diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/ObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/ObjectFile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/ObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/ObjectFile.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 bool ObjectFile::isSectionBitcode(DataRefImpl Sec) const {
   Expected<StringRef> NameOrErr = getSectionName(Sec);
   if (NameOrErr)
-    return *NameOrErr == ".llvmbc" || *NameOrErr == ".llvm.lto";
+    return *NameOrErr == ".llvm.lto";
   consumeError(NameOrErr.takeError());
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/llvm/test/LTO/X86/Inputs/bcsection.s b/llvm/test/LTO/X86/Inputs/bcsection.s
--- a/llvm/test/LTO/X86/Inputs/bcsection.s
+++ b/llvm/test/LTO/X86/Inputs/bcsection.s
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-.section .llvmbc
+.section .llvm.lto
 .incbin "bcsection.bc"
diff --git a/llvm/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp b/llvm/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
@@ -538,14 +538,6 @@
     BufferRef = Buffer->getMemBufferRef();
   }
 
-  // Only use bitcode files for LTO.  InputFile::create() will load bitcode
-  // from the .llvmbc section within a binary object, this bitcode is typically
-  // generated by -fembed-bitcode and is not to be used by LLVMgold.so for LTO.
-  if (identify_magic(BufferRef.getBuffer()) != file_magic::bitcode) {
-    *claimed = 0;
-    return LDPS_OK;
-  }
-
   *claimed = 1;
 
   Expected<std::unique_ptr<InputFile>> ObjOrErr = InputFile::create(BufferRef);