diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/IPO/GlobalDCE.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/IPO/GlobalDCE.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/IPO/GlobalDCE.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/IPO/GlobalDCE.h
@@ -35,9 +35,16 @@
 /// Pass to remove unused function declarations.
 class GlobalDCEPass : public PassInfoMixin<GlobalDCEPass> {
 public:
+  GlobalDCEPass(bool InLTOPostLink = false) : InLTOPostLink(InLTOPostLink) {}
+
   PreservedAnalyses run(Module &M, ModuleAnalysisManager &);
 
+  void printPipeline(raw_ostream &OS,
+                     function_ref<StringRef(StringRef)> MapClassName2PassName);
+
 private:
+  bool InLTOPostLink = false;
+
   SmallPtrSet<GlobalValue*, 32> AliveGlobals;
 
   /// Global -> Global that uses this global.
diff --git a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp
@@ -1290,8 +1290,6 @@
         GV->setLinkage(GlobalValue::InternalLinkage);
     }
 
-    RegularLTO.CombinedModule->addModuleFlag(Module::Error, "LTOPostLink", 1);
-
     if (Conf.PostInternalizeModuleHook &&
         !Conf.PostInternalizeModuleHook(0, *RegularLTO.CombinedModule))
       return finalizeOptimizationRemarks(std::move(DiagnosticOutputFile));
diff --git a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp
@@ -617,9 +617,6 @@
   // Mark which symbols can not be internalized
   this->applyScopeRestrictions();
 
-  // Write LTOPostLink flag for passes that require all the modules.
-  MergedModule->addModuleFlag(Module::Error, "LTOPostLink", 1);
-
   // Add an appropriate DataLayout instance for this module...
   MergedModule->setDataLayout(TargetMach->createDataLayout());
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilder.cpp b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilder.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilder.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilder.cpp
@@ -672,6 +672,10 @@
   return Result;
 }
 
+Expected<bool> parseGlobalDCEPassOptions(StringRef Params) {
+  return parseSinglePassOption(Params, "vfe-linkage-unit-visibility", "GlobalDCE");
+}
+
 Expected<bool> parseInlinerPassOptions(StringRef Params) {
   return parseSinglePassOption(Params, "only-mandatory", "InlinerPass");
 }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@
 
   // Remove unused virtual tables to improve the quality of code generated by
   // whole-program devirtualization and bitset lowering.
-  MPM.addPass(GlobalDCEPass());
+  MPM.addPass(GlobalDCEPass(/*InLTOPostLink=*/true));
 
   // Do basic inference of function attributes from known properties of system
   // libraries and other oracles.
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@
   MPM.addPass(OpenMPOptPass(ThinOrFullLTOPhase::FullLTOPostLink));
 
   // Garbage collect dead functions.
-  MPM.addPass(GlobalDCEPass());
+  MPM.addPass(GlobalDCEPass(/*InLTOPostLink=*/true));
 
   // If we didn't decide to inline a function, check to see if we can
   // transform it to pass arguments by value instead of by reference.
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@
   MPM.addPass(EliminateAvailableExternallyPass());
 
   // Now that we have optimized the program, discard unreachable functions.
-  MPM.addPass(GlobalDCEPass());
+  MPM.addPass(GlobalDCEPass(/*InLTOPostLink=*/true));
 
   if (PTO.MergeFunctions)
     MPM.addPass(MergeFunctionsPass());
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassRegistry.def b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassRegistry.def
--- a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassRegistry.def
+++ b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassRegistry.def
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 MODULE_PASS("extract-blocks", BlockExtractorPass({}, false))
 MODULE_PASS("forceattrs", ForceFunctionAttrsPass())
 MODULE_PASS("function-import", FunctionImportPass())
-MODULE_PASS("globaldce", GlobalDCEPass())
 MODULE_PASS("globalopt", GlobalOptPass())
 MODULE_PASS("globalsplit", GlobalSplitPass())
 MODULE_PASS("hotcoldsplit", HotColdSplittingPass())
@@ -142,6 +141,13 @@
                         },
                         parseLoopExtractorPassOptions,
                         "single")
+MODULE_PASS_WITH_PARAMS("globaldce",
+                        "GlobalDCEPass",
+                        [](bool InLTOPostLink) {
+                          return GlobalDCEPass(InLTOPostLink);
+                        },
+                        parseGlobalDCEPassOptions,
+                        "in-lto-post-link")
 MODULE_PASS_WITH_PARAMS("hwasan",
                         "HWAddressSanitizerPass",
                         [](HWAddressSanitizerOptions Opts) {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalDCE.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalDCE.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalDCE.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalDCE.cpp
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@
   SmallVector<MDNode *, 2> Types;
   LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Building type info -> vtable map\n");
 
-  auto *LTOPostLinkMD =
-      cast_or_null<ConstantAsMetadata>(M.getModuleFlag("LTOPostLink"));
-  bool LTOPostLink =
-      LTOPostLinkMD && !cast<ConstantInt>(LTOPostLinkMD->getValue())->isZero();
-
   for (GlobalVariable &GV : M.globals()) {
     Types.clear();
     GV.getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_type, Types);
@@ -151,7 +146,7 @@
     if (auto GO = dyn_cast<GlobalObject>(&GV)) {
       GlobalObject::VCallVisibility TypeVis = GO->getVCallVisibility();
       if (TypeVis == GlobalObject::VCallVisibilityTranslationUnit ||
-          (LTOPostLink &&
+          (InLTOPostLink &&
            TypeVis == GlobalObject::VCallVisibilityLinkageUnit)) {
         LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << GV.getName() << " is safe for VFE\n");
         VFESafeVTables.insert(&GV);
@@ -414,3 +409,11 @@
     return PreservedAnalyses::none();
   return PreservedAnalyses::all();
 }
+
+void GlobalDCEPass::printPipeline(
+    raw_ostream &OS, function_ref<StringRef(StringRef)> MapClassName2PassName) {
+  static_cast<PassInfoMixin<GlobalDCEPass> *>(this)->printPipeline(
+      OS, MapClassName2PassName);
+  if (InLTOPostLink)
+    OS << "<vfe-linkage-unit-visibility>";
+}
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/dwarf-multi-register-use-crash.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/dwarf-multi-register-use-crash.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/dwarf-multi-register-use-crash.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/dwarf-multi-register-use-crash.ll
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 attributes #0 = { nocallback nofree nosync nounwind readnone speculatable willreturn }
 
 !llvm.dbg.cu = !{!0, !25, !26}
-!llvm.module.flags = !{!27, !28, !29, !30, !31, !32, !33}
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!27, !28, !29, !30, !31, !32}
 
 !0 = distinct !DICompileUnit(language: DW_LANG_C_plus_plus_14, file: !1, producer: "clang version 15.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git 05256c8d95e0b15bcc502d595c15d902ff520f97)", isOptimized: true, runtimeVersion: 0, emissionKind: FullDebug, enums: !2, retainedTypes: !8, imports: !20, splitDebugInlining: false, nameTableKind: None)
 !1 = !DIFile(filename: "dummy", directory: "dummy", checksumkind: CSK_MD5, checksum: "b67bec84bdce3730b4a6f2ed8d50b85c")
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@
 !30 = !{i32 7, !"openmp", i32 50}
 !31 = !{i32 7, !"openmp-device", i32 50}
 !32 = !{i32 7, !"PIC Level", i32 2}
-!33 = !{i32 1, !"LTOPostLink", i32 1}
 !34 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "dummy", linkageName: "dummy", scope: !35, file: !1, line: 49, type: !23, scopeLine: 288, flags: DIFlagEnumClass, spFlags: DISPFlagDefinition | DISPFlagOptimized, unit: !0, declaration: !36, retainedNodes: !37)
 !35 = distinct !DICompositeType(tag: DW_TAG_class_type, file: !1, line: 49, size: 32, flags: DIFlagEnumClass, elements: !6, identifier: "dummy")
 !36 = !DISubprogram(name: "dummy", scope: !35, file: !1, line: 49, type: !23, scopeLine: 288, flags: DIFlagEnumClass, spFlags: DISPFlagOptimized)
diff --git a/llvm/test/DebugInfo/MIR/X86/ldv_unreachable_blocks.mir b/llvm/test/DebugInfo/MIR/X86/ldv_unreachable_blocks.mir
--- a/llvm/test/DebugInfo/MIR/X86/ldv_unreachable_blocks.mir
+++ b/llvm/test/DebugInfo/MIR/X86/ldv_unreachable_blocks.mir
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
   }
   declare zeroext i8 @foo_len() local_unnamed_addr
   !llvm.dbg.cu = !{!0}
-  !llvm.module.flags = !{!3, !4}
+  !llvm.module.flags = !{!3}
   !0 = distinct !DICompileUnit(language: DW_LANG_C99, file: !6, producer: "Apple clang", isOptimized: true, flags: "-fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link,address", runtimeVersion: 0, emissionKind: FullDebug, enums: !2, retainedTypes: !2, globals: !2, splitDebugInlining: false, nameTableKind: None, sysroot: "/", sdk: "MacOSX.sdk")
   !2 = !{}
   !3 = !{i32 2, !"Debug Info Version", i32 3}
-  !4 = !{i32 1, !"LTOPostLink", i32 1}
   !5 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "__foo_block_invoke", linkageName: "__foo_block_invoke", scope: !6, file: !6, line: 557, type: !7, scopeLine: 557, flags: DIFlagPrototyped | DIFlagAllCallsDescribed, spFlags: DISPFlagLocalToUnit | DISPFlagDefinition | DISPFlagOptimized, unit: !0, retainedNodes: !2)
   !6 = !DIFile(filename: "t.c", directory: "")
   !7 = !DISubroutineType(types: !2)
diff --git a/llvm/test/DebugInfo/MIR/X86/ldv_unreachable_blocks2.mir b/llvm/test/DebugInfo/MIR/X86/ldv_unreachable_blocks2.mir
--- a/llvm/test/DebugInfo/MIR/X86/ldv_unreachable_blocks2.mir
+++ b/llvm/test/DebugInfo/MIR/X86/ldv_unreachable_blocks2.mir
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@
     unreachable
   }
   !llvm.dbg.cu = !{!3}
-  !llvm.module.flags = !{!5, !6}
+  !llvm.module.flags = !{!5}
   !2 = !{}
   !3 = distinct !DICompileUnit(language: DW_LANG_C99, file: !4, producer: "clang", runtimeVersion: 0, emissionKind: FullDebug)
   !4 = !DIFile(filename: "t.c", directory: "/")
   !5 = !{i32 2, !"Debug Info Version", i32 3}
-  !6 = !{i32 1, !"LTOPostLink", i32 1}
   !7 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "__foo_block_invoke", scope: !4, file: !4, line: 573, type: !9, scopeLine: 573, flags: DIFlagPrototyped, spFlags: DISPFlagLocalToUnit | DISPFlagDefinition | DISPFlagOptimized, unit: !3, retainedNodes: !2)
   !9 = !DISubroutineType(types: !2)
   !11 = !DILocalVariable(name: ".block_descriptor", arg: 1, scope: !7, file: !4, line: 557, type: !12, flags: DIFlagArtificial)
diff --git a/llvm/test/DebugInfo/X86/subprogram-across-cus.ll b/llvm/test/DebugInfo/X86/subprogram-across-cus.ll
--- a/llvm/test/DebugInfo/X86/subprogram-across-cus.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/DebugInfo/X86/subprogram-across-cus.ll
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 !llvm.dbg.cu = !{!0, !9}
 !llvm.ident = !{!10, !10}
-!llvm.module.flags = !{!11, !12, !13, !14, !15, !16}
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!11, !12, !13, !14, !15}
 
 !0 = distinct !DICompileUnit(language: DW_LANG_C_plus_plus_14, file: !1, producer: "clang version 12.0.0 (git@github.com:llvm/llvm-project bc9ab9a5cd6bafc5e1293f3d5d51638f8f5cd26c)", isOptimized: true, runtimeVersion: 0, emissionKind: FullDebug, enums: !2, globals: !3, splitDebugInlining: false, nameTableKind: None)
 !1 = !DIFile(filename: "1.cpp", directory: "/tmp/bees")
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
 !13 = !{i32 1, !"wchar_size", i32 4}
 !14 = !{i32 1, !"ThinLTO", i32 0}
 !15 = !{i32 1, !"EnableSplitLTOUnit", i32 1}
-!16 = !{i32 1, !"LTOPostLink", i32 1}
 !17 = distinct !DISubprogram(name: "main", scope: !8, file: !8, line: 10, type: !18, scopeLine: 10, flags: DIFlagPrototyped | DIFlagAllCallsDescribed, spFlags: DISPFlagDefinition | DISPFlagOptimized, unit: !9, retainedNodes: !2)
 !18 = !DISubroutineType(types: !19)
 !19 = !{!20}
diff --git a/llvm/test/LTO/ARM/lto-linking-metadata.ll b/llvm/test/LTO/ARM/lto-linking-metadata.ll
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/llvm/test/LTO/ARM/lto-linking-metadata.ll
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-; RUN: opt %s -o %t1.bc
-
-; RUN: llvm-lto %t1.bc -o %t1.save.opt -save-linked-module -save-merged-module -O1 --exported-symbol=foo
-; RUN: llvm-dis < %t1.save.opt.merged.bc | FileCheck %s
-; RUN: llvm-dis < %t1.save.opt.linked.bc | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-LINKED
-
-; RUN: llvm-lto2 run %t1.bc -o %t.out.o -save-temps \
-; RUN:     -r=%t1.bc,foo,pxl
-; RUN: llvm-dis < %t.out.o.0.2.internalize.bc | FileCheck  %s
-
-target datalayout = "e-m:e-p:32:32-Fi8-i64:64-v128:64:128-a:0:32-n32-S64"
-target triple = "armv7a-unknown-linux"
-
-define void @foo() {
-entry:
-  ret void
-}
-
-; CHECK: !llvm.module.flags = !{[[MD_NUM:![0-9]+]]}
-; CHECK: [[MD_NUM]] = !{i32 1, !"LTOPostLink", i32 1}
-
-; CHECK-LINKED: @foo
-; CHECK-LINKED-NOT: LTOPostLink
diff --git a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-print-pipeline.ll b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-print-pipeline.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-print-pipeline.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-print-pipeline.ll
@@ -114,3 +114,9 @@
 
 ; RUN: opt -disable-output -disable-verify -print-pipeline-passes -passes='function(loop(loop-rotate<no-header-duplication;no-prepare-for-lto>))' < %s | FileCheck %s --match-full-lines --check-prefixes=CHECK-33
 ; CHECK-33: function(loop(loop-rotate<no-header-duplication;no-prepare-for-lto>))
+
+; RUN: opt -disable-output -disable-verify -print-pipeline-passes -passes='globaldce' < %s | FileCheck %s --match-full-lines --check-prefixes=CHECK-34
+; CHECK-34: globaldce
+
+; RUN: opt -disable-output -disable-verify -print-pipeline-passes -passes='globaldce<vfe-linkage-unit-visibility>' < %s | FileCheck %s --match-full-lines --check-prefixes=CHECK-35
+; CHECK-35: globaldce<vfe-linkage-unit-visibility>
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/GlobalDCE/virtual-functions-visibility-post-lto.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/GlobalDCE/virtual-functions-visibility-post-lto.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/GlobalDCE/virtual-functions-visibility-post-lto.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/GlobalDCE/virtual-functions-visibility-post-lto.ll
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-; RUN: opt < %s -passes=globaldce -S | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: opt < %s -passes='globaldce<vfe-linkage-unit-visibility>' -S | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: opt < %s -passes='lto<O2>' -S | FileCheck %s
 
 ; structs A, B and C have vcall_visibility of public, linkage-unit and
 ; translation-unit respectively. This test is run after LTO linking (the
-; LTOPostLink metadata is present), so B and C can be VFE'd.
+; pass parameter simulates how GlobalDCE is invoked from the regular LTO
+; pipeline), so B and C can be VFE'd.
+
+;; Try again without being in the LTO post link, we can only eliminate C.
+; RUN: opt < %s -passes='globaldce' -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=NO-LTO
+; RUN: opt < %s -passes='default<O2>' -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=NO-LTO
 
 target datalayout = "e-m:e-i8:8:32-i16:16:32-i64:64-i128:128-n32:64-S128"
 
@@ -17,6 +23,7 @@
 }
 
 ; CHECK: define {{.*}} @_ZN1A3fooEv(
+; NO-LTO: define {{.*}} @_ZN1A3fooEv(
 define internal void @_ZN1A3fooEv(ptr nocapture %this) {
 entry:
   ret void
@@ -41,6 +48,7 @@
 }
 
 ; CHECK-NOT: define {{.*}} @_ZN1B3fooEv(
+; NO-LTO: define {{.*}} @_ZN1B3fooEv(
 define internal void @_ZN1B3fooEv(ptr nocapture %this) {
 entry:
   ret void
@@ -65,6 +73,7 @@
 }
 
 ; CHECK-NOT: define {{.*}} @_ZN1C3fooEv(
+; NO-LTO-NOT: define {{.*}} @_ZN1C3fooEv(
 define internal void @_ZN1C3fooEv(ptr nocapture %this) {
 entry:
   ret void
@@ -79,12 +88,11 @@
 
 declare dso_local noalias nonnull ptr @_Znwm(i64)
 
-!llvm.module.flags = !{!5, !6}
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!6}
 
 !0 = !{i64 16, !"_ZTS1A"}
 !1 = !{i64 16, !"_ZTSM1AFvvE.virtual"}
 !2 = !{i64 0} ; public vcall visibility
 !3 = !{i64 1} ; linkage-unit vcall visibility
 !4 = !{i64 2} ; translation-unit vcall visibility
-!5 = !{i32 1, !"LTOPostLink", i32 1}
 !6 = !{i32 1, !"Virtual Function Elim", i32 1}
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/GlobalDCE/vtable-rtti.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/GlobalDCE/vtable-rtti.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/GlobalDCE/vtable-rtti.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/GlobalDCE/vtable-rtti.ll
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@
 declare dso_local noalias nonnull ptr @_Znwm(i64)
 @_ZTVN10__cxxabiv117__class_type_infoE = external dso_local global ptr
 
-!llvm.module.flags = !{!3, !4}
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!4}
 
 !0 = !{i64 16, !"_ZTS1A"}
 !1 = !{i64 16, !"_ZTSM1AFvvE.virtual"}
 !2 = !{i64 2} ; translation-unit vcall visibility
-!3 = !{i32 1, !"LTOPostLink", i32 1}
 !4 = !{i32 1, !"Virtual Function Elim", i32 1}
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/WholeProgramDevirt/devirt-single-impl2.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/WholeProgramDevirt/devirt-single-impl2.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/WholeProgramDevirt/devirt-single-impl2.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/WholeProgramDevirt/devirt-single-impl2.ll
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 }
 
 !llvm.ident = !{!2}
-!llvm.module.flags = !{!3, !4, !5, !6}
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!3, !4, !5}
 
 !0 = !{i64 16, !"_ZTS1A"}
 !1 = !{i64 16, !"_ZTSM1AKFivE.virtual"}
@@ -42,4 +42,3 @@
 !3 = !{i32 1, !"wchar_size", i32 4}
 !4 = !{i32 1, !"EnableSplitLTOUnit", i32 1}
 !5 = !{i32 1, !"ThinLTO", i32 0}
-!6 = !{i32 1, !"LTOPostLink", i32 1}
diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-reduce/reduce-module-flags.ll b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-reduce/reduce-module-flags.ll
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-reduce/reduce-module-flags.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-reduce/reduce-module-flags.ll
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@
 
 ; RESULT2: !llvm.module.flags = !{}
 
-!llvm.module.flags = !{!0, !1, !2, !3, !4, !5}
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!0, !1, !2, !3, !4}
 
 !0 = !{i32 1, !"amdgpu_code_object_version", i32 400}
 !1 = !{i32 1, !"wchar_size", i32 4}
 !2 = !{i32 7, !"openmp", i32 50}
 !3 = !{i32 7, !"openmp-device", i32 50}
 !4 = !{i32 8, !"PIC Level", i32 1}
-!5 = !{i32 1, !"LTOPostLink", i32 1}