diff --git a/lib/std/Target.zig b/lib/std/Target.zig
index 9cd7efed924493115926ac82cb74888e6e4daa19..728521c678213277ffd7c0e1ecdf49ce1a8be6b1 100644
--- a/lib/std/Target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Target.zig
@@ -1754,10 +1754,6 @@ pub inline fn isBSD(target: Target) bool {
     return target.os.tag.isBSD();
 }
 
-pub inline fn isBpfFreestanding(target: Target) bool {
-    return target.cpu.arch.isBpf() and target.os.tag == .freestanding;
-}
-
 pub inline fn isGnuLibC(target: Target) bool {
     return target.os.tag.isGnuLibC(target.abi);
 }
diff --git a/src/link/Elf.zig b/src/link/Elf.zig
index 0b1439ec806a5feb808b3a96aa97b95fc340fb35..dfb4a614fabf4e78427dffea8b97b5ae028fee31 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf.zig
@@ -2045,9 +2045,7 @@ fn linkWithLLD(self: *Elf, arena: Allocator, tid: Zcu.PerThread.Id, prog_node: s
     // copy when generating relocatables. Normally, we would expect `lld -r` to work.
     // However, because LLD wants to resolve BPF relocations which it shouldn't, it fails
     // before even generating the relocatable.
-    if (output_mode == .Obj and
-        (comp.config.lto or target.isBpfFreestanding()))
-    {
+    if (output_mode == .Obj and (comp.config.lto or target.cpu.arch.isBpf())) {
         // In this case we must do a simple file copy
         // here. TODO: think carefully about how we can avoid this redundant operation when doing
         // build-obj. See also the corresponding TODO in linkAsArchive.