diff '--color=auto' -ur pony-0.61.1.orig/CMakeLists.txt pony-0.61.1/CMakeLists.txt
--- pony-0.61.1.orig/CMakeLists.txt	2026-03-15 01:14:30.815711349 +0100
+++ pony-0.61.1/CMakeLists.txt	2026-03-15 01:15:10.221610741 +0100
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@
     LLVM_BUILD_MODE=${PONY_LLVM_BUILD_MODE}
     LLVM_VERSION="${LLVM_VERSION}"
     PONY_COMPILER="${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}"
+    PONY_LINKER="${PONY_LINKER}"
     PONY_ARCH="${PONY_ARCH}"
     PONY_DEFAULT_PIC=true
     $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:PONY_BUILD_CONFIG="debug">
diff '--color=auto' -ur pony-0.61.1.orig/src/libponyc/codegen/genexe.cc pony-0.61.1/src/libponyc/codegen/genexe.cc
--- pony-0.61.1.orig/src/libponyc/codegen/genexe.cc	2026-03-15 01:14:07.995864053 +0100
+++ pony-0.61.1/src/libponyc/codegen/genexe.cc	2026-03-15 01:17:34.749043681 +0100
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@
   // escape hatch is specified. Sanitizer builds fall back to the system
   // compiler driver for native compilation since sanitizer runtime libraries
   // need compiler-specific link logic; cross-compilation still uses LLD.
-#ifdef PLATFORM_IS_POSIX_BASED
+#if 0
   if(c->opt->linker == NULL
     && target_is_linux(c->opt->triple)
 #if defined(PONY_SANITIZER)
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@
   const char* mcx16_arg = (target_is_lp64(c->opt->triple)
     && target_is_x86(c->opt->triple)) ? "-mcx16" : "";
   const char* fuseldcmd = c->opt->link_ldcmd != NULL ? c->opt->link_ldcmd :
-    "";
+    PONY_LINKER;
   const char* fuseld = strlen(fuseldcmd) ? "-fuse-ld=" : "";
   const char* ldl = target_is_linux(c->opt->triple) ? "-ldl" : "";
   const char* atomic =