diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index b5fa49eeed..15eec294f1 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-07-23  Elena Zannoni  <ezannoni@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/powerpc/aix.mh (MH_LDFLAGS): Don't set these, the Gnu linker
+	doesn't understand them.
+
 2001-07-23  Elena Zannoni  <ezannoni@redhat.com>
 
 	* memattr.c (mem_info_command): Reformat output to look more like
diff --git a/gdb/config/powerpc/aix.mh b/gdb/config/powerpc/aix.mh
index 30e4080c93..cda754ccce 100644
--- a/gdb/config/powerpc/aix.mh
+++ b/gdb/config/powerpc/aix.mh
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ NATDEPFILES= fork-child.o infptrace.o inftarg.o corelow.o rs6000-nat.o \
 # MH_CFLAGS = -bnodelcsect
 
 # gdb is too big for all of its external symbols to fit in a small TOC
-MH_LDFLAGS = -Wl,-bbigtoc
+# It looks like the GNU linker doesn't understand the -bbigtoc switch.
+# This switch may be needed for some vendor compilers.
+# MH_LDFLAGS = -Wl,-bbigtoc