diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f01f1bebc86..8977e5c5aa9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -706,11 +706,7 @@ if(EXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXECUTOR_RUNNER)
 
   add_executable(executor_runner ${_executor_runner__srcs})
   if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
-    if(APPLE)
-      target_link_options(executor_runner PRIVATE "LINKER:-dead_strip")
-    else()
-      target_link_options(executor_runner PRIVATE "LINKER:--gc-sections")
-    endif()
+    target_link_options_gc_sections(executor_runner)
   endif()
   target_link_libraries(executor_runner ${_executor_runner_libs})
   target_compile_options(executor_runner PUBLIC ${_common_compile_options})
diff --git a/examples/models/llama/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/models/llama/CMakeLists.txt
index 20c946178d6..b850e4e6c0b 100644
--- a/examples/models/llama/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/models/llama/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -210,10 +210,9 @@ endif()
 
 add_executable(llama_main ${_srcs})
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
-  if(APPLE)
-    target_link_options(llama_main PRIVATE "LINKER:-dead_strip")
-  else()
-    target_link_options(llama_main PRIVATE "LINKER:--gc-sections,-s")
+  target_link_options_gc_sections(llama_main)
+  if(NOT APPLE)
+    target_link_options(llama_main PRIVATE "LINKER:-s")
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/examples/models/llava/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/models/llava/CMakeLists.txt
index be84cdb439b..b99d4c8106e 100644
--- a/examples/models/llava/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/models/llava/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -198,10 +198,9 @@ list(APPEND _common_include_directories ${stb_SOURCE_DIR}
 
 add_executable(llava_main ${_srcs})
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
-  if(APPLE)
-    target_link_options(llava_main PRIVATE "LINKER:-dead_strip,-s")
-  else()
-    target_link_options(llava_main PRIVATE "LINKER:--gc-sections,-s")
+  target_link_options_gc_sections(llama_main)
+  if(NOT APPLE)
+    target_link_options(llama_main PRIVATE "LINKER:-s")
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/examples/selective_build/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/selective_build/CMakeLists.txt
index 24fd102fee9..faa3cf568a6 100644
--- a/examples/selective_build/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/selective_build/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ gen_selected_ops(
 )
 
 generate_bindings_for_kernels(
-  LIB_NAME 
-  "select_build_lib" 
+  LIB_NAME
+  "select_build_lib"
   FUNCTIONS_YAML
-  ${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/kernels/portable/functions.yaml 
+  ${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/kernels/portable/functions.yaml
   CUSTOM_OPS_YAML
   "${_custom_ops_yaml}"
   DTYPE_SELECTIVE_BUILD
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@ generate_bindings_for_kernels(
 )
 
 gen_operators_lib(
-  LIB_NAME 
-  "select_build_lib" 
-  KERNEL_LIBS 
-  ${_kernel_lib} 
-  DEPS 
+  LIB_NAME
+  "select_build_lib"
+  KERNEL_LIBS
+  ${_kernel_lib}
+  DEPS
   executorch_core
   DTYPE_SELECTIVE_BUILD
   "${EXECUTORCH_DTYPE_SELECTIVE_BUILD}"
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ list(TRANSFORM _executor_runner__srcs PREPEND "${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/")
 #
 add_executable(selective_build_test ${_executor_runner__srcs})
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
-  target_link_options(selective_build_test PRIVATE "LINKER:--gc-sections")
+  target_link_options_gc_sections(selective_build_test)
 endif()
 target_link_libraries(
   selective_build_test PRIVATE executorch_core gflags select_build_lib
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 967610f48f8..3e8342a9741 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ list(TRANSFORM _size_test__srcs PREPEND "${EXECUTORCH_ROOT}/")
 add_executable(size_test ${_size_test__srcs})
 target_link_libraries(size_test executorch)
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
-  target_link_options(size_test PRIVATE "LINKER:--gc-sections")
+  target_link_options_gc_sections(size_test)
 endif()
 
 #
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   size_test_all_ops executorch portable_ops_lib portable_kernels
 )
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
-  target_link_options(size_test_all_ops PRIVATE "LINKER:--gc-sections")
+  target_link_options_gc_sections(size_test_all_ops)
 endif()
 
 #
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ target_link_options_shared_lib(optimized_native_cpu_ops_lib)
 target_link_libraries(
   size_test_all_optimized_ops executorch optimized_native_cpu_ops_lib)
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
-  target_link_options(size_test_all_optimized_ops PRIVATE "LINKER:--gc-sections")
+  target_link_options_gc_sections(size_test_all_optimized_ops)
 endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/tools/cmake/Utils.cmake b/tools/cmake/Utils.cmake
index f0404f66bae..9fbab17728a 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/Utils.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/Utils.cmake
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ function(target_link_options_shared_lib target_name)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
+function(target_link_options_gc_sections target_name)
+  if(APPLE)
+    target_link_options(${target_name} PRIVATE "LINKER:-dead_strip")
+  else()
+    target_link_options(${target_name} PRIVATE "LINKER:--gc-sections")
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
 # Extract source files based on toml config. This is useful to keep buck2 and
 # cmake aligned. Do not regenerate if file exists.
 function(extract_sources sources_file)