diff --git a/blog/content/second-edition/posts/02-minimal-rust-kernel/index.md b/blog/content/second-edition/posts/02-minimal-rust-kernel/index.md
index 3cfa8c48..a6593467 100644
--- a/blog/content/second-edition/posts/02-minimal-rust-kernel/index.md
+++ b/blog/content/second-edition/posts/02-minimal-rust-kernel/index.md
@@ -132,11 +132,10 @@ We add the following build-related entries:
 
 
 ```json
-"linker-flavor": "ld",
-"linker": "ld.lld",
+"linker-flavor": "ld.lld",
 ```
 
-Instead of using the platform's default linker (which might not support Linux targets), we use the cross platform [LLD] linker for linking our kernel.
+Instead of using the platform's default linker (which might not support Linux targets), we use the cross platform [LLD] linker for linking our kernel. LLD is shipped with Rust since the `2018-03-05` nightly.
 
 [LLD]: https://lld.llvm.org/
 
diff --git a/x86_64-blog_os.json b/x86_64-blog_os.json
index c8c39b29..83d1a54d 100644
--- a/x86_64-blog_os.json
+++ b/x86_64-blog_os.json
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
   "target-pointer-width": "64",
   "target-c-int-width": "32",
   "os": "none",
-  "linker-flavor": "ld",
-  "linker": "ld.lld",
+  "linker-flavor": "ld.lld",
   "executables": true,
   "features": "-mmx,-sse,+soft-float",
   "disable-redzone": true,