diff --git a/lib/Linker/LinkModules.cpp b/lib/Linker/LinkModules.cpp
index 02d2c186df0..d58acbec81c 100644
--- a/lib/Linker/LinkModules.cpp
+++ b/lib/Linker/LinkModules.cpp
@@ -425,20 +425,6 @@ static bool GetLinkageResult(GlobalValue *Dest, GlobalValue *Src,
   return false;
 }
 
-// Gross hack, see call sites.
-static void CoutHack(GlobalVariable *GV1, GlobalVariable *GV2) {
-  const Type *GV1Ty = GV1->getType()->getElementType();
-  const Type *GV2Ty = GV2->getType()->getElementType();
-
-  if (GV1->isExternal() && isa<StructType>(GV1Ty) &&
-      GV2->hasInitializer() && GV2->hasExternalLinkage() && 
-      GV2->getInitializer()->isNullValue() && isa<ArrayType>(GV2Ty) &&
-      cast<ArrayType>(GV2Ty)->getElementType() == Type::SByteTy) {
-    GV1->setInitializer(Constant::getNullValue(GV1Ty));
-    GV2->setInitializer(0);
-  }
-}
-
 // LinkGlobals - Loop through the global variables in the src module and merge
 // them into the dest module.
 static bool LinkGlobals(Module *Dest, Module *Src,
@@ -473,15 +459,6 @@ static bool LinkGlobals(Module *Dest, Module *Src,
     assert(SGV->hasInitializer() || SGV->hasExternalLinkage() &&
            "Global must either be external or have an initializer!");
 
-    // This is a gross hack to handle cin/cout until PR400 is implemented.  If
-    // we are linking an external struct against a zero-initialized array of
-    // sbytes, move the initializer from the array to the struct so we keep the
-    // struct type.
-    if (DGV) {
-      CoutHack(DGV, SGV);
-      CoutHack(SGV, DGV);
-    }
-
     GlobalValue::LinkageTypes NewLinkage;
     bool LinkFromSrc;
     if (GetLinkageResult(DGV, SGV, NewLinkage, LinkFromSrc, Err))