diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/default.nix
index 30a1a7a16df..bb5676b9d48 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       --replace 'set(_install_rpath "@loader_path/../''${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}''${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}" ''${extra_libdir})' ""
   ''
   # Patch llvm-config to return correct library path based on --link-{shared,static}.
-  + optionalString (enableSharedLibraries) ''
+  + ''
     substitute '${./outputs.patch}' ./outputs.patch --subst-var lib
     patch -p1 < ./outputs.patch
   '' + ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/outputs.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/outputs.patch
index 40096fa3497..878460e05b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/outputs.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/12/llvm/outputs.patch
@@ -2,23 +2,13 @@ diff --git a/tools/llvm-config/llvm-config.cpp b/tools/llvm-config/llvm-config.c
 index 94d426b..37f7794 100644
 --- a/tools/llvm-config/llvm-config.cpp
 +++ b/tools/llvm-config/llvm-config.cpp
-@@ -333,6 +333,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+@@ -333,6 +333,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
      ActiveIncludeOption = "-I" + ActiveIncludeDir;
    }
  
-+  /// Nix-specific multiple-output handling: override ActiveLibDir if --link-shared
++  /// Nix-specific multiple-output handling: override ActiveLibDir
 +  if (!IsInDevelopmentTree) {
-+    bool WantShared = true;
-+    for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
-+      StringRef Arg = argv[i];
-+      if (Arg == "--link-shared")
-+        WantShared = true;
-+      else if (Arg == "--link-static")
-+        WantShared = false; // the last one wins
-+    }
-+
-+    if (WantShared)
-+      ActiveLibDir = std::string("@lib@") + "/lib" + LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX;
++    ActiveLibDir = std::string("@lib@") + "/lib" + LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX;
 +  }
 +
    /// We only use `shared library` mode in cases where the static library form