diff --git a/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp b/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@
 OutputSection::OutputSection(StringRef Name, uint32_t Type, uint64_t Flags)
     : BaseCommand(OutputSectionKind),
       SectionBase(Output, Name, Flags, /*Entsize*/ 0, /*Alignment*/ 1, Type,
-                  /*Info*/ 0, /*Link*/ 0) {
-  Live = false;
-}
+                  /*Info*/ 0, /*Link*/ 0) {}
 
 // We allow sections of types listed below to merged into a
 // single progbits section. This is typically done by linker