Index: llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/IPO/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/IPO/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter.cpp
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/IPO/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter.cpp
@@ -40,9 +40,17 @@
       continue;
 
     auto Name = ExportGV.getName();
-    GlobalValue *ImportGV = ImportM.getNamedValue(Name);
-    if ((!ImportGV || ImportGV->use_empty()) && !PromoteExtra.count(&ExportGV))
-      continue;
+    GlobalValue *ImportGV = nullptr;
+    if (!PromoteExtra.count(&ExportGV)) {
+      ImportGV = ImportM.getNamedValue(Name);
+      if (!ImportGV)
+        continue;
+      ImportGV->removeDeadConstantUsers();
+      if (ImportGV->use_empty()) {
+        ImportGV->eraseFromParent();
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
 
     std::string NewName = (Name + ModuleId).str();
 
Index: llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/filter-alias.ll
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/filter-alias.ll
+++ llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/filter-alias.ll
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 ; RUN: opt -thinlto-bc -o %t %s
 ; RUN: llvm-modextract -n 0 -o - %t | llvm-dis | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK0 %s
 ; RUN: llvm-modextract -n 1 -o - %t | llvm-dis | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK1 %s
+; CHECK0-NOT: @{{.*}}anon{{.*}}=
 ; CHECK0: @al = external global i8*
+; CHECK0-NOT: @{{.*}}anon{{.*}}=
 ; CHECK1: @al = unnamed_addr alias i8*,
 
 target datalayout = "e-m:w-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"