diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index f57b4079f2..c9a7a606b3 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ benchmarks: True
 
 write-ghc-environment-files: never
 
--- Link executables dynamically so the linker doesn't produce test
--- executables of ~150MB each and works lightning fast at that too
--- Disabled on Windows
-if(!os(windows))
-  executable-dynamic: True
-
 -- Many of our tests only work single-threaded, and the only way to
 -- ensure tasty runs everything purely single-threaded is to pass
 -- this at the top-level