diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChain.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChain.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChain.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChain.cpp
@@ -576,12 +576,13 @@
       return GetProgramPath(DefaultLinker);
   }
 
+  // TODO Issue the warning in a future release.
   // Extending -fuse-ld= to an absolute or relative path is unexpected. Checking
   // for the linker flavor is brittle. In addition, prepending "ld." or "ld64."
   // to a relative path is surprising. This is more complex due to priorities
   // among -B, COMPILER_PATH and PATH. --ld-path= should be used instead.
-  if (UseLinker.find('/') != StringRef::npos)
-    getDriver().Diag(diag::warn_drv_use_ld_non_word);
+  // if (UseLinker.find('/') != StringRef::npos)
+  //   getDriver().Diag(diag::warn_drv_use_ld_non_word);
 
   if (llvm::sys::path::is_absolute(UseLinker)) {
     // If we're passed what looks like an absolute path, don't attempt to
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld.c b/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld.c
--- a/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld.c
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 // RUN:     -fuse-ld=/usr/local/bin/or1k-linux-ld 2>&1 \
 // RUN:     -target x86_64-unknown-linux \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-ABSOLUTE-LD
-// CHECK-ABSOLUTE-LD: warning: '-fuse-ld=' taking a path is deprecated. Use '--ld-path=' instead
+/// TODO: Issue the deprecation warning in a future release.
+// DISABLE-CHECK-ABSOLUTE-LD: warning: '-fuse-ld=' taking a path is deprecated. Use '--ld-path=' instead
 // CHECK-ABSOLUTE-LD: /usr/local/bin/or1k-linux-ld