Index: lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp
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--- lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp
+++ lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp
@@ -556,6 +556,9 @@
   // Delete basic blocks, which optimization passes may have killed.
   PM.add(createCFGSimplificationPass());
 
+  // Drop bodies of available externally objects to improve GlobalDCE.
+  PM.add(createEliminateAvailableExternallyPass());
+
   // Now that we have optimized the program, discard unreachable functions.
   PM.add(createGlobalDCEPass());