--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -241,2 +241,3 @@
 opts.Add("CC", "C compiler")
+opts.Add("AR", "Archiver")
 opts.Add("LINK", "Linker")
@@ -569,8 +570,2 @@
                 env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-g2"])
-        else:
-            if methods.using_clang(env) and not methods.is_vanilla_clang(env):
-                # Apple Clang, its linker doesn't like -s.
-                env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-Wl,-S", "-Wl,-x", "-Wl,-dead_strip"])
-            else:
-                env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-s"])