diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 59e3bb3a19..60a199a5db 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2017-05-19  Jose E. Marchesi  <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>
+
+	* objcopy.c (merge_gnu_build_notes): Remove workaround that
+	prevented deleting relocations in duplicated notes in mips64 and
+	sparc.
+
 2017-05-19  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
 	* testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips-note-2.d: New test.
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index ccb5e12798..42c7775234 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -2137,13 +2137,6 @@ merge_gnu_build_notes (bfd * abfd, asection * sec, bfd_size_type size, bfd_byte
 	    relcount = 0;
 	}
 
-      /* A few targets (eg MIPS, SPARC) create multiple internal relocs to
-	 represent a single external reloc.  Unfortunately the current BFD
-	 API does not handle deleting relocs in such situations very well
-	 and so it is unsafe to proceed.  */
-      if ((unsigned long) relcount > sec->reloc_count)
-	goto done;
-
       /* Eliminate the duplicates.  */
       new = new_contents = xmalloc (size);
       for (pnote = pnotes, old = contents;