--- a/js/src/old-configure.in
+++ b/js/src/old-configure.in
@@ -465,26 +465,24 @@ if test "$GNU_CC"; then
     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,noexecstack"
     AC_TRY_LINK(,,AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]),
                   AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
                   LDFLAGS=$_SAVE_LDFLAGS)
 
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for -z text option to ld])
     _SAVE_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,text"
-    AC_TRY_LINK(,,AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-                  [NSPR_LDFLAGS="$NSPR_LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,text"],
+    AC_TRY_LINK(,,AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]),
                   AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
                   LDFLAGS=$_SAVE_LDFLAGS)
 
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --build-id option to ld])
     _SAVE_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--build-id"
-    AC_TRY_LINK(,,AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-                  [NSPR_LDFLAGS="$NSPR_LDFLAGS -Wl,--build-id"],
+    AC_TRY_LINK(,,AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]),
                   AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
                   LDFLAGS=$_SAVE_LDFLAGS)
 
     _DEFINES_CFLAGS='-include $(topobjdir)/js/src/js-confdefs.h -DMOZILLA_CLIENT'
     _USE_CPP_INCLUDE_FLAG=1
 fi
 
 if test "$GNU_CXX"; then

--- a/old-configure.in
+++ b/old-configure.in
@@ -577,26 +577,24 @@ if test "$GNU_CC"; then
     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,noexecstack"
     AC_TRY_LINK(,,AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]),
                   AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
                   LDFLAGS=$_SAVE_LDFLAGS)
 
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for -z text option to ld])
     _SAVE_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,text"
-    AC_TRY_LINK(,,AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-                  [NSPR_LDFLAGS="$NSPR_LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,text"],
+    AC_TRY_LINK(,,AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]),
                   AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
                   LDFLAGS=$_SAVE_LDFLAGS)
 
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --build-id option to ld])
     _SAVE_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--build-id"
-    AC_TRY_LINK(,,AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-                  [NSPR_LDFLAGS="$NSPR_LDFLAGS -Wl,--build-id"],
+    AC_TRY_LINK(,,AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]),
                   AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
                   LDFLAGS=$_SAVE_LDFLAGS)
 
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --ignore-unresolved-symbol option to ld])
     HAVE_LINKER_SUPPORT_IGNORE_UNRESOLVED=
     _SAVE_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--ignore-unresolved-symbol,environ"
     AC_TRY_LINK(,,AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
@@ -909,17 +907,16 @@ case "$target" in
         CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mms-bitfields"
         CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -mms-bitfields"
         DSO_LDOPTS='-shared'
         MKSHLIB='$(CXX) $(DSO_LDOPTS) -o $@'
         MKCSHLIB='$(CC) $(DSO_LDOPTS) -o $@'
         RC='$(WINDRES)'
         # Use static libgcc and libstdc++
         LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -static"
-        NSPR_LDFLAGS="$NSPR_LDFLAGS -static-libgcc"
         # Use temp file for windres (bug 213281)
         RCFLAGS='-O coff --use-temp-file'
         # mingw doesn't require kernel32, user32, and advapi32 explicitly
         LIBS="$LIBS -luuid -lgdi32 -lwinmm -lwsock32 -luserenv -lsecur32"
         MOZ_FIX_LINK_PATHS=
 
         WIN32_CONSOLE_EXE_LDFLAGS=-mconsole
         WIN32_GUI_EXE_LDFLAGS=-mwindows
@@ -1845,17 +1842,16 @@ if test -n "$MOZ_LINKER" -a "$OS_TARGET"
   if test "$ac_cv_crt_has_text_relocations" = yes; then
     dnl While we want libraries to skip the CRT files, we don't want
     dnl executables to be treated the same way. We thus set the flag
     dnl in DSO_LDOPTS and not LDFLAGS. However, to pass it to nspr,
     dnl we need to use LDFLAGS because nspr doesn't inherit DSO_LDOPTS.
     dnl Using LDFLAGS in nspr is safe, since we only really build
     dnl libraries there.
     DSO_LDOPTS="$DSO_LDOPTS -nostartfiles"
-    NSPR_LDFLAGS="$NSPR_LDFLAGS -nostartfiles"
   fi
 fi
 
 dnl End of C++ language/feature checks
 AC_LANG_C
 
 dnl ========================================================
 dnl =  Internationalization checks