diff --git a/tools/link.py b/tools/link.py
index aaf31ae2430ba..1a6e6f40caa22 100644
--- a/tools/link.py
+++ b/tools/link.py
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
     '-bind_at_load': False,
     # wasm-ld doesn't support soname or other dynamic linking flags (yet).   Ignore them
     # in order to aid build systems that want to pass these flags.
-    '-soname': True,
     '-allow-shlib-undefined': False,
     '-rpath': True,
     '-rpath-link': True,