diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfWriter.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfWriter.cpp
index 98c2fe1d77d..88c0714bfa6 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfWriter.cpp
@@ -48,16 +48,12 @@ static RegisterPass<DwarfWriter>
 X("dwarfwriter", "DWARF Information Writer");
 char DwarfWriter::ID = 0;
 
-namespace {
-
 static TimerGroup *DwarfTimerGroup = 0;
 static TimerGroup *getDwarfTimerGroup() {
   if (DwarfTimerGroup) return DwarfTimerGroup;
   return DwarfTimerGroup = new TimerGroup("Dwarf Exception and Debugging");
 }
 
-} // end anonymous namespace
-
 namespace llvm {
 
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