diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 71119882c89..de6b496745a 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-03-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* elflink.c (elf_mark_used_section): Remove check for special
+	sections.
+
 2005-03-18  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
 	* elfxx-ia64.c (elfNN_ia64_install_value): Change type of insn
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index 1ddfe182c61..277395a9b5b 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -9012,9 +9012,7 @@ elf_mark_used_section (struct elf_link_hash_entry *h,
       || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
     {
       asection *s = h->root.u.def.section;
-      if (s != NULL
-	  && s->output_section != NULL
-	  && !bfd_is_const_section (s->output_section))
+      if (s != NULL && s->output_section != NULL)
 	s->output_section->flags |= SEC_KEEP;
     }