diff --git a/extra/mold/build b/extra/mold/build
index 7b2d6dbf..4284c581 100755
--- a/extra/mold/build
+++ b/extra/mold/build
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ make -C xxhash
 # Point mold to the local xxhash.
 export CXXFLAGS="-L$PWD/xxhash -I$PWD/xxhash $CXXFLAGS"
 
-# CMAKE_GENERATOR must unset to force usage of Makefiles. The build system
-# calls cmake and proceeds to assume that Makefiles will be used with it
-# breaking builds with Ninja/Samurai.
-unset CMAKE_GENERATOR
-
 # Force a static build so shared library breakage does not also break the
 # linker (and therefore the ability to recover from the issue).
 export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -static"
diff --git a/extra/mold/checksums b/extra/mold/checksums
index 26ca6670..0edf9deb 100644
--- a/extra/mold/checksums
+++ b/extra/mold/checksums
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-8fe6fdf5e9064a2755679494a83a5cb11d18a9c41cdce5c34bd6fa7a8e2e0ab7
+53da9e0c634ea291c51e46c8b64cdd3ace3ab8346c86df814eba24da2aedefc5
 7054c3ebd169c97b64a92d7b994ab63c70dd53a06974f1f630ab782c28db0f4f
diff --git a/extra/mold/version b/extra/mold/version
index 86c66335..19cd88b0 100644
--- a/extra/mold/version
+++ b/extra/mold/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a46ba486a81b7e3bc35d3ed381c7c52498db021a 1
+aea7fac8f06a21988ad1c9496cbc8ea8ef754ec0 1