diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 63fd35e41bf..a99e7ddefa7 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 Mon Mar 17 11:32:53 1997  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
+	* opncls.c (bfd_alloc_grow, bfd_alloc_finish): Remove.
+	* libbfd-in.h (bfd_alloc_grow, bfd_alloc_finish): Don't declare.
+	* libbfd.h: Rebuild.
+	* ieee.c (ieee_archive_p): Rewrite to not use bfd_alloc_grow.
+	* sunos.c (sunos_add_dynamic_symbols): Likewise.
+
 	* opncls.c (bfd_alloc): Rename from bfd_alloc_by_size_t.  Remove
 	old version of bfd_alloc.
 	* libbfd-in.h (bfd_alloc_by_size_t): Don't declare.
diff --git a/bfd/libbfd-in.h b/bfd/libbfd-in.h
index cefe9146fe9..8719fec4e85 100644
--- a/bfd/libbfd-in.h
+++ b/bfd/libbfd-in.h
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ extern bfd_error_handler_type _bfd_error_handler;
 
 PTR	bfd_alloc PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, size_t size));
 PTR	bfd_zalloc PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, size_t size));
-void	bfd_alloc_grow PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, PTR thing, size_t size));
-PTR	bfd_alloc_finish PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
 
 #define	bfd_release(x,y) (void) obstack_free(&(x->memory),y)
 
diff --git a/bfd/libbfd.h b/bfd/libbfd.h
index 60f32cbb98f..d20b8da1eb6 100644
--- a/bfd/libbfd.h
+++ b/bfd/libbfd.h
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ extern bfd_error_handler_type _bfd_error_handler;
 
 PTR	bfd_alloc PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, size_t size));
 PTR	bfd_zalloc PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, size_t size));
-void	bfd_alloc_grow PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, PTR thing, size_t size));
-PTR	bfd_alloc_finish PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
 
 #define	bfd_release(x,y) (void) obstack_free(&(x->memory),y)
 
diff --git a/bfd/opncls.c b/bfd/opncls.c
index f65dbff2d3c..810df70c497 100644
--- a/bfd/opncls.c
+++ b/bfd/opncls.c
@@ -565,27 +565,6 @@ bfd_alloc (abfd, size)
   return ret;
 }
 
-void
-bfd_alloc_grow (abfd, ptr, size)
-     bfd *abfd;
-     PTR ptr;
-     size_t size;
-{
-  (void) obstack_grow(&(abfd->memory), ptr, size);
-}
-
-PTR
-bfd_alloc_finish (abfd)
-     bfd *abfd;
-{
-  PTR ret;
-
-  ret = obstack_finish (&(abfd->memory));
-  if (ret == NULL)
-    bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_memory);
-  return ret;
-}
-
 PTR
 bfd_zalloc (abfd, size)
      bfd *abfd;