diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 1ee0731742b..763f8f29a4f 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 15.x IS SLOW:
 	world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality
 	at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20231113:
+	The WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD option has been removed.  When LLD is enabled
+	it is always installed as /usr/bin/ld.
+
 20231027:
 	Forward compatibility (running the new code on old kernels) for the
 	"ino64" project have been removed. The need for it has passed long ago.
diff --git a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
index 67a906e964b..e6affc81ab9 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/src.conf.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT EDIT-- this file is @generated by tools/build/options/makeman.
-.Dd October 29, 2023
+.Dd November 13, 2023
 .Dt SRC.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -902,13 +902,6 @@ amd64/amd64, arm64/aarch64, i386/i386, powerpc/powerpc, powerpc/powerpc64 and po
 Do not build the LLD linker during the bootstrap phase of
 the build.
 To be able to build the system an alternate linker must be provided via XLD.
-.It Va WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD
-Do not install a
-.Pa /usr/bin/ld symlink
-to
-.Pa ld.lld .
-The system will not have a usable tool chain unless a linker is provided
-some other way.
 .It Va WITHOUT_LLVM_ASSERTIONS
 Disable debugging assertions in LLVM.
 .It Va WITH_LLVM_BINUTILS
diff --git a/share/mk/src.opts.mk b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
index ecb94426295..cf7f3f7dffa 100644
--- a/share/mk/src.opts.mk
+++ b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ __DEFAULT_YES_OPTIONS = \
     LEGACY_CONSOLE \
     LLD \
     LLD_BOOTSTRAP \
-    LLD_IS_LD \
     LLVM_ASSERTIONS \
     LLVM_COV \
     LLVM_CXXFILT \
diff --git a/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc b/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc
index f4eb36f50df..5335e5ea4ff 100644
--- a/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc
+++ b/tools/build/mk/OptionalObsoleteFiles.inc
@@ -162,11 +162,6 @@ OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man8/bhyveload.8.gz
 OLD_DIRS+=usr/share/examples/bhyve
 .endif
 
-.if ${MK_LLD_IS_LD} == no
-OLD_FILES+=usr/bin/ld
-OLD_FILES+=usr/share/man/man1/ld.1.gz
-.endif
-
 .if ${MK_BLACKLIST} == no
 OLD_FILES+=etc/blacklistd.conf
 OLD_FILES+=etc/rc.d/blacklistd
diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fca09cf94b..00000000000
--- a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_LLD_IS_LD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Do not install a
-.Pa /usr/bin/ld symlink
-to
-.Pa ld.lld .
-The system will not have a usable tool chain unless a linker is provided
-some other way.
diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITH_LLD_IS_LD b/tools/build/options/WITH_LLD_IS_LD
deleted file mode 100644
index fd6bfc684d1..00000000000
--- a/tools/build/options/WITH_LLD_IS_LD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Use LLVM's LLD as the system linker.
diff --git a/usr.bin/clang/lld/Makefile b/usr.bin/clang/lld/Makefile
index ec0c10e1744..86f6b6f76ee 100644
--- a/usr.bin/clang/lld/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/clang/lld/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PACKAGE=	lld
 PROG_CXX=	ld.lld
 # Man page directory
 .PATH:		${LLD_SRCS}/docs
-.if (!defined(TOOLS_PREFIX) && ${MK_LLD_IS_LD} != "no") || \
+.if !defined(TOOLS_PREFIX) || \
     (defined(TOOLS_PREFIX) && ${MK_LLD_BOOTSTRAP} != "no")
 SYMLINKS=	${PROG_CXX} ${BINDIR}/ld
 MLINKS=		ld.lld.1 ld.1