--- a/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@
         t!(fs::create_dir_all(&libdir));
     }
     add_to_sysroot(&out_dir, &libdir);
-
-    if target.contains("musl") && !target.contains("mips") {
-        copy_musl_third_party_objects(build, target, &libdir);
-    }
 }
 
 /// Copies the crt(1,i,n).o startup objects
--- a/src/bootstrap/sanity.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/sanity.rs
@@ -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