diff --git a/Library_merged.mk b/Library_merged.mk
index 8431efc9f4ab..fa2f24d179ba 100644
--- a/Library_merged.mk
+++ b/Library_merged.mk
@@ -30,61 +30,7 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Library_use_libraries,merged,\
 	$(gb_UWINAPI) \
 ))
 
-$(eval $(call gb_Library_use_static_libraries,merged,\
-	$(if $(filter LINUX,$(OS)),glxtest) \
-	$(if $(filter unx,$(GUIBASE)),headless) \
-))
-
-ifeq (ALL,$(MERGELIBS))
-$(eval $(call gb_Library_use_static_libraries,merged,\
-	ulingu \
-))
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(GUIBASE),unx)
-$(eval $(call gb_Library_add_libs,merged,\
-	-lX11 \
-	-lXext \
-	-lSM \
-	-lICE \
-))
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(OS),LINUX)
-$(eval $(call gb_Library_add_libs,merged,\
-	-lm \
-	-ldl \
-	-lGL \
-	-lGLU \
-	-lpthread \
-	-lrt \
-	-lX11 \
-))
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(OS),WNT)
-$(eval $(call gb_Library_use_system_win32_libs,merged,\
-	advapi32 \
-	gdi32 \
-	gdiplus \
-	glu32 \
-	imm32 \
-	mpr \
-	msimg32 \
-	oldnames \
-	ole32 \
-	oleaut32 \
-	opengl32 \
-	shell32 \
-	shlwapi \
-	setupapi \
-	user32 \
-	usp10 \
-	uuid \
-	version \
-	winmm \
-	winspool \
-))
 # prevent warning spamming
 $(eval $(call gb_Library_add_ldflags,merged,\
 	/ignore:4049 \
@@ -96,17 +42,6 @@ ifeq ($(OS),MACOSX)
 $(eval $(call gb_Library_use_libraries,merged,\
 	AppleRemote \
 ))
-$(eval $(call gb_Library_add_libs,merged,\
-	-lobjc \
-))
-$(eval $(call gb_Library_use_system_darwin_frameworks,merged,\
-	Carbon \
-	Cocoa \
-	CoreFoundation \
-	CoreServices \
-	OpenGL \
-	QuickTime \
-))
 endif
 
 # vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/LinkTarget.mk b/solenv/gbuild/LinkTarget.mk
index e59b425c9dea..948f65676a86 100644
--- a/solenv/gbuild/LinkTarget.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/LinkTarget.mk
@@ -713,6 +713,8 @@ endef
 # call gb_LinkTarget_add_libs,linktarget,libs
 define gb_LinkTarget_add_libs
 $(call gb_LinkTarget_get_target,$(1)) : T_LIBS += $(2)
+$(if $(call gb_LinkTarget__is_merged,$(1)),\
+  $(call gb_LinkTarget_get_target,$(call gb_Library_get_linktarget,merged)) : T_LIBS += $(2))
 
 endef
 
@@ -893,6 +895,9 @@ endef
 # call gb_LinkTarget_use_static_libraries,linktarget,staticlibs
 define gb_LinkTarget_use_static_libraries
 $(call gb_LinkTarget_get_target,$(1)) : LINKED_STATIC_LIBS += $$(if $$(filter-out StaticLibrary,$$(TARGETTYPE)),$(2))
+$(if $(call gb_LinkTarget__is_merged,$(1)),\
+	$(call gb_LinkTarget_get_target,$(call gb_Library_get_linktarget,merged)) : \
+		LINKED_STATIC_LIBS += $$(if $$(filter-out StaticLibrary,$$(TARGETTYPE)),$(2)))
 
 ifeq ($(DISABLE_DYNLOADING),)
 $(call gb_LinkTarget_get_target,$(1)) : $(foreach lib,$(2),$(call gb_StaticLibrary_get_target,$(lib)))
diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/IOS_ARM_GCC.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/IOS_ARM_GCC.mk
index e17df726da8e..df1a03a17c58 100644
--- a/solenv/gbuild/platform/IOS_ARM_GCC.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/IOS_ARM_GCC.mk
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ endef
 
 define gb_LinkTarget_use_system_darwin_frameworks
 $(call gb_LinkTarget_add_libs,$(1),$(foreach fw,$(2),-framework $(fw)))
+$(if $(call gb_LinkTarget__is_merged,$(1)),\
+  $(call gb_LinkTarget_add_libs,$(call gb_Library_get_linktarget,merged),$(foreach fw,$(2),-framework $(fw))))
 endef
 
 
diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_MSC_class.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_MSC_class.mk
index 1ebd72e2e129..7d220c55ea3d 100644
--- a/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_MSC_class.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_MSC_class.mk
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ endef
 
 define gb_LinkTarget_use_system_win32_libs
 $(call gb_LinkTarget_add_libs,$(1),$(foreach lib,$(2),$(call gb_MSVCRT_subst,$(lib)).lib))
+$(if $(call gb_LinkTarget__is_merged,$(1)),\
+	$(call gb_LinkTarget_add_libs,$(call gb_Library_get_linktarget,merged),$(foreach lib,$(2),$(call gb_MSVCRT_subst,$(lib)).lib)))
 endef
 
 # Flags common for PE executables (EXEs and DLLs) 
diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/macosx.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/macosx.mk
index 4aa813f88ffe..62bc7cc2154c 100644
--- a/solenv/gbuild/platform/macosx.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/macosx.mk
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ endef
 
 define gb_LinkTarget_use_system_darwin_frameworks
 $(call gb_LinkTarget_add_libs,$(1),$(foreach fw,$(2),-framework $(fw)))
+$(if $(call gb_LinkTarget__is_merged,$(1)),\
+  $(call gb_LinkTarget_add_libs,$(call gb_Library_get_linktarget,merged),$(foreach fw,$(2),-framework $(fw))))
 endef
 
 
diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/mingw.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/mingw.mk
index ea53a571d8ea..b65e1e7503b2 100644
--- a/solenv/gbuild/platform/mingw.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/mingw.mk
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ endef
 
 define gb_LinkTarget_use_system_win32_libs
 $(call gb_LinkTarget_add_libs,$(1),$(foreach lib,$(2),-l$(patsubst oldnames,moldname,$(lib))))
+$(if $(call gb_LinkTarget__is_merged,$(1)),\
+	$(call gb_LinkTarget_add_libs,$(call gb_Library_get_linktarget,merged),$(foreach lib,$(2),-l$(patsubst oldnames,moldname,$(lib)))))
 endef
 
 gb_LinkTarget_get_mapfile = \