diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 26ea036975..fc9caf927a 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-10-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* ld-selective/selective.exp: Use check_gc_sections_available.
+	Remove redundant xfails.
+	* ld-selective/sel-dump.exp: Likewise.
+
 2011-10-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* ld-elf/elf.exp: Move test for shared lib support..
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/sel-dump.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/sel-dump.exp
index c78bd6ea03..d9ac24b68d 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/sel-dump.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/sel-dump.exp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # Test for ELF here, so we don't have to qualify on ELF specifically
 # in every .d-file.
-if ![is_elf_format] {
+if { ![is_elf_format] || ![check_gc_sections_available] } {
     return
 }
 
@@ -28,8 +28,5 @@ set test_list [lsort [glob -nocomplain $srcdir/$subdir/*.d]]
 for { set i 0 } { $i < [llength $test_list] } { incr i } {
     # We need to strip the ".d", but can leave the dirname.
     verbose [file rootname [lindex $test_list $i]]
-    setup_xfail "am33*-*" "arc*-*" "d30v*-*" "dlx*-*"
-    setup_xfail "hppa*64-*-*" "i370*-*" "i860*-*" "i960*-*" "ia64*-*"
-    setup_xfail "m88*-*" "mn10200-*" "mep-*" "or32-*" "pj-*"
     run_dump_test [file rootname [lindex $test_list $i]]
 }
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/selective.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/selective.exp
index d4d30ecc9e..f328441793 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/selective.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-selective/selective.exp
@@ -23,19 +23,7 @@
 # Make sure that constructors are handled correctly.
 
 # Only ELF based ports support selective linking
-if ![is_elf_format] {
-    return
-}
-
-# These targets do not support selective linking
-if {[istarget "am33*-*-*"] ||
-    [istarget "arc-*-*"] || [istarget "d30v-*-*"] ||
-    [istarget "dlx-*-*"] || [istarget "hppa*64*-*-*"] ||
-    [istarget "i370-*-*"] || [istarget "i860-*-*"] ||
-    [istarget "i960-*-*"] || [istarget "ia64-*-*"] ||
-    [istarget "m88*-*-*"] || [istarget "mn10200-*-*"] ||
-    [istarget "mep-*-*"] || [istarget "or32-*-*"] ||
-    [istarget "pj*-*-*"]} {
+if { ![is_elf_format] || ![check_gc_sections_available] } {
     return
 }
 
@@ -101,8 +89,6 @@ foreach testitem $seltests {
     foreach xfail_target $xfails {
 	setup_xfail $xfail_target
     }
-    setup_xfail "arc*-*" "d30v*-*" "dlx*-*" "i370*-*" "i860*-*"
-    setup_xfail "i960*-*" "mn10200-*" "or32-*" "pj-*"
 
     # It's either C or C++ at the moment.
     if { $testtype == "C++" } {