diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2ac2b6b..00000000
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
-rustflags = ["-C", "linker=clang", "-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=lld"]
-
-[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
-rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=lld"]
-
-[target.x86_64-pc-windows-gnu]
-rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=lld"]
-
-[target.x86_64-apple-darwin]
-rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=/usr/local/bin/zld"]
-
-[target.aarch64-apple-darwin]
-rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=/usr/local/bin/zld"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 41326b8f..6f969040 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ cargo install --version="~0.6" sqlx-cli --no-default-features --features rustls,
 
 ```bash
 # Ubuntu 
-sudo apt-get install lld clang libssl-dev postgresql-client
+sudo apt-get install libssl-dev postgresql-client
 # Arch 
-sudo pacman -S lld clang postgresql
+sudo pacman -S postgresql
 ```
 
 ```
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ cargo install --version="~0.6" sqlx-cli --no-default-features --features rustls,
 
 ### MacOS
 
-```bash
-brew install michaeleisel/zld/zld
-```
-
 ```
 cargo install --version="~0.6" sqlx-cli --no-default-features --features rustls,postgres
 ```