diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 7ac36d65c5..d90f05df54 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Thu Sep 10 13:28:24 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
+
+	* opncls.c (bfd_fdopenr):  Determine whether to fdopen for
+	update, based on how the underlying file was opened.  Obsoletes
+	FASCIST_FDOPEN.
+	* hosts/rs6000.h, hosts/tahoe.h, hosts/vaxbsd.h:  Remove
+	all FASCIST_FDOPEN config defines.
+
 Tue Sep  8 21:37:58 1992  Ken Raeburn  (raeburn@cambridge.cygnus.com)
 
 	* sparc-opc.c: Moved to opcodes library, now that we have one.
diff --git a/bfd/hosts/rs6000.h b/bfd/hosts/rs6000.h
index b41ed5ff16..1d5863b202 100644
--- a/bfd/hosts/rs6000.h
+++ b/bfd/hosts/rs6000.h
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 #include <sys/file.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>		/* for malloc() */
 
-/* fdopen() won't let you open read-only files for update */
-#define	FASCIST_FDOPEN
-
 #ifndef O_ACCMODE
 #define O_ACCMODE (O_RDONLY | O_WRONLY | O_RDWR)
 #endif