diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
index 05e97a904f3..a1060d9a2b3 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
@@ -642,15 +642,11 @@ func (s *state) stmt(n *Node) {
 		b.AddEdgeTo(lab.target)
 
 	case OAS, OASWB:
-		// Check whether we can generate static data rather than code.
-		// If so, ignore n and defer data generation until codegen.
-		// Failure to do this causes writes to readonly symbols.
+		// Generate static data rather than code, if possible.
 		if gen_as_init(n, true) {
-			var data []*Node
-			if s.f.StaticData != nil {
-				data = s.f.StaticData.([]*Node)
+			if !gen_as_init(n, false) {
+				Fatalf("non-static data marked as static: %v\n\n", n)
 			}
-			s.f.StaticData = append(data, n)
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -4487,15 +4483,6 @@ func genssa(f *ssa.Func, ptxt *obj.Prog, gcargs, gclocals *Sym) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Emit static data
-	if f.StaticData != nil {
-		for _, n := range f.StaticData.([]*Node) {
-			if !gen_as_init(n, false) {
-				Fatalf("non-static data marked as static: %v\n\n", n)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Generate gc bitmaps.
 	liveness(Curfn, ptxt, gcargs, gclocals)
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/func.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/func.go
index 3f3c0d68889..ea259190da9 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/func.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/func.go
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@ import (
 // A Func represents a Go func declaration (or function literal) and
 // its body. This package compiles each Func independently.
 type Func struct {
-	Config     *Config     // architecture information
-	pass       *pass       // current pass information (name, options, etc.)
-	Name       string      // e.g. bytes·Compare
-	Type       Type        // type signature of the function.
-	StaticData interface{} // associated static data, untouched by the ssa package
-	Blocks     []*Block    // unordered set of all basic blocks (note: not indexable by ID)
-	Entry      *Block      // the entry basic block
-	bid        idAlloc     // block ID allocator
-	vid        idAlloc     // value ID allocator
+	Config *Config  // architecture information
+	pass   *pass    // current pass information (name, options, etc.)
+	Name   string   // e.g. bytes·Compare
+	Type   Type     // type signature of the function.
+	Blocks []*Block // unordered set of all basic blocks (note: not indexable by ID)
+	Entry  *Block   // the entry basic block
+	bid    idAlloc  // block ID allocator
+	vid    idAlloc  // value ID allocator
 
 	scheduled bool // Values in Blocks are in final order
 	NoSplit   bool // true if function is marked as nosplit.  Used by schedule check pass.