diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 3fd72b41f2..b012276661 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-09-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* elf32-xtensa.c (elf_xtensa_relax_section): Delete -r check.
+
 2009-09-07  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
 
 	* elf32-m68k.c (rtype_to_howto): If the reloc index is out of
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-xtensa.c b/bfd/elf32-xtensa.c
index 4314a7259d..9f961dcde2 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-xtensa.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-xtensa.c
@@ -6634,10 +6634,6 @@ elf_xtensa_relax_section (bfd *abfd,
   static bfd_boolean relocations_analyzed = FALSE;
   xtensa_relax_info *relax_info;
 
-  if (link_info->relocatable)
-    (*link_info->callbacks->einfo)
-      (_("%P%F: --relax and -r may not be used together\n"));
-
   if (!relocations_analyzed)
     {
       /* Do some overall initialization for relaxation.  */