--- a/src/bootstrap/sanity.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/sanity.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
-use std::fs;
 use std::process::Command;
 
 use build_helper::output;
@@ -132,27 +132,6 @@
             panic!("the iOS target is only supported on OSX");
         }
 
-        // Make sure musl-root is valid if specified
-        if target.contains("musl") && !target.contains("mips") {
-            match build.musl_root(target) {
-                Some(root) => {
-                    if fs::metadata(root.join("lib/libc.a")).is_err() {
-                        panic!("couldn't find libc.a in musl dir: {}",
-                               root.join("lib").display());
-                    }
-                    if fs::metadata(root.join("lib/libunwind.a")).is_err() {
-                        panic!("couldn't find libunwind.a in musl dir: {}",
-                               root.join("lib").display());
-                    }
-                }
-                None => {
-                    panic!("when targeting MUSL either the rust.musl-root \
-                            option or the target.$TARGET.musl-root option must \
-                            be specified in config.toml")
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         if target.contains("msvc") {
             // There are three builds of cmake on windows: MSVC, MinGW, and
             // Cygwin. The Cygwin build does not have generators for Visual
--- a/src/liblibc/src/unix/mod.rs
+++ b/src/liblibc/src/unix/mod.rs
@@ -209,10 +209,6 @@
     } else if #[cfg(all(not(stdbuild), feature = "use_std"))] {
         // cargo build, don't pull in anything extra as the libstd  dep
         // already pulls in all libs.
-    } else if #[cfg(any(all(target_env = "musl", not(target_arch = "mips"))))] {
-        #[link(name = "c", kind = "static", cfg(target_feature = "crt-static"))]
-        #[link(name = "c", cfg(not(target_feature = "crt-static")))]
-        extern {}
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "emscripten")] {
         #[link(name = "c")]
         extern {}
--- a/src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_unknown_linux_musl.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_back/target/x86_64_unknown_linux_musl.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 use target::{Target, TargetResult};
  
 pub fn target() -> TargetResult {
-    let mut base = super::linux_musl_base::opts();
+    let mut base = super::linux_base::opts();
     base.cpu = "x86-64".to_string();
     base.max_atomic_width = 64;
     base.pre_link_args.push("-m64".to_string());
--- a/src/libunwind/build.rs
+++ b/src/libunwind/build.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
     let target = env::var("TARGET").unwrap();
  
     if target.contains("linux") {
-        if target.contains("musl") && !target.contains("mips") {
-            println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=unwind");
-        } else if !target.contains("android") {
+        if !target.contains("android") {
             println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=gcc_s");
         }
     } else if target.contains("freebsd") {
--- rustc-1.19.0-src/src/bootstrap/compile.rs.orig
+++ rustc-1.19.0-src/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@
     let libdir = build.sysroot_libdir(target_compiler, target);
     add_to_sysroot(&libdir, &libstd_stamp(build, compiler, target));
 
-    if target.contains("musl") && !target.contains("mips") {
-        copy_musl_third_party_objects(build, target, &libdir);
-    }
-
     if build.config.sanitizers && compiler.stage != 0 && target == "x86_64-apple-darwin" {
         // The sanitizers are only built in stage1 or above, so the dylibs will
         // be missing in stage0 and causes panic. See the `std()` function above
@@ -126,15 +122,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-/// Copies the crt(1,i,n).o startup objects
-///
-/// Only required for musl targets that statically link to libc
-fn copy_musl_third_party_objects(build: &Build, target: &str, into: &Path) {
-    for &obj in &["crt1.o", "crti.o", "crtn.o"] {
-        copy(&build.musl_root(target).unwrap().join("lib").join(obj), &into.join(obj));
-    }
-}
-
 fn copy_apple_sanitizer_dylibs(native_dir: &Path, platform: &str, into: &Path) {
     for &sanitizer in &["asan", "tsan"] {
         let filename = format!("libclang_rt.{}_{}_dynamic.dylib", sanitizer, platform);