diff --git a/indra/cmake/00-Common.cmake b/indra/cmake/00-Common.cmake
index 1f578eec5fd90c3a571ef6c3bbb25125f5a82630..592e9fc901b5dbd73581320c256c33c77823df6c 100644
--- a/indra/cmake/00-Common.cmake
+++ b/indra/cmake/00-Common.cmake
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ if (LINUX)
     if (NOT STANDALONE)
       # this stops us requiring a really recent glibc at runtime
       add_definitions(-fno-stack-protector)
-      # linking can be so slow - give us a chance to figure out why
-      set(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--stats,--no-keep-memory")
+      # linking can be very memory-hungry, especially the final viewer link
+      set(CMAKE_CXX_LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--no-keep-memory")
     endif (NOT STANDALONE)
   endif (VIEWER)