diff --git a/create_dmd_release/build_all.d b/create_dmd_release/build_all.d
index 0466f5c7..b54e8b25 100644
--- a/create_dmd_release/build_all.d
+++ b/create_dmd_release/build_all.d
@@ -574,7 +574,6 @@ int main(string[] args)
     immutable isPreRelease = isBranch || !verMatch.captures[4].empty;
     immutable dubTag = isBranch ? gitTag : getDubTag(isPreRelease);
 
-    enum optlink = "optlink.zip";
     enum libC = "snn.lib";
     enum libCurl = "libcurl-7.68.0-WinSSL-zlib-x86-x64.zip";
     enum mingwtag = "mingw-libs-8.0.0";
@@ -599,7 +598,6 @@ int main(string[] args)
     const hasWindows = platforms.any!(p => p.os == OS.windows);
     if (hasWindows)
     {
-        fetchFile("http://ftp.digitalmars.com/"~optlink, cacheDir~"/"~optlink);
         fetchFile("http://ftp.digitalmars.com/"~libC, cacheDir~"/"~libC);
         fetchFile("https://downloads.dlang.org/other/"~libCurl, cacheDir~"/"~libCurl, verifySignature);
         fetchFile("https://downloads.dlang.org/other/"~lld, cacheDir~"/"~lld, verifySignature, lld_sha);
@@ -628,8 +626,6 @@ int main(string[] args)
 
     if (hasWindows)
     {
-        // add latest optlink
-        extract(cacheDir~"/"~optlink, workDir~"/windows/extraBins/dmd2/windows/bin/");
         if (exists(workDir~"/windows/extraBins/dmd2/windows/bin/link.exe"))
             remove(workDir~"/windows/extraBins/dmd2/windows/bin/link.exe");
         // add latest dmc libC (snn.lib)
diff --git a/create_dmd_release/create_dmd_release.d b/create_dmd_release/create_dmd_release.d
index 2350a0a1..86b78df1 100644
--- a/create_dmd_release/create_dmd_release.d
+++ b/create_dmd_release/create_dmd_release.d
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ Prerequisites to Run:
   Examples:
     set LDC_VSDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\"
 - Windows: A GNU make, found in PATH as mingw32-make (to avoid DM make.exe bundled with DMC).
-- Windows: A version of OPTLINK with the /LA[RGEADDRESSAWARE] flag:
-    <https://github.com/DigitalMars/optlink/commit/475bc5c1fa28eaf899ba4ac1dcfe2ab415db16c6>
 - Windows: Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop on the PATH.
 
 Typical Usage:
@@ -523,13 +521,6 @@ void createRelease(string branch)
     if(do64Bit)
     {
         copyFile(cloneDir~"/dmd/generated/"~osDirName~"/release/64/dmd"~exe, releaseBin64Dir~"/dmd"~exe);
-        version(Windows)
-        {
-            // patch sc.ini to point to optlink.exe in bin folder
-            auto sc_ini = cast(string)std.file.read(cloneDir~"/dmd/compiler/ini/windows/bin/sc.ini");
-            sc_ini = sc_ini.replace(`%@P%\optlink.exe`, `%@P%\..\bin\optlink.exe`);
-            std.file.write(releaseBin64Dir~"/sc.ini", sc_ini);
-        }
         copyDir(cloneDir~"/tools/generated/"~osDirName~"/64", releaseBin64Dir, file => !file.endsWith(obj));
         copyFile(cloneDir~"/dub/bin/dub64"~exe, releaseBin64Dir~"/dub"~exe);
         if (codesign)
diff --git a/create_dmd_release/extras/windows/dmd2/windows/bin/README.TXT b/create_dmd_release/extras/windows/dmd2/windows/bin/README.TXT
index 94d0227a..e4845d2c 100644
--- a/create_dmd_release/extras/windows/dmd2/windows/bin/README.TXT
+++ b/create_dmd_release/extras/windows/dmd2/windows/bin/README.TXT
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ lib.exe		Librarian			http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/lib.html
 libcurl.dll	Curl Library			https://curl.haxx.se/
 lld-link.exe	LLVM Linker			https://lld.llvm.org/
 make.exe	Make program			http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/make.html
-optlink.exe	Linker				http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/optlink.html
 rdmd.exe	Run D program as a script	http://dlang.org/rdmd.html
 replace.exe	Find/replace text in file(s)
 shell.exe	Test script runner		http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/shell.html