diff --git a/openmp/runtime/cmake/LibompHandleFlags.cmake b/openmp/runtime/cmake/LibompHandleFlags.cmake
--- a/openmp/runtime/cmake/LibompHandleFlags.cmake
+++ b/openmp/runtime/cmake/LibompHandleFlags.cmake
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
   libomp_append(ldflags_local "-Wl,--version-script=${LIBOMP_SRC_DIR}/exports_so.txt" LIBOMP_HAVE_VERSION_SCRIPT_FLAG)
   libomp_append(ldflags_local -static-libgcc LIBOMP_HAVE_STATIC_LIBGCC_FLAG)
   libomp_append(ldflags_local -Wl,-z,noexecstack LIBOMP_HAVE_Z_NOEXECSTACK_FLAG)
-  libomp_append(ldflags_local -Wl,-fini=__kmp_internal_end_fini LIBOMP_HAVE_FINI_FLAG)
   libomp_append(ldflags_local -no-intel-extensions LIBOMP_HAVE_NO_INTEL_EXTENSIONS_FLAG)
   libomp_append(ldflags_local -static-intel LIBOMP_HAVE_STATIC_INTEL_FLAG)
   libomp_append(ldflags_local /SAFESEH LIBOMP_HAVE_SAFESEH_FLAG)
diff --git a/openmp/runtime/cmake/config-ix.cmake b/openmp/runtime/cmake/config-ix.cmake
--- a/openmp/runtime/cmake/config-ix.cmake
+++ b/openmp/runtime/cmake/config-ix.cmake
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
   libomp_check_linker_flag("-Wl,--version-script=${LIBOMP_SRC_DIR}/exports_so.txt" LIBOMP_HAVE_VERSION_SCRIPT_FLAG)
   libomp_check_linker_flag(-static-libgcc LIBOMP_HAVE_STATIC_LIBGCC_FLAG)
   libomp_check_linker_flag(-Wl,-z,noexecstack LIBOMP_HAVE_Z_NOEXECSTACK_FLAG)
-  libomp_check_linker_flag(-Wl,-fini=__kmp_internal_end_fini LIBOMP_HAVE_FINI_FLAG)
 endif()
 
 # Check Intel(R) C Compiler specific flags
diff --git a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp.h b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp.h
--- a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp.h
+++ b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp.h
@@ -3115,7 +3115,6 @@
 extern void __kmp_internal_end_library(int gtid);
 extern void __kmp_internal_end_thread(int gtid);
 extern void __kmp_internal_end_atexit(void);
-extern void __kmp_internal_end_fini(void);
 extern void __kmp_internal_end_dtor(void);
 extern void __kmp_internal_end_dest(void *);
 
diff --git a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
--- a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
+++ b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
@@ -5799,16 +5799,10 @@
 
 #if KMP_OS_UNIX && KMP_DYNAMIC_LIB
 
-// 2009-09-08 (lev): It looks the destructor does not work. In simple test cases
-// destructors work perfectly, but in real libomp.so I have no evidence it is
-// ever called. However, -fini linker option in makefile.mk works fine.
-
 __attribute__((destructor)) void __kmp_internal_end_dtor(void) {
   __kmp_internal_end_atexit();
 }
 
-void __kmp_internal_end_fini(void) { __kmp_internal_end_atexit(); }
-
 #endif
 
 /* [Windows] josh: when the atexit handler is called, there may still be more