diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
index 8200e1541692a..84064150738f5 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/compile.rs
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ impl Step for Assemble {
         debug!("copying codegen backends to sysroot");
         copy_codegen_backends_to_sysroot(builder, build_compiler, target_compiler);
 
-        if builder.config.lld_enabled && !builder.config.is_system_llvm(target_compiler.host) {
+        if builder.config.lld_enabled {
             builder.ensure(crate::core::build_steps::tool::LldWrapper {
                 build_compiler,
                 target_compiler,
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
index d1ffdf24acd0e..0cdfbbdaf75d7 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
@@ -1003,9 +1003,7 @@ impl Config {
         }
 
         if config.lld_enabled && config.is_system_llvm(config.host_target) {
-            eprintln!(
-                "Warning: LLD is enabled when using external llvm-config. LLD will not be built and copied to the sysroot."
-            );
+            panic!("Cannot enable LLD with `rust.lld = true` when using external llvm-config.");
         }
 
         config.optimized_compiler_builtins =
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs
index 7c588cfea8c28..006c294d4458f 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs
@@ -431,4 +431,9 @@ pub const CONFIG_CHANGE_HISTORY: &[ChangeInfo] = &[
         severity: ChangeSeverity::Warning,
         summary: "It is no longer possible to `x build` with stage 0. All build commands have to be on stage 1+.",
     },
+    ChangeInfo {
+        change_id: 143175,
+        severity: ChangeSeverity::Info,
+        summary: "It is no longer possible to combine `rust.lld = true` with configuring external LLVM using `llvm.llvm-config`.",
+    },
 ];
diff --git a/src/tools/opt-dist/src/tests.rs b/src/tools/opt-dist/src/tests.rs
index 53ce772fa7792..705a1750ae874 100644
--- a/src/tools/opt-dist/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tools/opt-dist/src/tests.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ change-id = 115898
 [rust]
 channel = "{channel}"
 verbose-tests = true
+# rust-lld cannot be combined with an external LLVM
+lld = false
 
 [build]
 rustc = "{rustc}"