diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index d9034a6527..14821d8271 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -1929,7 +1929,6 @@ const (
 	BSSSym                  = 'B'
 	UndefinedSym            = 'U'
 	TLSSym                  = 't'
-	FileSym                 = 'f'
 	FrameSym                = 'm'
 	ParamSym                = 'p'
 	AutoSym                 = 'a'
@@ -2014,9 +2013,6 @@ func genasmsym(ctxt *Link, put func(*Link, *Symbol, string, SymbolType, int64, *
 			}
 			put(ctxt, s, s.Name, BSSSym, Symaddr(s), s.Gotype)
 
-		case SFILE:
-			put(ctxt, nil, s.Name, FileSym, s.Value, nil)
-
 		case SHOSTOBJ:
 			if Headtype == objabi.Hwindows || Iself {
 				put(ctxt, s, s.Name, UndefinedSym, s.Value, nil)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symkind.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symkind.go
index 5ac04cf45a..f8565e3a2e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symkind.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symkind.go
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ const (
 	SMACHOSYMTAB
 	SMACHOINDIRECTPLT
 	SMACHOINDIRECTGOT
-	SFILE
 	SFILEPATH
 	SCONST
 	SDYNIMPORT
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symkind_string.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symkind_string.go
index 87da3c40bb..cd14f59786 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symkind_string.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symkind_string.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ package ld
 
 import "fmt"
 
-const _SymKind_name = "SxxxSTEXTSELFRXSECTSTYPESSTRINGSGOSTRINGSGOFUNCSGCBITSSRODATASFUNCTABSELFROSECTSMACHOPLTSTYPERELROSSTRINGRELROSGOSTRINGRELROSGOFUNCRELROSGCBITSRELROSRODATARELROSFUNCTABRELROSTYPELINKSITABLINKSSYMTABSPCLNTABSELFSECTSMACHOSMACHOGOTSWINDOWSSELFGOTSNOPTRDATASINITARRSDATASBSSSNOPTRBSSSTLSBSSSXREFSMACHOSYMSTRSMACHOSYMTABSMACHOINDIRECTPLTSMACHOINDIRECTGOTSFILESFILEPATHSCONSTSDYNIMPORTSHOSTOBJSDWARFSECTSDWARFINFOSDWARFRANGESDWARFLOC"
+const _SymKind_name = "SxxxSTEXTSELFRXSECTSTYPESSTRINGSGOSTRINGSGOFUNCSGCBITSSRODATASFUNCTABSELFROSECTSMACHOPLTSTYPERELROSSTRINGRELROSGOSTRINGRELROSGOFUNCRELROSGCBITSRELROSRODATARELROSFUNCTABRELROSTYPELINKSITABLINKSSYMTABSPCLNTABSELFSECTSMACHOSMACHOGOTSWINDOWSSELFGOTSNOPTRDATASINITARRSDATASBSSSNOPTRBSSSTLSBSSSXREFSMACHOSYMSTRSMACHOSYMTABSMACHOINDIRECTPLTSMACHOINDIRECTGOTSFILEPATHSCONSTSDYNIMPORTSHOSTOBJSDWARFSECTSDWARFINFOSDWARFRANGESDWARFLOC"
 
-var _SymKind_index = [...]uint16{0, 4, 9, 19, 24, 31, 40, 47, 54, 61, 69, 79, 88, 98, 110, 124, 136, 148, 160, 173, 182, 191, 198, 206, 214, 220, 229, 237, 244, 254, 262, 267, 271, 280, 287, 292, 304, 316, 333, 350, 355, 364, 370, 380, 388, 398, 408, 419, 428}
+var _SymKind_index = [...]uint16{0, 4, 9, 19, 24, 31, 40, 47, 54, 61, 69, 79, 88, 98, 110, 124, 136, 148, 160, 173, 182, 191, 198, 206, 214, 220, 229, 237, 244, 254, 262, 267, 271, 280, 287, 292, 304, 316, 333, 350, 359, 365, 375, 383, 393, 403, 414, 423}
 
 func (i SymKind) String() string {
 	if i < 0 || i >= SymKind(len(_SymKind_index)-1) {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
index 78e9dc26bc..ca97cb23cf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func putplan9sym(ctxt *Link, x *Symbol, s string, typ SymbolType, addr int64, go
 		}
 		fallthrough
 
-	case AutoSym, ParamSym, FileSym, FrameSym:
+	case AutoSym, ParamSym, FrameSym:
 		l := 4
 		if Headtype == objabi.Hplan9 && SysArch.Family == sys.AMD64 && !Flag8 {
 			Lputb(uint32(addr >> 32))
@@ -234,11 +234,6 @@ func putplan9sym(ctxt *Link, x *Symbol, s string, typ SymbolType, addr int64, go
 		Cput(uint8(t + 0x80)) /* 0x80 is variable length */
 
 		var i int
-
-		/* skip the '<' in filenames */
-		if t == FileSym {
-			s = s[1:]
-		}
 		for i = 0; i < len(s); i++ {
 			Cput(s[i])
 		}