--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/dev.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/dev.py
@@ -343,10 +343,11 @@ class LLVMDependency(ConfigToolDependenc
         not for shared-linnking, we have to figure those out ourselves, because
         of course we do.
         """
-        if self.static:
-            self.link_args = self.get_config_value(
-                ['--libs', '--ldflags', '--system-libs'] + list(self.required_modules),
-                'link_args')
+        #if self.static:
+        self.link_args = self.get_config_value(
+            ['--libs', '--ldflags', '--system-libs'] + list(self.required_modules),
+            'link_args')
+        """
         else:
             # llvm-config will provide arguments for static linking, so we get
             # to figure out for ourselves what to link with. We'll do that by
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@ class LLVMDependency(ConfigToolDependenc
             else:
                 raise DependencyException(
                     'Could not find a dynamically linkable library for LLVM.')
+        """
 
     def check_components(self, modules, required=True):
         """Check for llvm components (modules in meson terms).
--- a/run_unittests.py
+++ b/run_unittests.py
@@ -4771,6 +4771,11 @@ class NativeFileTests(BasePlatformTests)
         # Do the skip at this level to avoid screwing up the cache
         if not shutil.which('llvm-config'):
             raise unittest.SkipTest('No llvm-installed, cannot test')
+
+        output = subprocess.getoutput('llvm-config --version')
+        if version_compare(output, '< 3.9'):
+            raise unittest.SkipTest('llvm-config >= 3.9 needed for the test')
+
         self._simple_test('config_dep', 'llvm-config')
 
     def test_python3_module(self):