diff --git a/bfd/.Sanitize b/bfd/.Sanitize
index 22b0825c41..c5796db2b2 100644
--- a/bfd/.Sanitize
+++ b/bfd/.Sanitize
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ else
 	lose_these_too="${d30v_files} ${lose_these_too}"
 fi
 
-m32r_files="cpu-m32r.c elf32-m32r.c"
-
-if ( echo $* | grep keep\-m32r > /dev/null ) ; then
-	keep_these_too="${m32r_files} ${keep_these_too}"
-else
-	lose_these_too="${m32r_files} ${lose_these_too}"
-fi
-
 v850_files="cpu-v850.c elf32-v850.c"
 
 if ( echo $* | grep keep\-v850 > /dev/null ) ; then
@@ -144,6 +136,7 @@ cpu-hppa.c
 cpu-i386.c
 cpu-i860.c
 cpu-i960.c
+cpu-m32r.c
 cpu-m68k.c
 cpu-m88k.c
 cpu-mips.c
@@ -172,6 +165,7 @@ elf32-hppa.c
 elf32-hppa.h
 elf32-i386.c
 elf32-i860.c
+elf32-m32r.c
 elf32-m68k.c
 elf32-m88k.c
 elf32-mips.c
@@ -358,34 +352,6 @@ else
 	done
 fi
 
-m32r_files="ChangeLog Makefile.in config.bfd configure.in configure elf.c archures.c reloc.c targets.c bfd-in2.h libbfd.h"
-if ( echo $* | grep keep\-m32r > /dev/null ) ; then
-	for i in $m32r_files ; do
-		if test ! -d $i && (grep sanitize-m32r $i > /dev/null) ; then
-			if [ -n "${verbose}" ] ; then
-				echo Keeping m32r stuff in $i
-			fi
-		fi
-	done
-else
-	for i in $m32r_files ; do
-		if test ! -d $i && (grep sanitize-m32r $i > /dev/null) ; then
-			if [ -n "${verbose}" ] ; then
-				echo Removing traces of \"m32r\" from $i...
-			fi
-			cp $i new
-			sed '/start\-sanitize\-m32r/,/end-\sanitize\-m32r/d' < $i > new
-			if [ -n "${safe}" -a ! -f .Recover/$i ] ; then
-				if [ -n "${verbose}" ] ; then
-					echo Caching $i in .Recover...
-				fi
-				mv $i .Recover
-			fi
-			mv new $i
-		fi
-	done
-fi
-
 v850_files="ChangeLog ChangeLog.2 Makefile.in archures.c reloc.c targets.c config.bfd configure.in configure bfd-in2.h elf.c libbfd.h"
 if ( echo $* | grep keep\-v850 > /dev/null ) ; then
 	for i in $v850_files ; do
diff --git a/bfd/Makefile.in b/bfd/Makefile.in
index c5ada4f292..ba27f25159 100644
--- a/bfd/Makefile.in
+++ b/bfd/Makefile.in
@@ -126,9 +126,7 @@ ALL_MACHINES = \
 	cpu-i386.o \
 	cpu-i860.o \
 	cpu-i960.o \
-	$(start-sanitize-m32r) \
 	cpu-m32r.o \
-	$(end-sanitize-m32r) \
 	cpu-m68k.o \
 	cpu-m88k.o \
 	cpu-mips.o \
@@ -227,9 +225,7 @@ BFD32_BACKENDS = \
 	elf32-hppa.o \
 	elf32-i386.o \
 	elf32-i860.o \
-	$(start-sanitize-m32r) \
 	elf32-m32r.o \
-	$(end-sanitize-m32r) \
 	elf32-m68k.o \
 	elf32-m88k.o \
 	elf32-mips.o \
@@ -863,11 +859,9 @@ elf32-d30v.o: elf32-d30v.c elf-bfd.h $(INCDIR)/elf/common.h \
   elf32-target.h
 end-sanitize-d30v:
 
-start-sanitize-m32r:
 elf32-m32r.o: elf32-m32r.c elf-bfd.h $(INCDIR)/elf/common.h \
   $(INCDIR)/elf/internal.h $(INCDIR)/elf/external.h $(INCDIR)/bfdlink.h \
   elf32-target.h
-end-sanitize-m32r:
 
 start-sanitize-v850:
 cpu-v850.o: cpu-v850.c
diff --git a/bfd/config.bfd b/bfd/config.bfd
index 5d1bb9e185..0638eb70a8 100755
--- a/bfd/config.bfd
+++ b/bfd/config.bfd
@@ -247,11 +247,9 @@ case "${targ}" in
     targ_underscore=yes
     ;;
 
-# start-sanitize-m32r
   m32r-*-*)
     targ_defvec=bfd_elf32_m32r_vec
     ;;
-# end-sanitize-m32r
 
   m68*-apollo-*)
     targ_defvec=apollocoff_vec
diff --git a/bfd/libbfd.h b/bfd/libbfd.h
index d20b8da1eb..bd72ffc41f 100644
--- a/bfd/libbfd.h
+++ b/bfd/libbfd.h
@@ -87,12 +87,11 @@ extern PTR bfd_zmalloc PARAMS ((size_t));
 
 extern bfd_error_handler_type _bfd_error_handler;
 
-/* These routines allocate and free things on the BFD's obstack.  */
+/* These routines allocate and free things on the BFD's objalloc.  */
 
-PTR	bfd_alloc PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, size_t size));
-PTR	bfd_zalloc PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, size_t size));
-
-#define	bfd_release(x,y) (void) obstack_free(&(x->memory),y)
+extern PTR bfd_alloc PARAMS ((bfd *, size_t));
+extern PTR bfd_zalloc PARAMS ((bfd *, size_t));
+extern void bfd_release PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR));
 
 bfd *	_bfd_create_empty_archive_element_shell PARAMS ((bfd *obfd));
 bfd *	_bfd_look_for_bfd_in_cache PARAMS ((bfd *arch_bfd, file_ptr index));
@@ -755,7 +754,6 @@ static const char *const bfd_reloc_code_real_names[] = { "@@uninitialized@@",
   "BFD_RELOC_D30V_32_PCREL",
 /* end-sanitize-d30v */
 
-/* start-sanitize-m32r */
   "BFD_RELOC_M32R_24",
   "BFD_RELOC_M32R_10_PCREL",
   "BFD_RELOC_M32R_18_PCREL",
@@ -764,8 +762,6 @@ static const char *const bfd_reloc_code_real_names[] = { "@@uninitialized@@",
   "BFD_RELOC_M32R_HI16_SLO",
   "BFD_RELOC_M32R_LO16",
   "BFD_RELOC_M32R_SDA16",
-/* end-sanitize-m32r */
-
 /* start-sanitize-v850 */
   "BFD_RELOC_V850_9_PCREL",
   "BFD_RELOC_V850_22_PCREL",
diff --git a/bfd/targets.c b/bfd/targets.c
index a43f9e215a..b8d4dd2f43 100644
--- a/bfd/targets.c
+++ b/bfd/targets.c
@@ -500,9 +500,7 @@ extern const bfd_target bfd_elf32_i860_vec;
 extern const bfd_target bfd_elf32_little_generic_vec;
 extern const bfd_target bfd_elf32_littlemips_vec;
 extern const bfd_target bfd_elf64_littlemips_vec;
-/* start-sanitize-m32r */
 extern const bfd_target bfd_elf32_m32r_vec;
-/* end-sanitize-m32r */
 extern const bfd_target bfd_elf32_m68k_vec;
 extern const bfd_target bfd_elf32_m88k_vec;
 extern const bfd_target bfd_elf32_mn10200_vec;
@@ -670,9 +668,7 @@ const bfd_target * const bfd_target_vector[] = {
 #ifdef BFD64
 	&bfd_elf64_littlemips_vec,
 #endif
-/* start-sanitize-m32r */
 	&bfd_elf32_m32r_vec,
-/* end-sanitize-m32r */
 	&bfd_elf32_mn10200_vec,
 	&bfd_elf32_mn10300_vec,
 	&bfd_elf32_m68k_vec,