diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e47cf5f812..f87020b52e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ if(CONFIG_COMPILER_CXX_RTTI)
     list(APPEND cxx_compile_options "-frtti")
 else()
     list(APPEND cxx_compile_options "-fno-rtti")
+    list(APPEND link_options "-fno-rtti")           # used to invoke correct multilib variant (no-rtti) during linking
 endif()
 
 if(CONFIG_COMPILER_DISABLE_GCC8_WARNINGS)
diff --git a/components/cxx/CMakeLists.txt b/components/cxx/CMakeLists.txt
index 852c4c884d..ff2d0e4389 100644
--- a/components/cxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/cxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,3 @@ target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC stdcpp_pthread)
 if(NOT CONFIG_COMPILER_CXX_EXCEPTIONS)
     target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "-u __cxx_fatal_exception")
 endif()
-
-if(NOT CONFIG_COMPILER_CXX_RTTI)
-    target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC -fno-rtti)
-endif()