diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index d055dd8024..86e0bd32a7 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Mon Sep 25 11:48:02 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+	* init.c (initialized): Remove static variable.
+	(bfd_init): Don't bother setting initialized.
+	(bfd_check_init): Remove.
+	* opncls.c (_bfd_new_bfd): Don't call bfd_check_init.
+	* libbfd.h: Rebuild.
+
 Sat Sep 23 01:22:23 1995  Peter Schauer  (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
 
 	* rs6000-core.c (rs6000coff_core_p):  Don't check the core file
diff --git a/bfd/libbfd.h b/bfd/libbfd.h
index 2aaeb8a260..a57e292106 100644
--- a/bfd/libbfd.h
+++ b/bfd/libbfd.h
@@ -463,9 +463,6 @@ extern boolean _bfd_ecoff_get_accumulated_ss PARAMS ((PTR, bfd_byte *));
 
 /* And more follows */
 
-void 
-bfd_check_init PARAMS ((void));
-
 void 
 bfd_write_bigendian_4byte_int PARAMS ((bfd *abfd,  int i));
 
diff --git a/bfd/opncls.c b/bfd/opncls.c
index f3872bf31d..bfb341527c 100644
--- a/bfd/opncls.c
+++ b/bfd/opncls.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ _bfd_new_bfd ()
       return 0;
     }
 
-  bfd_check_init();
   if (!obstack_begin(&nbfd->memory, 128))
     {
       bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_memory);