diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 54d315c47cd..376176e85a9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5923,7 +5923,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "unwind"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "cc",
  "cfg-if",
  "compiler_builtins",
  "core",
diff --git a/library/unwind/Cargo.toml b/library/unwind/Cargo.toml
index eab2717c452..9aa552ed81a 100644
--- a/library/unwind/Cargo.toml
+++ b/library/unwind/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ libc = { version = "0.2.79", features = ['rustc-dep-of-std'], default-features =
 compiler_builtins = "0.1.0"
 cfg-if = "1.0"
 
-[build-dependencies]
-cc = "1.0.76"
-
 [features]
 
 # Only applies for Linux and Fuchsia targets
diff --git a/library/unwind/build.rs b/library/unwind/build.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c3c02fb6ad..00000000000
--- a/library/unwind/build.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-use std::env;
-
-fn main() {
-    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
-    println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CARGO_CFG_MIRI");
-
-    if env::var_os("CARGO_CFG_MIRI").is_some() {
-        // Miri doesn't need the linker flags or a libunwind build.
-        return;
-    }
-
-    let target = env::var("TARGET").expect("TARGET was not set");
-    if target.contains("android") {
-        let build = cc::Build::new();
-
-        // Since ndk r23 beta 3 `libgcc` was replaced with `libunwind` thus
-        // check if we have `libunwind` available and if so use it. Otherwise
-        // fall back to `libgcc` to support older ndk versions.
-        let has_unwind = build.is_flag_supported("-lunwind").expect("Unable to invoke compiler");
-
-        if has_unwind {
-            println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=feature=\"system-llvm-libunwind\"");
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/library/unwind/src/lib.rs b/library/unwind/src/lib.rs
index e86408a9ed2..335bded71c1 100644
--- a/library/unwind/src/lib.rs
+++ b/library/unwind/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,14 +76,10 @@
 cfg_if::cfg_if! {
     if #[cfg(feature = "llvm-libunwind")] {
         compile_error!("`llvm-libunwind` is not supported for Android targets");
-    } else if #[cfg(feature = "system-llvm-libunwind")] {
+    } else {
         #[link(name = "unwind", kind = "static", modifiers = "-bundle", cfg(target_feature = "crt-static"))]
         #[link(name = "unwind", cfg(not(target_feature = "crt-static")))]
         extern "C" {}
-    } else {
-        #[link(name = "gcc", kind = "static", modifiers = "-bundle", cfg(target_feature = "crt-static"))]
-        #[link(name = "gcc", cfg(not(target_feature = "crt-static")))]
-        extern "C" {}
     }
 }
 // Android's unwinding library depends on dl_iterate_phdr in `libdl`.