Index: lib/csu/Makefile.inc
===================================================================
--- lib/csu/Makefile.inc
+++ lib/csu/Makefile.inc
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 SSP_CFLAGS=
 
-SED_FIX_NOTE = -i "" -e '/\.note\.tag/s/progbits/note/'
-
 NO_WMISSING_VARIABLE_DECLARATIONS=
 
 .include <src.opts.mk>
Index: lib/csu/aarch64/Makefile
===================================================================
--- lib/csu/aarch64/Makefile
+++ lib/csu/aarch64/Makefile
@@ -18,30 +18,11 @@
 .undef LIBRARIES_ONLY
 
 CLEANFILES=	${OBJS}
-CLEANFILES+=	crt1.s gcrt1.s Scrt1.s
 
-# See the comment in lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c for the reason crt1.c is not
-# directly compiled to .o files.
+gcrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
-crt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-crt1.o: crt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} crt1.s
-
-gcrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-gcrt1.o: gcrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} gcrt1.s
-
-Scrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-Scrt1.o: Scrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} Scrt1.s
+Scrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>
Index: lib/csu/amd64/Makefile
===================================================================
--- lib/csu/amd64/Makefile
+++ lib/csu/amd64/Makefile
@@ -18,30 +18,11 @@
 .undef LIBRARIES_ONLY
 
 CLEANFILES=	${OBJS}
-CLEANFILES+=	crt1.s gcrt1.s Scrt1.s
 
-# See the comment in lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c for the reason crt1.c is not
-# directly compiled to .o files.
+gcrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
-crt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-crt1.o: crt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} crt1.s
-
-gcrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-gcrt1.o: gcrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} gcrt1.s
-
-Scrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-Scrt1.o: Scrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} Scrt1.s
+Scrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>
Index: lib/csu/arm/Makefile
===================================================================
--- lib/csu/arm/Makefile
+++ lib/csu/arm/Makefile
@@ -18,30 +18,14 @@
 .undef LIBRARIES_ONLY
 
 CLEANFILES=	${OBJS}
-CLEANFILES+=	crt1.s gcrt1.s Scrt1.s
 
-# See the comment in lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c for the reason crt1.c is not
-# directly compiled to .o files.
+crt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${STATIC_CFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
-crt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${STATIC_CFLAGS} -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
+gcrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${STATIC_CFLAGS} -DGCRT -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
-crt1.o: crt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} crt1.s
-
-gcrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${STATIC_CFLAGS} -DGCRT -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-gcrt1.o: gcrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} gcrt1.s
-
-Scrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-Scrt1.o: Scrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} Scrt1.s
+Scrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>
Index: lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c
===================================================================
--- lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c
+++ lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c
@@ -36,49 +36,25 @@
  * Special ".note" entry specifying the ABI version.  See
  * http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/kernel/elf-notes.html
  * for more information.
- *
- * For all arches except sparc, gcc emits the section directive for the
- * following struct with a PROGBITS type.  However, newer versions of binutils
- * (after 2.16.90) require the section to be of NOTE type, to guarantee that the
- * .note.ABI-tag section correctly ends up in the first page of the final
- * executable.
- *
- * Unfortunately, there is no clean way to tell gcc to use another section type,
- * so this C file (or the C file that includes it) must be compiled in multiple
- * steps:
- *
- * - Compile the .c file to a .s file.
- * - Edit the .s file to change the 'progbits' type to 'note', for the section
- *   directive that defines the .note.ABI-tag section.
- * - Compile the .s file to an object file.
- *
- * These steps are done in the invididual Makefiles for each applicable arch.
  */
-static const struct {
-	int32_t	namesz;
-	int32_t	descsz;
-	int32_t	type;
-	char	name[sizeof(NOTE_FREEBSD_VENDOR)];
-	int32_t	desc;
-} abitag __attribute__ ((section (NOTE_SECTION), aligned(4))) __used = {
-	.namesz = sizeof(NOTE_FREEBSD_VENDOR),
-	.descsz = sizeof(int32_t),
-	.type = NT_FREEBSD_ABI_TAG,
-	.name = NOTE_FREEBSD_VENDOR,
-	.desc = __FreeBSD_version
-};
+__asm(
+"	.section .note.tag,\"a\",@note\n"
+"	.p2align	2\n"
+"	.word		2f-1f\n"
+"	.word		4f-3f\n"
+"	.word		" __XSTRING(NT_FREEBSD_ABI_TAG) "\n"
+"1:	.asciz		\"FreeBSD\"\n"
+"2:	.p2align	2\n"
+"3:	.word		" __XSTRING(__FreeBSD_version) "\n"
+"4:");
 
-static const struct {
-	int32_t	namesz;
-	int32_t	descsz;
-	int32_t	type;
-	char	name[sizeof(NOTE_FREEBSD_VENDOR)];
-	uint32_t	desc[1];
-} crt_feature_ctl __attribute__ ((section (NOTE_SECTION),
-    aligned(4))) __used = {
-	.namesz = sizeof(NOTE_FREEBSD_VENDOR),
-	.descsz = sizeof(uint32_t),
-	.type = NT_FREEBSD_FEATURE_CTL,
-	.name = NOTE_FREEBSD_VENDOR,
-	.desc = { 0 }
-};
+__asm(
+"	.section .note.tag,\"a\",@note\n"
+"	.p2align	2\n"
+"	.word		2f-1f\n"
+"	.word		4f-3f\n"
+"	.word		" __XSTRING(NT_FREEBSD_FEATURE_CTL) "\n"
+"1:	.asciz		\"FreeBSD\"\n"
+"2:	.p2align	2\n"
+"3:	.word		0\n"
+"4:");
Index: lib/csu/common/ignore_init.c
===================================================================
--- lib/csu/common/ignore_init.c
+++ lib/csu/common/ignore_init.c
@@ -141,17 +141,13 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static const struct {
-	int32_t	namesz;
-	int32_t	descsz;
-	int32_t	type;
-	char	name[sizeof(NOTE_FREEBSD_VENDOR)];
-	uint32_t desc;
-} crt_noinit_tag __attribute__ ((section (NOTE_SECTION),
-    aligned(4))) __used = {
-	.namesz = sizeof(NOTE_FREEBSD_VENDOR),
-	.descsz = sizeof(uint32_t),
-	.type = NT_FREEBSD_NOINIT_TAG,
-	.name = NOTE_FREEBSD_VENDOR,
-	.desc = 0
-};
+__asm(
+"	.section .note.tag,\"a\",@note\n"
+"	.p2align	2\n"
+"	.word		2f-1f\n"
+"	.word		4f-3f\n"
+"	.word		" __XSTRING(NT_FREEBSD_NOINIT_TAG) "\n"
+"1:	.asciz		\"FreeBSD\"\n"
+"2:	.p2align	2\n"
+"3:	.word		0\n"
+"4:");
Index: lib/csu/i386/Makefile
===================================================================
--- lib/csu/i386/Makefile
+++ lib/csu/i386/Makefile
@@ -18,38 +18,19 @@
 .undef LIBRARIES_ONLY
 
 CLEANFILES=	${OBJS} crt1_c.o crt1_s.o gcrt1_c.o Scrt1_c.o
-CLEANFILES+=	crt1_c.s gcrt1_c.s Scrt1_c.s
 
-# See the comment in lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c for the reason crt1_c.c is not
-# directly compiled to .o files.
-
-gcrt1_c.s: crt1_c.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1_c.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-gcrt1_c.o: gcrt1_c.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} gcrt1_c.s
+gcrt1_c.o: crt1_c.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1_c.c
 
 gcrt1.o: gcrt1_c.o crt1_s.o
 	${LD} ${_LDFLAGS} -o gcrt1.o -r crt1_s.o gcrt1_c.o
 
-crt1_c.s: crt1_c.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1_c.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-crt1_c.o: crt1_c.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} crt1_c.s
-
 crt1.o:	crt1_c.o crt1_s.o
 	${LD} ${_LDFLAGS} -o crt1.o -r crt1_s.o crt1_c.o
 	${OBJCOPY} --localize-symbol _start1 crt1.o
 
-Scrt1_c.s: crt1_c.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1_c.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-Scrt1_c.o: Scrt1_c.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} Scrt1_c.s
+Scrt1_c.o: crt1_c.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1_c.c
 
 Scrt1.o: Scrt1_c.o crt1_s.o
 	${LD} ${_LDFLAGS} -o Scrt1.o -r crt1_s.o Scrt1_c.o
Index: lib/csu/mips/Makefile
===================================================================
--- lib/csu/mips/Makefile
+++ lib/csu/mips/Makefile
@@ -20,28 +20,10 @@
 CLEANFILES=	${OBJS}
 CLEANFILES+=	crt1.s gcrt1.s Scrt1.s
 
-# See the comment in lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c for the reason crt1.c is not
-# directly compiled to .o files.
+gcrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
-crt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-crt1.o: crt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} crt1.s
-
-gcrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-gcrt1.o: gcrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} gcrt1.s
-
-Scrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-Scrt1.o: Scrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} Scrt1.s
+Scrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>
Index: lib/csu/powerpc/Makefile
===================================================================
--- lib/csu/powerpc/Makefile
+++ lib/csu/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -18,30 +18,11 @@
 .undef LIBRARIES_ONLY
 
 CLEANFILES=	${OBJS}
-CLEANFILES+=	crt1.s gcrt1.s Scrt1.s
 
-# See the comment in lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c for the reason crt1.c is not
-# directly compiled to .o files.
+gcrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
-crt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-crt1.o: crt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} crt1.s
-
-gcrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-gcrt1.o: gcrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} gcrt1.s
-
-Scrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-Scrt1.o: Scrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} Scrt1.s
+Scrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>
Index: lib/csu/powerpc64/Makefile
===================================================================
--- lib/csu/powerpc64/Makefile
+++ lib/csu/powerpc64/Makefile
@@ -18,34 +18,19 @@
 .undef LIBRARIES_ONLY
 
 CLEANFILES=	${OBJS}
-CLEANFILES+=	crt1.s crtsavres.S gcrt1.s Scrt1.s
+CLEANFILES+=	crtsavres.S
 
-# See the comment in lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c for the reason crt1.c is not
-# directly compiled to .o files.
-
-crt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
+crt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
 # On powerpc64 crtsavres is an empty file
 crtsavres.S:
 	touch ${.TARGET}
 
-crt1.o: crt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} crt1.s
+gcrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
-gcrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-gcrt1.o: gcrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} gcrt1.s
-
-Scrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-Scrt1.o: Scrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} Scrt1.s
+Scrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>
Index: lib/csu/riscv/Makefile
===================================================================
--- lib/csu/riscv/Makefile
+++ lib/csu/riscv/Makefile
@@ -18,30 +18,11 @@
 .undef LIBRARIES_ONLY
 
 CLEANFILES=	${OBJS}
-CLEANFILES+=	crt1.s gcrt1.s Scrt1.s
 
-# See the comment in lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c for the reason crt1.c is not
-# directly compiled to .o files.
+gcrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
-crt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-crt1.o: crt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} crt1.s
-
-gcrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -DGCRT -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-gcrt1.o: gcrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} gcrt1.s
-
-Scrt1.s: crt1.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -S -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
-	sed ${SED_FIX_NOTE} ${.TARGET}
-
-Scrt1.o: Scrt1.s
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS:N-g} ${ACFLAGS} -c -o ${.TARGET} Scrt1.s
+Scrt1.o: crt1.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC -c -o ${.TARGET} ${.CURDIR}/crt1.c
 
 .include <bsd.lib.mk>