diff --git a/gcc/config/svr3.h b/gcc/config/svr3.h
index 7726da12d7d..112f8c21854 100644
--- a/gcc/config/svr3.h
+++ b/gcc/config/svr3.h
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
 #define USE_CONST_SECTION	0
 
-#define INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP     "\t.section\t.init"
+#define INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP     ".section\t.init"
 #define FINI_SECTION_ASM_OP     ".section .fini,\"x\""
-#define CONST_SECTION_ASM_OP	"\t.section\t.rodata, \"x\""
+#define CONST_SECTION_ASM_OP	".section\t.rodata, \"x\""
 
 #define DTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP    FINI_SECTION_ASM_OP
 /* CTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP is machine-dependent
diff --git a/gcc/crtstuff.c b/gcc/crtstuff.c
index e377d83ab7c..e1f5934f305 100644
--- a/gcc/crtstuff.c
+++ b/gcc/crtstuff.c
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
 #include "tm.h"
 
 #ifndef CTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP
-#define CTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP	"\t.section\t.ctors,\"a\",@progbits"
+#define CTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP	".section\t.ctors,\"a\",@progbits"
 #endif
 #ifndef DTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP
-#define DTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP	"\t.section\t.dtors,\"a\",@progbits"
+#define DTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP	".section\t.dtors,\"a\",@progbits"
 #endif
 
 #include "gbl-ctors.h"