diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index e1d14bddc5..918829baa0 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-01-11  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
+
+	* config/tc-i386.h (TC_RELOC_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE): Removed, it's
+	not used anywhere.
+
 2001-01-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* config/tc-arm.c (arm_fix_adjustable): Define for OBJ_COFF.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-i386.h b/gas/config/tc-i386.h
index 0a2200b6e7..f42765b641 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-i386.h
+++ b/gas/config/tc-i386.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* tc-i386.h -- Header file for tc-i386.c
-   Copyright (C) 1989, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000
+   Copyright (C) 1989, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001
    Free Software Foundation.
 
    This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler.
@@ -54,15 +54,6 @@ extern int tc_i386_fix_adjustable PARAMS ((struct fix *));
   (! symbol_used_in_reloc_p ((fixP)->fx_addsy) && tc_fix_adjustable (fixP))
 #endif
 
-/* This is the relocation type for direct references to GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE.
- * It comes up in complicated expressions such as
- * _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_+[.-.L284], which cannot be expressed normally with
- * the regular expressions.  The fixup specified here when used at runtime
- * implies that we should add the address of the GOT to the specified location,
- * and as a result we have simplified the expression into something we can use.
- */
-#define TC_RELOC_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE BFD_RELOC_386_GOTPC
-
 /* This expression evaluates to false if the relocation is for a local object
    for which we still want to do the relocation at runtime.  True if we
    are willing to perform this relocation while building the .o file.