diff --git a/absl/copts/AbseilConfigureCopts.cmake b/absl/copts/AbseilConfigureCopts.cmake
index acd46d0..6081527 100644
--- a/absl/copts/AbseilConfigureCopts.cmake
+++ b/absl/copts/AbseilConfigureCopts.cmake
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang")
     # clang-cl is half MSVC, half LLVM
     set(ABSL_DEFAULT_COPTS "${ABSL_CLANG_CL_FLAGS}")
     set(ABSL_TEST_COPTS "${ABSL_CLANG_CL_FLAGS};${ABSL_CLANG_CL_TEST_FLAGS}")
-    set(ABSL_DEFAULT_LINKOPTS "${ABSL_MSVC_LINKOPTS}")
   else()
     set(ABSL_DEFAULT_COPTS "${ABSL_LLVM_FLAGS}")
     set(ABSL_TEST_COPTS "${ABSL_LLVM_FLAGS};${ABSL_LLVM_TEST_FLAGS}")