diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qe/qemu/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qe/qemu/package.nix
index 57796c752243..978d4e21cecc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qe/qemu/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qe/qemu/package.nix
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@
   minimal ? toolsOnly || userOnly,
   gitUpdater,
   qemu-utils, # for tests attribute
-
-  # TODO: Clean up on `staging`.
-  llvmPackages,
 }:
 
 assert lib.assertMsg (
@@ -183,9 +180,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ++ lib.optionals hexagonSupport [ glib ]
   ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
     darwin.sigtool
-
-    # TODO: Clean up on `staging`.
-    llvmPackages.lld
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals (!userOnly) [ dtc ];
 
@@ -431,10 +425,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ln -s $out/bin/qemu-system-${stdenv.hostPlatform.qemuArch} $out/bin/qemu-kvm
   '';
 
-  env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
-    NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-fuse-ld=lld";
-  };
-
   passthru = {
     qemu-system-i386 = "bin/qemu-system-i386";
     tests = lib.optionalAttrs (!toolsOnly) {