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.macho.s b/llvm/test/LTO/X86/Inputs/bcsection.macho.s
--- a/llvm/test/LTO/X86/Inputs/bcsection.macho.s
+++ b/llvm/test/LTO/X86/Inputs/bcsection.macho.s
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 .asciz "Wrong Section"
 
 .section __LLVM,__bitcode
-.incbin "bcsection.bc"
+.incbin "llvm.lto.section.bc"
diff --git a/llvm/test/LTO/X86/Inputs/llvm.lto.section.s b/llvm/test/LTO/X86/Inputs/llvm.lto.section.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/LTO/X86/Inputs/llvm.lto.section.s
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.section .llvm.lto
+.incbin "llvm.lto.section.bc"
diff --git a/llvm/test/LTO/X86/bcsection.ll b/llvm/test/LTO/X86/bcsection.ll
--- a/llvm/test/LTO/X86/bcsection.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/LTO/X86/bcsection.ll
@@ -2,23 +2,17 @@
 ; RUN: llvm-as -o %t/bcsection.bc %s
 
 ; RUN: llvm-mc -I=%t -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-win32 -o %t/bcsection.coff.bco %p/Inputs/bcsection.s
-; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.coff.bco | FileCheck %s
-; RUN: llvm-lto -exported-symbol=main -exported-symbol=_main -o %t/bcsection.coff.o %t/bcsection.coff.bco
-; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.coff.o | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.coff.bco | FileCheck %s --allow-empty
+; RUN: not llvm-lto -exported-symbol=main -exported-symbol=_main -o %t/bcsection.coff.o %t/bcsection.coff.bco
 
 ; RUN: llvm-mc -I=%t -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -o %t/bcsection.elf.bco %p/Inputs/bcsection.s
-; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.elf.bco | FileCheck %s
-; RUN: llvm-lto -exported-symbol=main -exported-symbol=_main -o %t/bcsection.elf.o %t/bcsection.elf.bco
-; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.elf.o | FileCheck %s
-
-; RUN: llvm-mc -I=%t -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-apple-darwin11 -o %t/bcsection.macho.bco %p/Inputs/bcsection.macho.s
-; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.macho.bco | FileCheck %s
-; RUN: llvm-lto -exported-symbol=main -exported-symbol=_main -o %t/bcsection.macho.o %t/bcsection.macho.bco
-; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.macho.o | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.elf.bco | FileCheck %s --allow-empty
+; RUN: not llvm-lto -exported-symbol=main -exported-symbol=_main -o %t/bcsection.elf.o %t/bcsection.elf.bco
 
 target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
 
-; CHECK: main
+;; The .llvmbc section is not intended for use with LTO, so there should be nothing here
+; CHECK-NOT: main
 define i32 @main() {
   ret i32 0
 }
diff --git a/llvm/test/LTO/X86/bcsection.ll b/llvm/test/LTO/X86/llvm.lto.section.ll
copy from llvm/test/LTO/X86/bcsection.ll
copy to llvm/test/LTO/X86/llvm.lto.section.ll
--- a/llvm/test/LTO/X86/bcsection.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/LTO/X86/llvm.lto.section.ll
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 ; RUN: rm -rf %t && mkdir -p %t
-; RUN: llvm-as -o %t/bcsection.bc %s
+; RUN: llvm-as -o %t/llvm.lto.section.bc %s
 
-; RUN: llvm-mc -I=%t -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-win32 -o %t/bcsection.coff.bco %p/Inputs/bcsection.s
-; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.coff.bco | FileCheck %s
-; RUN: llvm-lto -exported-symbol=main -exported-symbol=_main -o %t/bcsection.coff.o %t/bcsection.coff.bco
-; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.coff.o | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: llvm-mc -I=%t -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-win32 -o %t/llvm.lto.section.coff.bco %p/Inputs/llvm.lto.section.s
+; RUN: llvm-nm %t/llvm.lto.section.coff.bco | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: llvm-lto -exported-symbol=main -exported-symbol=_main -o %t/llvm.lto.section.coff.o %t/llvm.lto.section.coff.bco
+; RUN: llvm-nm %t/llvm.lto.section.coff.o | FileCheck %s
+
+; RUN: llvm-mc -I=%t -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -o %t/llvm.lto.section.elf.bco %p/Inputs/llvm.lto.section.s
+; RUN: llvm-nm %t/llvm.lto.section.elf.bco | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: llvm-lto -exported-symbol=main -exported-symbol=_main -o %t/llvm.lto.section.elf.o %t/llvm.lto.section.elf.bco
+; RUN: llvm-nm %t/llvm.lto.section.elf.o | FileCheck %s
 
-; RUN: llvm-mc -I=%t -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -o %t/bcsection.elf.bco %p/Inputs/bcsection.s
-; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.elf.bco | FileCheck %s
-; RUN: llvm-lto -exported-symbol=main -exported-symbol=_main -o %t/bcsection.elf.o %t/bcsection.elf.bco
-; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.elf.o | FileCheck %s
 
 ; RUN: llvm-mc -I=%t -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-apple-darwin11 -o %t/bcsection.macho.bco %p/Inputs/bcsection.macho.s
 ; RUN: llvm-nm %t/bcsection.macho.bco | FileCheck %s
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);