diff --git a/include/llvm/MC/MCELFObjectWriter.h b/include/llvm/MC/MCELFObjectWriter.h
index 979fcb5d750..5ba7f02a2d5 100644
--- a/include/llvm/MC/MCELFObjectWriter.h
+++ b/include/llvm/MC/MCELFObjectWriter.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public:
 
   virtual unsigned GetRelocType(const MCValue &Target, const MCFixup &Fixup,
                                 bool IsPCRel, bool IsRelocWithSymbol,
-                                int64_t Addend) const; // FIXME: add = 0
+                                int64_t Addend) const = 0;
   virtual unsigned getEFlags() const;
   virtual const MCSymbol *ExplicitRelSym(const MCAssembler &Asm,
                                          const MCValue &Target,
diff --git a/lib/MC/MCELFObjectTargetWriter.cpp b/lib/MC/MCELFObjectTargetWriter.cpp
index 37246d08966..a84ba731484 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCELFObjectTargetWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCELFObjectTargetWriter.cpp
@@ -37,13 +37,5 @@ void MCELFObjectTargetWriter::adjustFixupOffset(const MCFixup &Fixup,
                                                 uint64_t &RelocOffset) {
 }
 
-unsigned MCELFObjectTargetWriter::GetRelocType(const MCValue &Target,
-                                               const MCFixup &Fixup,
-                                               bool IsPCRel,
-                                               bool IsRelocWithSymbol,
-                                               int64_t Addend) const {
-  return 0;
-}
-
 MCELFObjectTargetWriter::~MCELFObjectTargetWriter() {
 }