Remove unused flags from old linking approach

[mithydolphin]

With the transition to the new linking principle now complete, this commit removes
flags that were needed for the previous approach. These flags are no longer relevant
or used in the current implementation.

Change-Id: I6adb35497df6a7845225534a9ac4fe18980007c7

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