diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 2245150585..32d904e446 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-11-16  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>
+
+	* config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_symver): Don't check the missing
+	version name.
+
 2000-11-15  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>
 
 	* config/tc-tic30.c: Fix formatting.
diff --git a/gas/config/obj-elf.c b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
index 267f544987..d56eaa9c35 100644
--- a/gas/config/obj-elf.c
+++ b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
@@ -1127,16 +1127,12 @@ obj_elf_symver (ignore)
 
   if (symbol_get_obj (sym)->versioned_name == NULL)
     {
-      char *p, *rp;
-
       symbol_get_obj (sym)->versioned_name = xstrdup (name);
 
       *input_line_pointer = c;
 
-      p = strchr (symbol_get_obj (sym)->versioned_name, ELF_VER_CHR);
-      if (p)
-	rp = strrchr (p, ELF_VER_CHR);
-      if (!p || p [1] == '\0' || rp [1] == '\0')
+      if (strchr (symbol_get_obj (sym)->versioned_name,
+		  ELF_VER_CHR) == NULL)
 	{
 	  as_bad (_("missing version name in `%s' for symbol `%s'"),
 		  symbol_get_obj (sym)->versioned_name,