diff --git a/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp b/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
@@ -2963,7 +2963,8 @@
 }
 
 bool VersionTableSection::isNeeded() const {
-  return getPartition().verDef || getPartition().verNeed->isNeeded();
+  return isLive() &&
+         (getPartition().verDef || getPartition().verNeed->isNeeded());
 }
 
 void addVerneed(Symbol *ss) {
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/discard-gnu-version.s b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/discard-gnu-version.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/discard-gnu-version.s
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: echo '.globl f; f:' | llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 - -o %t1.o
+# RUN: echo 'v1 { f; };' > %t1.ver
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared --version-script %t1.ver %t1.o -o %t1.so
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: echo 'v1 { foo; };' > %t.ver
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared --version-script %t.ver %t.o %t1.so -o %t.so
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S %t.so | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: .gnu.version
+# CHECK: .gnu.version_d
+# CHECK: .gnu.version_r
+
+# RUN: echo 'SECTIONS { /DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu.version*) } }' > %t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared --version-script %t.ver -T %t.script %t.o %t1.so -o %t.so
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S %t.so | FileCheck /dev/null --implicit-check-not=.gnu.version
+
+.globl foo
+foo:
+  call f@plt