diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs
index 84d7930663a30..46c83be9d95f3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,16 +7,17 @@
 //! more 'stuff' here in the future. It does not have a dependency on
 //! LLVM.
 
+// tidy-alphabetical-start
+#![allow(internal_features)]
 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/")]
 #![doc(rust_logo)]
-#![feature(min_exhaustive_patterns)]
-#![feature(rustdoc_internals)]
 #![feature(assert_matches)]
 #![feature(iter_intersperse)]
 #![feature(let_chains)]
+#![feature(min_exhaustive_patterns)]
 #![feature(rustc_attrs)]
-#![feature(step_trait)]
-#![allow(internal_features)]
+#![feature(rustdoc_internals)]
+// tidy-alphabetical-end
 
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
index cbb248a0fc21c..8307803676e1c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/mod.rs
@@ -603,19 +603,6 @@ impl LinkSelfContainedDefault {
         self == LinkSelfContainedDefault::False
     }
 
-    /// Returns whether the target spec explicitly requests self-contained linking, i.e. not via
-    /// inference.
-    pub fn is_linker_enabled(self) -> bool {
-        match self {
-            LinkSelfContainedDefault::True => true,
-            LinkSelfContainedDefault::False => false,
-            LinkSelfContainedDefault::WithComponents(c) => {
-                c.contains(LinkSelfContainedComponents::LINKER)
-            }
-            _ => false,
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Returns the key to use when serializing the setting to json:
     /// - individual components in a `link-self-contained` object value
     /// - the other variants as a backwards-compatible `crt-objects-fallback` string