprintf("-l%s", buf_ptr(entry->key));
-            lj->args.append(buf_ptr(arg));
-        }
+    for (int i = 0; i < g->link_libs.length; i += 1) {
+        Buf *link_lib = g->link_libs.at(i);
+        Buf *arg = buf_sprintf("-l%s", buf_ptr(link_lib));
+        lj->args.append(buf_ptr(arg));
     }
 
 
@@ -333,6 +326,12 @@ static void construct_linker_job_mingw(LinkJob *lj) {
 
     lj->args.append((const char *)buf_ptr(&lj->out_file_o));
 
+    for (int i = 0; i < g->link_libs.length; i += 1) {
+        Buf *link_lib = g->link_libs.at(i);
+        Buf *arg = buf_sprintf("-l%s", buf_ptr(link_lib));
+        lj->args.append(buf_ptr(arg));
+    }
+
     if (g->link_libc) {
         if (g->is_static) {
             lj->args.append("--start-group");