diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index ba9fffc..7b2357c 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -16,31 +16,6 @@
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-VERSION=$($DMD --version 2>/dev/null | sed -En 's|.*DMD.* v([[:digit:]\.]+).*|\1|p')
-# workaround for link order issues with libcurl (phobos needs to come before curl)
-if [[ $VERSION < 2.069.0 ]]; then
-	# link against libcurl
-	LIBS=`pkg-config --libs libcurl 2>/dev/null || echo "-lcurl"`
-
-	# fix for modern GCC versions with --as-needed by default
-	if [[ `$DMD --help | head -n1 | grep 'DMD\(32\|64\)'` ]]; then
-		if [ `uname` = "Linux" ]; then
-			LIBS="-l:libphobos2.a $LIBS"
-		else
-			LIBS="-lphobos2 $LIBS"
-		fi
-	elif [[ `$DMD --help | head -n1 | grep '^LDC '` ]]; then
-		if [ `uname` = "SunOS" ]; then
-			LIBS="-lnsl -lsocket -lphobos2-ldc $LIBS"
-		else
-			LIBS="-lphobos2-ldc $LIBS"
-		fi
-	fi
-
-	# adjust linker flags for dmd command line
-	LIBS=`echo "$LIBS" | sed 's/^-L/-L-L/; s/ -L/ -L-L/g; s/^-l/-L-l/; s/ -l/ -L-l/g'`
-fi
-
 if [ "$GITVER" = "" ]; then
   GITVER=$(git describe) || echo "Could not determine a version with git."
 fi
@@ -56,7 +31,7 @@
 MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.8
 
 echo Running $DMD...
-$DMD -ofbin/dub -g -O -w -version=DubUseCurl -version=DubApplication -Isource $* $LIBS @build-files.txt
+$DMD -ofbin/dub -g -O -w -version=DubUseCurl -version=DubApplication -Isource $* @build-files.txt
 bin/dub --version
 echo DUB has been built as bin/dub.
 echo