diff --git a/build/moz.build b/build/moz.build
index d21832eaf2f8..671e77e97b35 100644
--- a/build/moz.build
+++ b/build/moz.build
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ if CONFIG["OS_ARCH"] == "WINNT":
 else:
     DIRS += ["unix"]
 
-DIRS += ["pure_virtual"]
-
 if CONFIG["MOZ_STDCXX_COMPAT"]:
     DIRS += ["unix/stdc++compat"]
 
diff --git a/build/pure_virtual/moz.build b/build/pure_virtual/moz.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bab7673cafe..000000000000
--- a/build/pure_virtual/moz.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# -*- Mode: python; indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 40 -*-
-# vim: set filetype=python:
-# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-
-Library("pure_virtual")
-
-SOURCES += ["pure_virtual.c"]
-
-FORCE_STATIC_LIB = True
diff --git a/build/pure_virtual/pure_virtual.c b/build/pure_virtual/pure_virtual.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d85c65f4219c..000000000000
--- a/build/pure_virtual/pure_virtual.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
- * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-// This function is used in vtables to point at pure virtual methods.
-// The implementation in the standard library usually aborts, but
-// the function is normally never called (a call would be a bug).
-// Each of these entries in vtables, however, require an unnecessary
-// dynamic relocation. Defining our own function makes the linker
-// point the vtables here instead of the standard library, replacing
-// the dynamic relocations with relative relocations.
-//
-// On Windows, it doesn't really make a difference, but on macOS it
-// can be packed better, saving about 10KB in libxul, and on 64-bits
-// ELF systems, with packed relative relocations, it saves 140KB.
-//
-// Another advantage of having our own is that the abort() will fall
-// back to our own abort() rather than the system's.
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-int __cdecl _purecall() { abort(); }
-#else
-__attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) void __cxa_pure_virtual() { abort(); }
-#endif
diff --git a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/frontend/emitter.py b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/frontend/emitter.py
index c883608900a8..360205f8ec97 100644
--- a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/frontend/emitter.py
+++ b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/frontend/emitter.py
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ class TreeMetadataEmitter(LoggingMixin):
                     context, obj, variable, self.STDCXXCOMPAT_NAME[obj.KIND]
                 )
             if obj.KIND == "target":
-                self._link_library(context, obj, variable, "pure_virtual")
                 for lib in context.config.substs.get("STLPORT_LIBS", []):
                     obj.link_system_library(lib)