diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_DL_LIBS.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_DL_LIBS.rst
index 2574192eb0..11fc7427cb 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_DL_LIBS.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_DL_LIBS.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Few examples of the values this variable is set to:
   On most Unix-like systems.
 
 ``-lld``
-  On AIX.
+  On AIX, prior to CMake 4.2.
 
 ``dld``
   On HP-UX.
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/AIX.cmake b/Modules/Platform/AIX.cmake
index dcc9837259..a8561a09ce 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/AIX.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/AIX.cmake
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX ".so")          # .so
 set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_ARCHIVE_SUFFIX ".a")   # .a
 set(CMAKE_AIX_IMPORT_FILE_PREFIX "")
 set(CMAKE_AIX_IMPORT_FILE_SUFFIX ".imp")
-set(CMAKE_DL_LIBS "-lld")
+set(CMAKE_DL_LIBS "ld")
 
 # RPATH support on AIX is called libpath.  By default the runtime
 # libpath is paths specified by -L followed by /usr/lib and /lib.  In