diff --git a/eng/native/init-compiler.sh b/eng/native/init-compiler.sh

index 567d18da474..927b3071e92 100755

--- a/eng/native/init-compiler.sh

+++ b/eng/native/init-compiler.sh

@@ -108,11 +108,8 @@

 fi

 if [[ "$compiler" == "clang" ]]; then

-    if command -v "lld$desired_version" > /dev/null; then

-        # Only lld version >= 9 can be considered stable

-        if [[ "$majorVersion" -ge 9 ]]; then

-            LDFLAGS="-fuse-ld=lld"

-        fi

+    if "$CC" -fuse-ld=lld -Wl,--version >/dev/null 2>&1; then

+        LDFLAGS="-fuse-ld=lld"

     fi

 fi