diff --git a/src/target.cpp b/src/target.cpp
index 3a6d8d19f..538f836f2 100644
--- a/src/target.cpp
+++ b/src/target.cpp
@@ -1306,8 +1306,6 @@ const char *target_dynamic_linker(const ZigTarget *target) {
 
                 case ZigLLVM_mips:
                 case ZigLLVM_mipsel:
-                    return "/lib/ld.so.1";
-
                 case ZigLLVM_mips64:
                 case ZigLLVM_mips64el:
                     zig_panic("TODO implement target_dynamic_linker for mips");
diff --git a/test/tests.zig b/test/tests.zig
index b14706bea..5d7e4e11e 100644
--- a/test/tests.zig
+++ b/test/tests.zig
@@ -160,16 +160,6 @@ const test_targets = [_]TestTarget{
             },
         },
     },
-    TestTarget{
-        .target = Target{
-            .Cross = CrossTarget{
-                .os = .linux,
-                .arch = .mipsel,
-                .abi = .gnu,
-            },
-        },
-        .link_libc = true,
-    },
     TestTarget{
         .target = Target{
             .Cross = CrossTarget{