diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
index f227c6ad92a5e..a133af4bc1e6b 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -73,35 +73,10 @@ script: |
   done
   }
 
-  function create_per-host_linker_wrapper {
-  # This is only needed for trusty, as the mingw linker leaks a few bytes of
-  # heap, causing non-determinism. See discussion in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6900
-  for i in $HOSTS; do
-    mkdir -p ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}
-    for prog in collect2; do
-        echo '#!/usr/bin/env bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}/${prog}
-        REAL=$(${i}-gcc -print-prog-name=${prog})
-        echo "export MALLOC_PERTURB_=255" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}/${prog}
-        echo "${REAL} \$@" >> $WRAP_DIR/${i}/${prog}
-        chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}/${prog}
-    done
-    for prog in gcc g++; do
-        echo '#!/usr/bin/env bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
-        echo "REAL=\`which -a ${i}-${prog}-posix | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
-        echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
-        echo "export FAKETIME=\"$1\"" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
-        echo "export COMPILER_PATH=${WRAP_DIR}/${i}" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
-        echo "\$REAL \$@" >> $WRAP_DIR/${i}-${prog}
-        chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
-    done
-  done
-  }
-
   # Faketime for depends so intermediate results are comparable
   export PATH_orig=${PATH}
   create_global_faketime_wrappers "2000-01-01 12:00:00"
   create_per-host_faketime_wrappers "2000-01-01 12:00:00"
-  create_per-host_linker_wrapper "2000-01-01 12:00:00"
   export PATH=${WRAP_DIR}:${PATH}
 
   cd bitcoin
@@ -115,7 +90,6 @@ script: |
   export PATH=${PATH_orig}
   create_global_faketime_wrappers "${REFERENCE_DATETIME}"
   create_per-host_faketime_wrappers "${REFERENCE_DATETIME}"
-  create_per-host_linker_wrapper "${REFERENCE_DATETIME}"
   export PATH=${WRAP_DIR}:${PATH}
 
   # Create the release tarball using (arbitrarily) the first host