diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/loader/loader.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/loader/loader.go
index 34c1c6a4c86..dfaad10143b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/loader/loader.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/loader/loader.go
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ func (a Aux) Sym() Sym { return a.l.resolve(a.r, a.Aux.Sym()) }
 type oReader struct {
 	*goobj.Reader
 	unit         *sym.CompilationUnit
-	version      int    // version of static symbol
-	flags        uint32 // read from object file
+	version      int // version of static symbol
 	pkgprefix    string
 	syms         []Sym    // Sym's global index, indexed by local index
 	pkg          []uint32 // indices of referenced package by PkgIdx (index into loader.objs array)
@@ -2076,7 +2075,6 @@ func (l *Loader) Preload(localSymVersion int, f *bio.Reader, lib *sym.Library, u
 		Reader:       r,
 		unit:         unit,
 		version:      localSymVersion,
-		flags:        r.Flags(),
 		pkgprefix:    pkgprefix,
 		syms:         make([]Sym, ndef+nhashed64def+nhasheddef+r.NNonpkgdef()+r.NNonpkgref()),
 		ndef:         ndef,