diff --git a/include/llvm/CodeGen/SelectionDAG.h b/include/llvm/CodeGen/SelectionDAG.h
index 0b4f32dd32c..1c42bef4a05 100644
--- a/include/llvm/CodeGen/SelectionDAG.h
+++ b/include/llvm/CodeGen/SelectionDAG.h
@@ -985,10 +985,6 @@ public:
   /// other positive zero.
   bool isEqualTo(SDValue A, SDValue B) const;
 
-  /// isVerifiedDebugInfoDesc - Returns true if the specified SDValue has
-  /// been verified as a debug information descriptor.
-  bool isVerifiedDebugInfoDesc(SDValue Op) const;
-
   /// UnrollVectorOp - Utility function used by legalize and lowering to
   /// "unroll" a vector operation by splitting out the scalars and operating
   /// on each element individually.  If the ResNE is 0, fully unroll the vector
diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/SelectionDAG.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/SelectionDAG.cpp
index d331ee22036..68eeb609d40 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/SelectionDAG.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/SelectionDAG.cpp
@@ -2347,16 +2347,6 @@ bool SelectionDAG::isEqualTo(SDValue A, SDValue B) const {
   return false;
 }
 
-bool SelectionDAG::isVerifiedDebugInfoDesc(SDValue Op) const {
-  GlobalAddressSDNode *GA = dyn_cast<GlobalAddressSDNode>(Op);
-  if (!GA) return false;
-  if (GA->getOffset() != 0) return false;
-  const GlobalVariable *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(GA->getGlobal());
-  if (!GV) return false;
-  return MF->getMMI().hasDebugInfo();
-}
-
-
 /// getNode - Gets or creates the specified node.
 ///
 SDValue SelectionDAG::getNode(unsigned Opcode, DebugLoc DL, EVT VT) {
diff --git a/lib/Target/XCore/XCoreISelLowering.cpp b/lib/Target/XCore/XCoreISelLowering.cpp
index 6e892cce55a..e28eb027b84 100644
--- a/lib/Target/XCore/XCoreISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/XCore/XCoreISelLowering.cpp
@@ -244,9 +244,6 @@ LowerGlobalAddress(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const
 {
   const GlobalValue *GV = cast<GlobalAddressSDNode>(Op)->getGlobal();
   SDValue GA = DAG.getTargetGlobalAddress(GV, Op.getDebugLoc(), MVT::i32);
-  // If it's a debug information descriptor, don't mess with it.
-  if (DAG.isVerifiedDebugInfoDesc(Op))
-    return GA;
   return getGlobalAddressWrapper(GA, GV, DAG);
 }