diff --git a/compiler/systems/i_msdos.pas b/compiler/systems/i_msdos.pas
index 293f0ede26..8460f12e87 100644
--- a/compiler/systems/i_msdos.pas
+++ b/compiler/systems/i_msdos.pas
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     Copyright (c) 1998-2002 by Peter Vreman
 
-    This unit implements support information structures for go32v2
+    This unit implements support information structures for MS-DOS
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/compiler/systems/t_msdos.pas b/compiler/systems/t_msdos.pas
index 571b607252..41faed95a9 100644
--- a/compiler/systems/t_msdos.pas
+++ b/compiler/systems/t_msdos.pas
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     Copyright (c) 1998-2002 by Peter Vreman
 
     This unit implements support import,export,link routines
-    for the (i386) Go32v2 target
+    for the (i8086) MS-DOS target
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -34,18 +34,12 @@ implementation
        cutils,cfileutl,cclasses,
        globtype,globals,systems,verbose,script,
        fmodule,i_msdos,
-       link{,ogcoff},aasmbase;
+       link,aasmbase;
 
     type
-{      TInternalLinkerGo32v2=class(TInternallinker)
-        constructor create;override;
-        procedure DefaultLinkScript;override;
-      end;}
-
-      TExternalLinkerGo32v2=class(texternallinker)
+      TExternalLinkerMsDosTLink=class(texternallinker)
       private
          Function  WriteResponseFile(isdll:boolean) : Boolean;
-         Function  WriteScript(isdll:boolean) : Boolean;
       public
          constructor Create;override;
          procedure SetDefaultInfo;override;
@@ -54,129 +48,10 @@ implementation
 
 
 {****************************************************************************
-                                  TCoffLinker
+                               TExternalLinkerMsDosTLink
 ****************************************************************************}
 
-(*    constructor TInternalLinkerGo32v2.Create;
-      begin
-        inherited Create;
-        CExeoutput:=TDJCoffexeoutput;
-        CObjInput:=TDJCoffObjInput;
-      end;
-
-
-    procedure TInternalLinkerGo32v2.DefaultLinkScript;
-      var
-        s: TCmdStr;
-        linklibc: Boolean;
-        i: longint;
-
-      procedure AddLib(const name: TCmdStr);
-        var
-          s2: TCmdStr;
-        begin
-          if FindLibraryFile(name,target_info.staticClibprefix,target_info.staticClibext,s2) then
-            LinkScript.Concat('READSTATICLIBRARY '+MaybeQuoted(s2))
-          else
-            Comment(V_Error,'Import library not found for '+name);
-        end;
-
-      begin
-        with LinkScript do
-          begin
-            Concat('READOBJECT '+GetShortName(FindObjectFile('prt0','',false)));
-            while not ObjectFiles.Empty do
-              begin
-                s:=ObjectFiles.GetFirst;
-                if s<>'' then
-                  Concat('READOBJECT '+MaybeQuoted(s));
-              end;
-            while not StaticLibFiles.Empty do
-              begin
-                s:=StaticLibFiles.GetFirst;
-                if s<>'' then
-                  Concat('READSTATICLIBRARY '+MaybeQuoted(s));
-              end;
-            linklibc:=False;
-            while not SharedLibFiles.Empty do
-              begin
-                S:=SharedLibFiles.GetFirst;
-                if S<>'c' then
-                  begin
-                    i:=Pos(target_info.sharedlibext,S);
-                    if i>0 then
-                      Delete(S,i,255);
-                    AddLib(s);
-                  end
-                else
-                  linklibc:=true;
-              end;
-            { be sure that to add libc and libgcc at the end }
-            if linklibc then
-              begin
-                AddLib('c');
-                AddLib('gcc');
-              end;
-
-            Concat('ENTRYNAME start');
-            Concat('HEADER');
-            Concat('EXESECTION .text');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION  .text*');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL etext');
-            Concat('  PROVIDE _etext');
-            Concat('ENDEXESECTION');
-            Concat('EXESECTION .data');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL djgpp_first_ctor');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .ctors.*');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .ctor');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .ctors');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL djgpp_last_ctor');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL djgpp_first_dtor');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .dtors.*');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .dtor');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .dtors');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL djgpp_last_dtor');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL __environ');
-            Concat('  PROVIDE _environ');
-            Concat('  LONG 0');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .data*');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .fpc*');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .gcc_exc*');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL ___EH_FRAME_BEGIN__');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .eh_fram*');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL ___EH_FRAME_END__');
-            Concat('  LONG 0');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL edata');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL _edata');
-            Concat('ENDEXESECTION');
-            Concat('EXESECTION .bss');
-            //ScriptRes.Add('      _object.2 = . ;');
-            //ScriptRes.Add('      . += 32 ;');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .bss*');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL end');
-            Concat('  SYMBOL _end');
-            Concat('ENDEXESECTION');
-            { Stabs debugging sections }
-            Concat('EXESECTION .stab');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .stab');
-            Concat('ENDEXESECTION');
-            Concat('EXESECTION .stabstr');
-            Concat('  OBJSECTION .stabstr');
-            Concat('ENDEXESECTION');
-            { DWARF 2 }
-            ScriptAddGenericSections('.debug_aranges,.debug_pubnames,.debug_info,.debug_abbrev,'+
-              '.debug_line,.debug_frame,.debug_str,.debug_loc,.debug_macinfo');
-            Concat('STABS');
-            Concat('SYMBOLS');
-          end;
-      end;
-*)
-
-{****************************************************************************
-                               TExternalLinkerGo32v2
-****************************************************************************}
-
-Constructor TExternalLinkerGo32v2.Create;
+Constructor TExternalLinkerMsDosTLink.Create;
 begin
   Inherited Create;
   { allow duplicated libs (PM) }
@@ -185,16 +60,16 @@ begin
 end;
 
 
-procedure TExternalLinkerGo32v2.SetDefaultInfo;
+procedure TExternalLinkerMsDosTLink.SetDefaultInfo;
 begin
   with Info do
    begin
-     ExeCmd[1]:='ld $RES';
+     ExeCmd[1]:='tlink $RES';
    end;
 end;
 
 
-Function TExternalLinkerGo32v2.WriteResponseFile(isdll:boolean) : Boolean;
+Function TExternalLinkerMsDosTLink.WriteResponseFile(isdll:boolean) : Boolean;
 Var
   linkres  : TLinkRes;
   i        : longint;
@@ -208,54 +83,18 @@ begin
 
   { Add all options to link.res instead of passing them via command line:
     DOS command line is limited to 126 characters! }
-  LinkRes.Add('--script='+maybequoted(outputexedir+Info.ScriptName));
-  if (cs_link_map in current_settings.globalswitches) then
-    LinkRes.Add('-Map '+maybequoted(ChangeFileExt(current_module.exefilename,'.map')));
-  if create_smartlink_sections then
-    LinkRes.Add('--gc-sections');
-  if info.ExtraOptions<>'' then
-    LinkRes.Add(Info.ExtraOptions);
-(* Potential issues with older ld version??? *)
-  if (cs_link_strip in current_settings.globalswitches) then
-    LinkRes.Add('-s');
-  LinkRes.Add('-o '+maybequoted(current_module.exefilename));
 
-  { Write staticlibraries }
-  if not StaticLibFiles.Empty then
-   begin
-     LinkRes.Add('-(');
-     While not StaticLibFiles.Empty do
-      begin
-        S:=StaticLibFiles.GetFirst;
-        LinkRes.AddFileName(GetShortName(s))
-      end;
-     LinkRes.Add('-)');
-   end;
+  { add objectfiles, start with prt0 always }
+  LinkRes.Add(GetShortName(FindObjectFile('prt0','',false)) + ' +');
+  while not ObjectFiles.Empty do
+  begin
+    s:=ObjectFiles.GetFirst;
+    if s<>'' then
+      LinkRes.Add(GetShortName(s) + ' +');
+  end;
+  LinkRes.Add(', ' + maybequoted(current_module.exefilename));
 
-  { Write sharedlibraries like -l<lib>, also add the needed dynamic linker
-    here to be sure that it gets linked this is needed for glibc2 systems (PFV) }
-  linklibc:=false;
-  While not SharedLibFiles.Empty do
-   begin
-     S:=SharedLibFiles.GetFirst;
-     if s<>'c' then
-      begin
-        i:=Pos(target_info.sharedlibext,S);
-        if i>0 then
-         Delete(S,i,255);
-        LinkRes.Add('-l'+s);
-      end
-     else
-       linklibc:=true;
-   end;
-  { be sure that libc&libgcc is the last lib }
-  if linklibc then
-   begin
-     LinkRes.Add('-lc');
-     LinkRes.Add('-lgcc');
-   end;
-
-{ Write and Close response }
+  { Write and Close response }
   linkres.writetodisk;
   LinkRes.Free;
 
@@ -263,250 +102,35 @@ begin
 end;
 
 
-Function TExternalLinkerGo32v2.WriteScript(isdll:boolean) : Boolean;
-Var
-  scriptres  : TLinkRes;
-  HPath    : TCmdStrListItem;
-  s        : string;
-begin
-  WriteScript:=False;
-
-  { Open link.res file }
-  ScriptRes:=TLinkRes.Create(outputexedir+Info.ScriptName,true);
-  ScriptRes.Add('OUTPUT_FORMAT("coff-go32-exe")');
-  ScriptRes.Add('ENTRY(start)');
-
-  ScriptRes.Add('SECTIONS');
-  ScriptRes.Add('{');
-  ScriptRes.Add('  .text  0x1000+SIZEOF_HEADERS : {');
-  ScriptRes.Add('  . = ALIGN(16);');
-  { add objectfiles, start with prt0 always }
-  ScriptRes.Add('  '+GetShortName(FindObjectFile('prt0','',false))+'(.text)');
-  while not ObjectFiles.Empty do
-   begin
-     s:=ObjectFiles.GetFirst;
-     if s<>'' then
-       begin
-          ScriptRes.Add('  . = ALIGN(16);');
-          ScriptRes.Add('  '+GetShortName(s)+'(.text)');
-       end;
-   end;
-  ScriptRes.Add('    *(.text)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    *(.text.*)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    etext  =  . ;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    PROVIDE(_etext  =  .);');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    . = ALIGN(0x200);');
-  ScriptRes.Add('  }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .data  ALIGN(0x200) : {');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      djgpp_first_ctor = . ;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(SORT(.ctors.*))');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(.ctor)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(.ctors)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      djgpp_last_ctor = . ;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      djgpp_first_dtor = . ;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(SORT(.dtors.*))');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(.dtor)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(.dtors)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      djgpp_last_dtor = . ;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      __environ = . ;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      PROVIDE(_environ = .);');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      LONG(0)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(.data)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(.data.*)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(.fpc*)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(.gcc_exc)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      ___EH_FRAME_BEGIN__ = . ;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(.eh_fram*)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      ___EH_FRAME_END__ = . ;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      LONG(0)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('       edata  =  . ; _edata = .;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('       . = ALIGN(0x200);');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .bss  SIZEOF(.data) + ADDR(.data) :');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    {');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      _object.2 = . ;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      . += 32 ;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(.bss)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(.bss.*)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('      *(COMMON)');
-  ScriptRes.Add('       end = . ; _end = .;');
-  ScriptRes.Add('       . = ALIGN(0x200);');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    /* Stabs debugging sections.  */');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .stab 0 : { *(.stab) }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .stabstr 0 : { *(.stabstr) }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    /* DWARF 2 */');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .debug_aranges  0 : { *(.debug_aranges) }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .debug_pubnames 0 : { *(.debug_pubnames) }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .debug_info     0 : { *(.debug_info) *(.gnu.linkonce.wi.*) }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .debug_abbrev   0 : { *(.debug_abbrev) }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .debug_line     0 : { *(.debug_line) }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .debug_frame    0 : { *(.debug_frame) }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .debug_str      0 : { *(.debug_str) }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .debug_loc      0 : { *(.debug_loc) }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('    .debug_macinfo  0 : { *(.debug_macinfo) }');
-  ScriptRes.Add('  }');
-
-  { Write path to search libraries }
-  HPath:=TCmdStrListItem(current_module.locallibrarysearchpath.First);
-  while assigned(HPath) do
-   begin
-     ScriptRes.Add('SEARCH_DIR("'+GetShortName(HPath.Str)+'")');
-     HPath:=TCmdStrListItem(HPath.Next);
-   end;
-  HPath:=TCmdStrListItem(LibrarySearchPath.First);
-  while assigned(HPath) do
-   begin
-     ScriptRes.Add('SEARCH_DIR("'+GetShortName(HPath.Str)+'")');
-     HPath:=TCmdStrListItem(HPath.Next);
-   end;
-
-{ Write and Close response }
-  ScriptRes.WriteToDisk;
-  ScriptRes.Free;
-
-  WriteScript:=True;
-end;
-
-
-
-function TExternalLinkerGo32v2.MakeExecutable:boolean;
+function TExternalLinkerMsDosTLink.MakeExecutable:boolean;
 var
   binstr,
   cmdstr  : TCmdStr;
   success : boolean;
 begin
   if not(cs_link_nolink in current_settings.globalswitches) then
-   Message1(exec_i_linking,current_module.exefilename);
+    Message1(exec_i_linking,current_module.exefilename);
 
-  { Write used files and libraries and our own ld script }
-  WriteScript(false);
+  { Write used files and libraries and our own tlink script }
   WriteResponsefile(false);
 
-{ Call linker }
+  { Call linker }
   SplitBinCmd(Info.ExeCmd[1],binstr,cmdstr);
   Replace(cmdstr,'$RES','@'+maybequoted(outputexedir+Info.ResName));
   success:=DoExec(FindUtil(utilsprefix+BinStr),cmdstr,true,false);
 
-{ Remove ReponseFile }
+  { Remove ReponseFile }
   if (success) and not(cs_link_nolink in current_settings.globalswitches) then
-   begin
-     DeleteFile(outputexedir+Info.ResName);
-     DeleteFile(outputexedir+Info.ScriptName);
-   end;
+    DeleteFile(outputexedir+Info.ResName);
 
   MakeExecutable:=success;   { otherwise a recursive call to link method }
 end;
 
-
-{$ifdef notnecessary}
-procedure TExternalLinkerGo32v2.postprocessexecutable(const n : string);
-type
-  tcoffheader=packed record
-    mach   : word;
-    nsects : word;
-    time   : longint;
-    sympos : longint;
-    syms   : longint;
-    opthdr : word;
-    flag   : word;
-  end;
-  tcoffsechdr=packed record
-    name     : array[0..7] of char;
-    vsize    : longint;
-    rvaofs   : longint;
-    datalen  : longint;
-    datapos  : longint;
-    relocpos : longint;
-    lineno1  : longint;
-    nrelocs  : word;
-    lineno2  : word;
-    flags    : longint;
-  end;
-  psecfill=^TSecfill;
-  TSecfill=record
-    fillpos,
-    fillsize : longint;
-    next : psecfill;
-  end;
-var
-  f : file;
-  coffheader : tcoffheader;
-  firstsecpos,
-  maxfillsize,
-  l : longint;
-  coffsec : tcoffsechdr;
-  secroot,hsecroot : psecfill;
-  zerobuf : pointer;
-begin
-  { when -s is used quit, because there is no .exe }
-  if cs_link_nolink in current_settings.globalswitches then
-   exit;
-  { open file }
-  assign(f,n);
-  {$push}{$I-}
-   reset(f,1);
-  if ioresult<>0 then
-    Message1(execinfo_f_cant_open_executable,n);
-  { read headers }
-  seek(f,2048);
-  blockread(f,coffheader,sizeof(tcoffheader));
-  { read section info }
-  maxfillsize:=0;
-  firstsecpos:=0;
-  secroot:=nil;
-  for l:=1to coffheader.nSects do
-   begin
-     blockread(f,coffsec,sizeof(tcoffsechdr));
-     if coffsec.datapos>0 then
-      begin
-        if secroot=nil then
-         firstsecpos:=coffsec.datapos;
-        new(hsecroot);
-        hsecroot^.fillpos:=coffsec.datapos+coffsec.vsize;
-        hsecroot^.fillsize:=coffsec.datalen-coffsec.vsize;
-        hsecroot^.next:=secroot;
-        secroot:=hsecroot;
-        if secroot^.fillsize>maxfillsize then
-         maxfillsize:=secroot^.fillsize;
-      end;
-   end;
-  if firstsecpos>0 then
-   begin
-     l:=firstsecpos-filepos(f);
-     if l>maxfillsize then
-      maxfillsize:=l;
-   end
-  else
-   l:=0;
-  { get zero buffer }
-  getmem(zerobuf,maxfillsize);
-  fillchar(zerobuf^,maxfillsize,0);
-  { zero from sectioninfo until first section }
-  blockwrite(f,zerobuf^,l);
-  { zero section alignments }
-  while assigned(secroot) do
-   begin
-     seek(f,secroot^.fillpos);
-     blockwrite(f,zerobuf^,secroot^.fillsize);
-     hsecroot:=secroot;
-     secroot:=secroot^.next;
-     dispose(hsecroot);
-   end;
-  freemem(zerobuf,maxfillsize);
-  close(f);
-  {$pop}
-  i:=ioresult;
-  postprocessexecutable:=true;
-end;
-{$endif}
-
-
 {*****************************************************************************
                                      Initialize
 *****************************************************************************}
 
 initialization
-  RegisterExternalLinker(system_i8086_msdos_info,TExternalLinkerGo32v2);
+  RegisterExternalLinker(system_i8086_msdos_info,TExternalLinkerMsDosTLink);
   RegisterTarget(system_i8086_msdos_info);
 end.