Index: lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
+++ lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
@@ -532,6 +532,9 @@
   NamesSize = CompressedNameStr.size();
   NamesVar->setSection(getNameSection());
   UsedVars.push_back(NamesVar);
+
+  for (auto *NamePtr : ReferencedNames)
+    NamePtr->eraseFromParent();
 }
 
 void InstrProfiling::emitRegistration() {
Index: test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/PR23499.ll
===================================================================
--- test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/PR23499.ll
+++ test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/PR23499.ll
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 
 @__profn__Z3barIvEvv = linkonce_odr hidden constant [11 x i8] c"_Z3barIvEvv", align 1
 
-; CHECK: @__profn__Z3barIvEvv = private constant [11 x i8] c"_Z3barIvEvv", align 1
+; CHECK-NOT: __profn__Z3barIvEvv
 ; CHECK: @__profc__Z3barIvEvv = linkonce_odr hidden global [1 x i64] zeroinitializer, section "{{.*}}__llvm_prf_cnts", comdat($__profv__Z3barIvEvv), align 8
 ; CHECK: @__profd__Z3barIvEvv = linkonce_odr hidden global { i64, i64, i64*, i8*, i8*, i32, [1 x i16] } { i64 4947693190065689389, i64 0, i64* getelementptr inbounds ([1 x i64], [1 x i64]* @__profc__Z3barIvEvv, i32 0, i32 0), i8*{{.*}}, i8* null, i32 1, [1 x i16] zeroinitializer }, section "{{.*}}__llvm_prf_data{{.*}}", comdat($__profv__Z3barIvEvv), align 8
 ; CHECK: @__llvm_prf_nm = private constant [{{.*}} x i8] c"{{.*}}", section "{{.*}}__llvm_prf_names"
 
 
-; COFF: @__profn__Z3barIvEvv = private constant [11 x i8] c"_Z3barIvEvv", align 1
+; COFF-NOT: __profn__Z3barIvEvv
 ; COFF: @__profc__Z3barIvEvv = linkonce_odr hidden global [1 x i64] zeroinitializer, section "{{.*}}__llvm_prf_cnts", comdat, align 8
 ; COFF: @__profd__Z3barIvEvv = linkonce_odr hidden global { i64, i64, i64*, i8*, i8*, i32, [1 x i16] } { i64 4947693190065689389, i64 0, i64* getelementptr inbounds ([1 x i64], [1 x i64]* @__profc__Z3barIvEvv, i32 0, i32 0), i8*{{.*}}, i8* null, i32 1, [1 x i16] zeroinitializer }, section "{{.*}}__llvm_prf_data{{.*}}", comdat($__profc__Z3barIvEvv), align 8
 
Index: test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/platform.ll
===================================================================
--- test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/platform.ll
+++ test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/platform.ll
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 ; RUN: opt < %s -mtriple=x86_64-pc-solaris -passes=instrprof -S | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=SOLARIS
 
 @__profn_foo = hidden constant [3 x i8] c"foo"
-; MACHO: @__profn_foo = private constant [3 x i8] c"foo"
-; ELF: @__profn_foo = private constant [3 x i8] c"foo"
+; MACHO-NOT: __profn_foo
+; ELF-NOT: __profn_foo
 
 ; MACHO: @__profc_foo = hidden global [1 x i64] zeroinitializer, section "__DATA,__llvm_prf_cnts", align 8
 ; ELF: @__profc_foo = hidden global [1 x i64] zeroinitializer, section "__llvm_prf_cnts", align 8
Index: test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/profiling.ll
===================================================================
--- test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/profiling.ll
+++ test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/profiling.ll
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 target triple = "x86_64-apple-macosx10.10.0"
 
 @__profn_foo = hidden constant [3 x i8] c"foo"
-; CHECK: @__profn_foo = private constant [3 x i8] c"foo"
+; CHECK-NOT: __profn_foo
 @__profn_bar = hidden constant [4 x i8] c"bar\00"
-; CHECK: @__profn_bar = private constant [4 x i8] c"bar\00"
+; CHECK-NOT: __profn_bar
 @__profn_baz = hidden constant [3 x i8] c"baz"
-; CHECK: @__profn_baz = private constant [3 x i8] c"baz"
+; CHECK-NOT: __profn_baz
 
 ; CHECK: @__profc_foo = hidden global [1 x i64] zeroinitializer, section "__DATA,__llvm_prf_cnts", align 8
 ; CHECK: @__profd_foo = hidden {{.*}}, section "__DATA,__llvm_prf_data,regular,live_support", align 8
Index: test/Transforms/PGOProfile/comdat_internal.ll
===================================================================
--- test/Transforms/PGOProfile/comdat_internal.ll
+++ test/Transforms/PGOProfile/comdat_internal.ll
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 @bar = global i32 ()* @foo, align 8
 
 ; CHECK: @__llvm_profile_raw_version = constant i64 {{[0-9]+}}, comdat
-; CHECK: @__profn__stdin__foo = private constant [11 x i8] c"<stdin>:foo"
+; CHECK-NOT: __profn__stdin__foo
 ; CHECK: @__profc__stdin__foo.[[FOO_HASH]] = private global [1 x i64] zeroinitializer, section "__llvm_prf_cnts", comdat($__profv__stdin__foo.[[FOO_HASH]]), align 8
 ; CHECK: @__profd__stdin__foo.[[FOO_HASH]] = private global { i64, i64, i64*, i8*, i8*, i32, [1 x i16] } { i64 -5640069336071256030, i64 [[FOO_HASH]], i64* getelementptr inbounds ([1 x i64], [1 x i64]* @__profc__stdin__foo.[[FOO_HASH]], i32 0, i32 0), i8* null
 ; CHECK-NOT: bitcast (i32 ()* @foo to i8*)