diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@
   config->fixCortexA8 =
       args.hasArg(OPT_fix_cortex_a8) && !args.hasArg(OPT_relocatable);
   config->fortranCommon =
-      args.hasFlag(OPT_fortran_common, OPT_no_fortran_common, true);
+      args.hasFlag(OPT_fortran_common, OPT_no_fortran_common, false);
   config->gcSections = args.hasFlag(OPT_gc_sections, OPT_no_gc_sections, false);
   config->gnuUnique = args.hasFlag(OPT_gnu_unique, OPT_no_gnu_unique, true);
   config->gdbIndex = args.hasFlag(OPT_gdb_index, OPT_no_gdb_index, false);
diff --git a/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
--- a/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 * ``-z pack-relative-relocs`` is now available to support ``DT_RELR`` for glibc 2.36+.
   (`D120701 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D120701>`_)
+* ``--no-fortran-common`` (pre 12.0.0 behavior) is now the default.
 
 Breaking changes
 ----------------
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/common-archive-lookup.s b/lld/test/ELF/common-archive-lookup.s
--- a/lld/test/ELF/common-archive-lookup.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/common-archive-lookup.s
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 ## Bitcode archive.
 # RUN: llvm-ar crs 4.a 1.bc 2.bc
 
-# RUN: ld.lld -o 1 main.o 1.a
+# RUN: ld.lld -o 1 main.o 1.a --fortran-common
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -D -j .data 1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=TEST1 %s
 
-# RUN: ld.lld -o 2 main.o --start-lib 1.o strong_data_only.o --end-lib
+# RUN: ld.lld -o 2 main.o --start-lib 1.o strong_data_only.o --end-lib --fortran-common
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -D -j .data 2 | FileCheck --check-prefix=TEST1 %s
 
 # RUN: ld.lld -o 3 main.o 2.a
@@ -45,23 +45,25 @@
 # RUN: ld.lld -o 7 main.o 2.o --start-lib 1.o strong_data_only.o --end-lib
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -D -j .data 7 | FileCheck --check-prefix=TEST2 %s
 
-# RUN: not ld.lld -o 8 main.o 1.a strong_data_only.o 2>&1 | \
+# RUN: not ld.lld -o 8 main.o 1.a strong_data_only.o --fortran-common 2>&1 | \
 # RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=ERR %s
 
-# RUN: not ld.lld -o 9 main.o --start-lib 1.o 2.o --end-lib  strong_data_only.o 2>&1 | \
+# RUN: not ld.lld -o 9 main.o --start-lib 1.o 2.o --end-lib  strong_data_only.o --fortran-common 2>&1 | \
 # RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=ERR %s
 
 # ERR: ld.lld: error: duplicate symbol: block
 
 # RUN: ld.lld --no-fortran-common -o 10 main.o 1.a
 # RUN: llvm-readobj --syms 10 | FileCheck --check-prefix=NFC %s
+# RUN: ld.lld -o 10 main.o 1.a
+# RUN: llvm-readobj --syms 10 | FileCheck --check-prefix=NFC %s
 
 # RUN: ld.lld --no-fortran-common -o 11 main.o --start-lib 1.o strong_data_only.o --end-lib
 # RUN: llvm-readobj --syms 11 | FileCheck --check-prefix=NFC %s
 
-# RUN: ld.lld -o - main.o 4.a --lto-emit-asm | FileCheck --check-prefix=ASM %s
+# RUN: ld.lld -o - main.o 4.a --fortran-common --lto-emit-asm | FileCheck --check-prefix=ASM %s
 
-# RUN: ld.lld -o - main.o  --start-lib 1.bc 2.bc --end-lib --lto-emit-asm | \
+# RUN: ld.lld -o - main.o  --start-lib 1.bc 2.bc --end-lib --fortran-common --lto-emit-asm | \
 # RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=ASM %s
 
 ## COMMON overrides weak. Don't extract 3.bc which provides a weak definition.
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/warn-backrefs.s b/lld/test/ELF/warn-backrefs.s
--- a/lld/test/ELF/warn-backrefs.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/warn-backrefs.s
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 # RUN: llvm-ar rcs %tcomm.a %tcomm.o
 # RUN: llvm-ar rcs %tstrong.a %tstrong.o
 # RUN: ld.lld --warn-backrefs %tcomm.a %t1.o %t5.o 2>&1 -o /dev/null | FileCheck --check-prefix=COMM %s
-# RUN: ld.lld --fatal-warnings --warn-backrefs %tcomm.a %t1.o %t5.o %tstrong.a 2>&1 -o /dev/null
+# RUN: ld.lld --fatal-warnings --fortran-common --warn-backrefs %tcomm.a %t1.o %t5.o %tstrong.a 2>&1 -o /dev/null
 # RUN: ld.lld --warn-backrefs --no-fortran-common %tcomm.a %t1.o %t5.o %tstrong.a 2>&1 -o /dev/null | FileCheck --check-prefix=COMM %s
 
 # COMM: ld.lld: warning: backward reference detected: obj in {{.*}}5.o refers to {{.*}}comm.a