diff --git a/src/ddmd/dclass.d b/src/ddmd/dclass.d
index d4fa922e01ab..868109081c50 100644
--- a/src/ddmd/dclass.d
+++ b/src/ddmd/dclass.d
@@ -423,15 +423,10 @@ extern (C++) class ClassDeclaration : AggregateDeclaration
         auto sc2 = super.newScope(sc);
         if (isCOMclass())
         {
-            if (global.params.isWindows)
-                sc2.linkage = LINKwindows;
-            else
-            {
-                /* This enables us to use COM objects under Linux and
-                 * work with things like XPCOM
-                 */
-                sc2.linkage = LINKc;
-            }
+            /* This enables us to use COM objects under Linux and
+             * work with things like XPCOM
+             */
+            sc2.linkage = Target.systemLinkage();
         }
         return sc2;
     }
diff --git a/src/ddmd/parse.d b/src/ddmd/parse.d
index 7cc3ecb80b56..889f9b85c53e 100644
--- a/src/ddmd/parse.d
+++ b/src/ddmd/parse.d
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import ddmd.root.filename;
 import ddmd.root.outbuffer;
 import ddmd.root.rmem;
 import ddmd.root.rootobject;
+import ddmd.target;
 import ddmd.tokens;
 
 // How multiple declarations are parsed.
@@ -2193,7 +2194,7 @@ final class Parser(AST) : Lexer
             }
             else if (id == Id.System)
             {
-                link = global.params.isWindows ? LINKwindows : LINKc;
+                link = Target.systemLinkage();
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/src/ddmd/target.d b/src/ddmd/target.d
index 735e7e3eb4e9..cc6f2041bc72 100644
--- a/src/ddmd/target.d
+++ b/src/ddmd/target.d
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ struct Target
         else
             static assert(0, "fix this");
     }
+
     extern (C++) static const(char)* cppTypeInfoMangle(ClassDeclaration cd)
     {
         static if (TARGET_LINUX || TARGET_OSX || TARGET_FREEBSD || TARGET_OPENBSD || TARGET_SOLARIS)
@@ -451,6 +452,14 @@ struct Target
         else
             static assert(0, "fix this");
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the default system linkage for the target.
+     */
+    extern (C++) static LINK systemLinkage()
+    {
+        return global.params.isWindows ? LINKwindows : LINKc;
+    }
 }
 
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