diff --git a/src/librustc_target/spec/windows_uwp_msvc_base.rs b/src/librustc_target/spec/windows_uwp_msvc_base.rs
index 3372da857fee..04ffa1a0addb 100644
--- a/src/librustc_target/spec/windows_uwp_msvc_base.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_target/spec/windows_uwp_msvc_base.rs
@@ -1,46 +1,14 @@
-use crate::spec::{LinkArgs, LinkerFlavor, LldFlavor, TargetOptions};
+use crate::spec::{LinkerFlavor, LldFlavor, TargetOptions};
 
 pub fn opts() -> TargetOptions {
-    let pre_link_args_msvc = vec![
-        "/NOLOGO".to_string(),
-        "/NXCOMPAT".to_string(),
-        "/APPCONTAINER".to_string(),
-        "mincore.lib".to_string(),
-    ];
-    let mut pre_link_args = LinkArgs::new();
-    pre_link_args.insert(LinkerFlavor::Msvc, pre_link_args_msvc.clone());
-    pre_link_args.insert(LinkerFlavor::Lld(LldFlavor::Link), pre_link_args_msvc);
+    let mut opts = super::windows_msvc_base::opts();
 
-    TargetOptions {
-        function_sections: true,
-        dynamic_linking: true,
-        executables: true,
-        dll_prefix: String::new(),
-        dll_suffix: ".dll".to_string(),
-        exe_suffix: ".exe".to_string(),
-        staticlib_prefix: String::new(),
-        staticlib_suffix: ".lib".to_string(),
-        target_family: Some("windows".to_string()),
-        is_like_windows: true,
-        is_like_msvc: true,
-        pre_link_args,
-        crt_static_allows_dylibs: true,
-        crt_static_respected: true,
-        abi_return_struct_as_int: true,
-        emit_debug_gdb_scripts: false,
-        requires_uwtable: true,
-        lld_flavor: LldFlavor::Link,
-        // Currently we don't pass the /NODEFAULTLIB flag to the linker on MSVC
-        // as there's been trouble in the past of linking the C++ standard
-        // library required by LLVM. This likely needs to happen one day, but
-        // in general Windows is also a more controlled environment than
-        // Unix, so it's not necessarily as critical that this be implemented.
-        //
-        // Note that there are also some licensing worries about statically
-        // linking some libraries which require a specific agreement, so it may
-        // not ever be possible for us to pass this flag.
-        no_default_libraries: false,
+    let pre_link_args_msvc = vec!["/APPCONTAINER".to_string(), "mincore.lib".to_string()];
+    opts.pre_link_args.get_mut(&LinkerFlavor::Msvc).unwrap().extend(pre_link_args_msvc.clone());
+    opts.pre_link_args
+        .get_mut(&LinkerFlavor::Lld(LldFlavor::Link))
+        .unwrap()
+        .extend(pre_link_args_msvc);
 
-        ..Default::default()
-    }
+    opts
 }