diff -rup ../binutils-2.19.51.0.10.orig/ld/ldmain.c ./ld/ldmain.c

--- ../binutils-2.19.51.0.10.orig/ld/ldmain.c	2009-06-22 15:56:54.000000000 +0100

+++ ./ld/ldmain.c	2009-06-22 16:05:54.000000000 +0100

@@ -256,14 +256,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)

   command_line.warn_search_mismatch = TRUE;

   command_line.check_section_addresses = -1;

-  if (getenv ("LD_SYMBOLIC") != NULL)

-    command_line.symbolic = symbolic;

-  else if (getenv ("LD_SYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS") != NULL)

-    command_line.symbolic = symbolic_functions;

-

-  if (getenv ("LD_AS_NEEDED") != NULL)

-    as_needed = TRUE;

-

   /* We initialize DEMANGLING based on the environment variable

      COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE.  The gcc collect2 program will demangle the

      output of the linker, unless COLLECT_NO_DEMANGLE is set in the

diff -rup ../binutils-2.19.51.0.10.orig/ld/ld.texinfo ./ld/ld.texinfo

--- ../binutils-2.19.51.0.10.orig/ld/ld.texinfo	2009-06-22 15:56:53.000000000 +0100

+++ ./ld/ld.texinfo	2009-06-22 16:05:42.000000000 +0100

@@ -1118,10 +1118,7 @@ for a library that satisfies a symbol re

 which is undefined at the point that the library was linked, or, if

 the library is not found in the DT_NEEDED lists of other libraries

 linked up to that point, a reference from another dynamic library.

-@option{--no-as-needed} restores the default behaviour.  If the

-environment variable @code{LD_AS_NEEDED} is set, the linker will

-behave as if the @option{--as-needed} option is passed to the linker as

-the first command line option.

+@option{--no-as-needed} restores the default behaviour.

 @kindex --add-needed

 @kindex --no-add-needed

@@ -1185,21 +1182,14 @@ When creating a shared library, bind ref

 definition within the shared library, if any.  Normally, it is possible

 for a program linked against a shared library to override the definition

 within the shared library.  This option is only meaningful on ELF

-platforms which support shared libraries.  If @option{-Bsymbolic} is not

-used when linking a shared library, the linker will also turn on this

-option if the environment variable @code{LD_SYMBOLIC} is set.

+platforms which support shared libraries.

 @kindex -Bsymbolic-functions

 @item -Bsymbolic-functions

 When creating a shared library, bind references to global function

 symbols to the definition within the shared library, if any.

 This option is only meaningful on ELF platforms which support shared

-libraries.  If @option{-Bsymbolic-functions} is not used when linking a

-shared library, the linker will also turn on this option if the

-environment variable @code{LD_SYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS} is set.  When

-both environment variables @code{LD_SYMBOLIC} and

-@code{LD_SYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS} are set, @code{LD_SYMBOLIC} will take

-precedent.

+libraries.

 @kindex --dynamic-list=@var{dynamic-list-file}

 @item --dynamic-list=@var{dynamic-list-file}

diff -rup ../binutils-2.19.51.0.10.orig/ld/NEWS ./ld/NEWS

--- ../binutils-2.19.51.0.10.orig/ld/NEWS	2009-06-22 15:56:54.000000000 +0100

+++ ./ld/NEWS	2009-06-22 16:04:15.000000000 +0100

@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@

   For the switch --enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc it uses for 32-bit

   runtime pseudo relocation version one, for 64-bit the version two.

-* ELF: Support environment variable LD_AS_NEEDED for --as-needed.

-

-* ELF: Support environment variables, LD_SYMBOLIC for -Bsymbolic and

-  LD_SYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS for -Bsymbolic-functions.

-

 Changes in 2.19:

 * Linker scripts support a new INSERT command that makes it easier to