diff --git a/test/Linker/testlink1.ll b/test/Linker/testlink1.ll
index 898188b5c67..3f07213cedc 100644
--- a/test/Linker/testlink1.ll
+++ b/test/Linker/testlink1.ll
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 %Intern2   = internal constant int 792
 
 ; Initialized to point to external %MyVar
-%MyVarPtr  = global { int * }  { int * %MyVar }
+%MyVarPtr  = linkonce global { int * }  { int * %MyVar }
 
 declare int "foo"(int %blah)      ;; Declared in testlink2.ll
 
diff --git a/test/Linker/testlink2.ll b/test/Linker/testlink2.ll
index 210e847f6d7..31a29eb52d1 100644
--- a/test/Linker/testlink2.ll
+++ b/test/Linker/testlink2.ll
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 %Intern2   = constant int 12345       ;; Intern in one but not in other
 
 %MyIntListPtr = constant { {\2,int}* } { {\2,int}* %MyIntList }
-%MyVarPtr  = global { int * }  { int * %MyVar }
+%MyVarPtr  = linkonce global { int * }  { int * %MyVar }
 
 constant int 412