diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6add570d00f..7f235a92707 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1002,7 +1002,6 @@ dnl "ad_strip" as the symbol for the entry point.
 if test "$TARGET_OS" = "darwin"; then
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,-dead_strip], [CORE_LDFLAGS="$CORE_LDFLAGS -Wl,-dead_strip"], [], [$LDFLAG_WERROR])
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs], [CORE_LDFLAGS="$CORE_LDFLAGS -Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs"], [], [$LDFLAG_WERROR])
-  AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,-bind_at_load], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,-bind_at_load"], [], [$LDFLAG_WERROR])
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,-fixup_chains], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,-fixup_chains"], [], [$LDFLAG_WERROR])
 fi
 
diff --git a/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py b/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
index 802bf9fd303..92272cf8f97 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/test-security-check.py
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ class TestSecurityChecks(unittest.TestCase):
                 (1, executable+': failed NOUNDEFS PIE CONTROL_FLOW'))
             self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
                 (1, executable+': failed PIE CONTROL_FLOW'))
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-Wl,-bind_at_load','-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
+            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
                 (1, executable+': failed PIE CONTROL_FLOW'))
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-Wl,-bind_at_load','-fstack-protector-all', '-fcf-protection=full', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
+            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-no_pie','-fstack-protector-all', '-fcf-protection=full', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
                 (1, executable+': failed PIE'))
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-pie','-Wl,-bind_at_load','-fstack-protector-all', '-fcf-protection=full', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
+            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-pie','-fstack-protector-all', '-fcf-protection=full', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
                 (0, ''))
         else:
             # arm64 darwin doesn't support non-PIE binaries, control flow or executable stacks
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class TestSecurityChecks(unittest.TestCase):
                 (1, executable+': failed NOUNDEFS Canary'))
             self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-flat_namespace','-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
                 (1, executable+': failed NOUNDEFS'))
-            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-Wl,-bind_at_load','-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
+            self.assertEqual(call_security_check(cc, source, executable, ['-fstack-protector-all', '-Wl,-fixup_chains']),
                 (0, ''))