diff --git a/Make.inc b/Make.inc
index 33bfac180a0fa..6ade9b5568a8e 100644
--- a/Make.inc
+++ b/Make.inc
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ USE_SYSTEM_LLVM:=0
 USE_SYSTEM_LIBUNWIND:=0
 DISABLE_LIBUNWIND:=0
 USE_SYSTEM_PCRE:=0
-USE_SYSTEM_LIBM:=0
+#USE_SYSTEM_LIBM:=0
+USE_SYSTEM_LIBM:=1
 USE_SYSTEM_OPENLIBM:=0
 UNTRUSTED_SYSTEM_LIBM:=0
 USE_SYSTEM_DSFMT:=0
@@ -1123,9 +1124,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(USE_SYSTEM_LIBM), 1)
 LIBM := -lm
 LIBMNAME := libm
-else
-LIBM := -lopenlibm
-LIBMNAME := libopenlibm
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(USE_SYSTEM_LIBUV), 1)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 62afa8e685529..e7224c63376df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ ifeq ($(BUNDLE_DEBUG_LIBS),1)
 	-$(INSTALL_M) $(build_bindir)/libjulia-debug.dll $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/
 	-$(INSTALL_M) $(build_libdir)/libjulia-debug.dll.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/
 endif
+	ifeq ($(USE_SYSTEM_LIBM),0)
 	-$(INSTALL_M) $(build_bindir)/libopenlibm.dll.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/
+	endif
 else
 
 # Copy over .dSYM directories directly for Darwin
diff --git a/base/Makefile b/base/Makefile
index 56e1cbebf21bf..9b63e16e7c131 100644
--- a/base/Makefile
+++ b/base/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ ifeq ($(XC_HOST),)
 else
 	@echo "const MACHINE = \"$(XC_HOST)\"" >> $@
 endif
-	@echo "const libm_name = \"$(LIBMNAME)\"" >> $@
 	@echo "const libblas_name = \"$(LIBBLASNAME)\"" >> $@
 	@echo "const liblapack_name = \"$(LIBLAPACKNAME)\"" >> $@
 ifeq ($(USE_BLAS64), 1)
@@ -187,11 +186,11 @@ endef
 
 # the following excludes: libuv.a, libutf8proc.a
 
-ifneq ($(USE_SYSTEM_LIBM),0)
-$(eval $(call symlink_system_library,LIBM,$(LIBMNAME)))
-else ifneq ($(USE_SYSTEM_OPENLIBM),0)
-$(eval $(call symlink_system_library,OPENLIBM,$(LIBMNAME)))
-endif
+#ifneq ($(USE_SYSTEM_LIBM),0)
+#$(eval $(call symlink_system_library,LIBM,$(LIBMNAME)))
+#else ifneq ($(USE_SYSTEM_OPENLIBM),0)
+#$(eval $(call symlink_system_library,OPENLIBM,$(LIBMNAME)))
+#endif
 
 $(eval $(call symlink_system_library,CSL,libgcc_s,1))
 ifneq (,$(LIBGFORTRAN_VERSION))
diff --git a/base/floatfuncs.jl b/base/floatfuncs.jl
index bae27d642e7c7..01ee57f387bbc 100644
--- a/base/floatfuncs.jl
+++ b/base/floatfuncs.jl
@@ -344,9 +344,9 @@ algorithms. See [`muladd`](@ref).
 function fma end
 
 fma_libm(x::Float32, y::Float32, z::Float32) =
-    ccall(("fmaf", libm_name), Float32, (Float32,Float32,Float32), x, y, z)
+    ccall("fmaf", Float32, (Float32,Float32,Float32), x, y, z)
 fma_libm(x::Float64, y::Float64, z::Float64) =
-    ccall(("fma", libm_name), Float64, (Float64,Float64,Float64), x, y, z)
+    ccall("fma", Float64, (Float64,Float64,Float64), x, y, z)
 fma_llvm(x::Float32, y::Float32, z::Float32) = fma_float(x, y, z)
 fma_llvm(x::Float64, y::Float64, z::Float64) = fma_float(x, y, z)
 # Disable LLVM's fma if it is incorrect, e.g. because LLVM falls back
diff --git a/base/math.jl b/base/math.jl
index 3857b1b1e8c10..27fb0f3306468 100644
--- a/base/math.jl
+++ b/base/math.jl
@@ -359,8 +359,6 @@ log(b::Number, x::Number) = log(promote(b,x)...)
 
 # type specific math functions
 
-const libm = Base.libm_name
-
 # functions with no domain error
 """
     sinh(x)
@@ -875,9 +873,9 @@ function frexp(x::T) where T<:IEEEFloat
 end
 
 rem(x::Float64, y::Float64, ::RoundingMode{:Nearest}) =
-    ccall((:remainder, libm),Float64,(Float64,Float64),x,y)
+    ccall(:remainder, Float64,(Float64,Float64),x,y)
 rem(x::Float32, y::Float32, ::RoundingMode{:Nearest}) =
-    ccall((:remainderf, libm),Float32,(Float32,Float32),x,y)
+    ccall(:remainderf, Float32,(Float32,Float32),x,y)
 rem(x::Float16, y::Float16, r::RoundingMode{:Nearest}) = Float16(rem(Float32(x), Float32(y), r))
 
 
@@ -900,13 +898,13 @@ modf(x) = isinf(x) ? (flipsign(zero(x), x), x) : (rem(x, one(x)), trunc(x))
 
 function modf(x::Float32)
     temp = Ref{Float32}()
-    f = ccall((:modff, libm), Float32, (Float32, Ptr{Float32}), x, temp)
+    f = ccall(:modff, Float32, (Float32, Ptr{Float32}), x, temp)
     f, temp[]
 end
 
 function modf(x::Float64)
     temp = Ref{Float64}()
-    f = ccall((:modf, libm), Float64, (Float64, Ptr{Float64}), x, temp)
+    f = ccall(:modf, Float64, (Float64, Ptr{Float64}), x, temp)
     f, temp[]
 end
 
diff --git a/deps/Makefile b/deps/Makefile
index 27b93f444580f..6b6744993bbea 100644
--- a/deps/Makefile
+++ b/deps/Makefile
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ endif
 
 # list all targets
 DEP_LIBS_STAGED_ALL := llvm llvm-tools clang llvmunwind unwind libuv pcre \
-	openlibm dsfmt blastrampoline openblas lapack gmp mpfr patchelf utf8proc \
+	dsfmt blastrampoline openblas lapack gmp mpfr patchelf utf8proc \
 	objconv mbedtls libssh2 nghttp2 curl libgit2 libwhich zlib p7zip csl \
-	libsuitesparse
+	libsuitesparse # openlibm
 DEP_LIBS_ALL := $(DEP_LIBS_STAGED_ALL)
 
 ifneq ($(USE_BINARYBUILDER_OPENBLAS),0)
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ include $(SRCDIR)/csl.mk
 include $(SRCDIR)/llvm.mk
 include $(SRCDIR)/libuv.mk
 include $(SRCDIR)/pcre.mk
-include $(SRCDIR)/openlibm.mk
+#include $(SRCDIR)/openlibm.mk
 include $(SRCDIR)/dsfmt.mk
 include $(SRCDIR)/objconv.mk
 include $(SRCDIR)/blastrampoline.mk