diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 882dcea..833f7f9 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2019-02-09  Vineet Gupta  <vgupta@synopsys.com>
+
+	* elf32-arc (INIT_SYM_STRING): Delete.
+	(FINI_SYM_STRING): Likewise.
+	(init_str): Likewise.
+	(fini_str): Likewise.
+
 2019-02-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Add %X to "unsupported
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-arc.c b/bfd/elf32-arc.c
index c7469de..b86dd59 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-arc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-arc.c
@@ -71,16 +71,6 @@
       }									\
   }
 
-
-/* The default symbols representing the init and fini dyn values.
-   TODO: Check what is the relation of those strings with arclinux.em
-   and DT_INIT.  */
-#define INIT_SYM_STRING "_init"
-#define FINI_SYM_STRING "_fini"
-
-char * init_str = INIT_SYM_STRING;
-char * fini_str = FINI_SYM_STRING;
-
 #define ARC_RELOC_HOWTO(TYPE, VALUE, SIZE, BITSIZE, RELOC_FUNCTION, OVERFLOW, FORMULA) \
       case VALUE: \
 	return "R_" #TYPE; \
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index a142917..642cf56 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-02-09  Vineet Gupta  <vgupta@synopsys.com>
+
+	* emultempl/arclinux.em: Delete special INIT/FINI handling.
+
 2019-02-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR 24175
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/arclinux.em b/ld/emultempl/arclinux.em
index 3163712..48b6a61 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/arclinux.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/arclinux.em
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This shell script emits a C file. -*- C -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
-# Copyright 2008-2012 Synopsys Inc.
+# Copyright 2008-2019 Synopsys Inc.
 #
 # This file is part of GLD, the Gnu Linker.
 #
@@ -23,30 +23,3 @@
 # This file is sourced from elf32.em, and defines extra arc-linux
 # specific routines.
 #
-cat >>e${EMULATION_NAME}.c <<EOF
-extern char * init_str;
-extern char * fini_str;
-EOF
-
-PARSE_AND_LIST_PROLOGUE='
-#define OPTION_INIT 300+1
-#define OPTION_FINI (OPTION_INIT+1)
-'
-PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS='
-  /* PE options */
-  { "init", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_INIT },
-  { "fini", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_FINI },
-'
-
-# FIXME: Should set PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTIONS to provide a short description
-# of the options.
-
-PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES='
-    case OPTION_FINI:
-      fini_str = optarg;
-      break;
-
-    case OPTION_INIT:
-      init_str = optarg;
-      break;
-'