* elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_section_flags): Delete.
	(elf_backend_section_flags): Remove.
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index f10bef2..be2cea2 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-07-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_section_flags): Delete.
+	(elf_backend_section_flags): Remove.
+
 2011-07-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR ld/12982
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-arm.c b/bfd/elf32-arm.c
index 257f7a5..0ddd0cf 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-arm.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-arm.c
@@ -14101,17 +14101,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-/* Set the right machine number for an Arm ELF file.  */
-
-static bfd_boolean
-elf32_arm_section_flags (flagword *flags, const Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr)
-{
-  if (hdr->sh_type == SHT_NOTE)
-    *flags |= SEC_LINK_ONCE | SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS;
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
 static void
 elf32_arm_final_write_processing (bfd *abfd, bfd_boolean linker ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
@@ -15337,7 +15326,6 @@
 #define elf_backend_post_process_headers	elf32_arm_post_process_headers
 #define elf_backend_reloc_type_class		elf32_arm_reloc_type_class
 #define elf_backend_object_p			elf32_arm_object_p
-#define elf_backend_section_flags		elf32_arm_section_flags
 #define elf_backend_fake_sections  		elf32_arm_fake_sections
 #define elf_backend_section_from_shdr  		elf32_arm_section_from_shdr
 #define elf_backend_final_write_processing      elf32_arm_final_write_processing