diff --git build/config/compiler/BUILD.gn build/config/compiler/BUILD.gn
index f58320b88f207..261181781fc72 100644
--- build/config/compiler/BUILD.gn
+++ build/config/compiler/BUILD.gn
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ declare_args() {
   # The cache can lead to non-determinism: https://crbug.com/1486045
   thin_lto_enable_cache = true
 
+  # Whether to use thin archives in combination with lld.
+  use_thin_archives = use_lld
+
   # Initialize all local variables with a pattern. This flag will fill
   # uninitialized floating-point types (and 32-bit pointers) with 0xFF and the
   # rest with 0xAA. This makes behavior of uninitialized memory bugs consistent,
@@ -2306,6 +2309,7 @@ config("export_dynamic") {
 # 2. Remove the thin_archive config, so that the .a file actually contains all
 #    .o files, instead of just references to .o files in the build directoy
 config("thin_archive") {
+  if (use_thin_archives) {
   if ((is_apple && use_lld) || (is_linux && !is_clang)) {
     # The macOS and iOS linker ld64.ldd doesn't support thin archive without
     # symbol table, gcc on linux also throws the error `archive has no index`.
@@ -2323,6 +2327,7 @@ config("thin_archive") {
   } else if (is_win && use_lld) {
     arflags = [ "/llvmlibthin" ]
   }
+  }
 }
 
 # exceptions -------------------------------------------------------------------