diff --git a/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchgen/crunchgen.c b/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchgen/crunchgen.c
--- a/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchgen/crunchgen.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchgen/crunchgen.c
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@
 		fprintf(outmk, " $(%s_LIBS)", p->ident);
 
 	fprintf(outmk, "\n");
-	fprintf(outmk, "\t$(CC) -nostdlib -Wl,-dc -r -o %s.lo %s_stub.o $(%s_OBJPATHS)",
+	fprintf(outmk, "\t$(CC) -nostdlib -r -o %s.lo %s_stub.o $(%s_OBJPATHS)",
 	    p->name, p->name, p->ident);
 	if (p->libs)
 		fprintf(outmk, " $(%s_LIBS)", p->ident);
diff --git a/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchide/crunchide.c b/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchide/crunchide.c
--- a/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchide/crunchide.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/crunch/crunchide/crunchide.c
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 /*
  * crunchide.c - tiptoes through a symbol table, hiding all defined
  *	global symbols.  Allows the user to supply a "keep list" of symbols
- *	that are not to be hidden.  This program relies on the use of the
- * 	linker's -dc flag to actually put global bss data into the file's
- * 	bss segment (rather than leaving it as undefined "common" data).
+ *	that are not to be hidden.
  *
  * 	The point of all this is to allow multiple programs to be linked
  *	together without getting multiple-defined errors.
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@
  *	    int foo_main(int argc, char **argv){ return main(argc, argv); }
  *      like so:
  *	    cc -c foo.c foostub.c
- *	    ld -dc -r foo.o foostub.o -o foo.combined.o
+ *	    ld -r foo.o foostub.o -o foo.combined.o
  *	    crunchide -k _foo_main foo.combined.o
  *	at this point, foo.combined.o can be linked with another program
  * 	and invoked with "foo_main(argc, argv)".  foo's main() and any