diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/shared.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/shared.rb
index ae1106167b..8662040243 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/shared.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/shared.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module SharedEnvExtension
-  def no_weak_import_support?
+  def no_weak_imports_support?
     return false unless compiler == :clang
 
     if MacOS::Xcode.version && MacOS::Xcode.version < "8.0"
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/std.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/std.rb
index 7b8b4213df..8efbd3bc94 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/std.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/std.rb
@@ -143,6 +143,6 @@ module Stdenv
   end
 
   def no_weak_imports
-    append "LDFLAGS", "-Wl,-no_weak_imports"
+    append "LDFLAGS", "-Wl,-no_weak_imports" if no_weak_imports_support?
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/super.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/super.rb
index 84b6622992..78e36251cf 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/super.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/extend/ENV/super.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module Superenv
   end
 
   def no_weak_imports
-    append "HOMEBREW_CCCFG", "w"
+    append "HOMEBREW_CCCFG", "w" if no_weak_imports_support?
   end
 
   # These methods are no longer necessary under superenv, but are needed to