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diff --git a/bfd/simple.c b/bfd/simple.c
index a91d118e40d..a247f1153ba 100644
--- a/bfd/simple.c
+++ b/bfd/simple.c
@@ -261,8 +261,19 @@ bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents (abfd, sec, outbuf, symbol_table)
if (contents == NULL && data != NULL)
free (data);
+#if 0
+ /* NOTE: cagney/2003-04-05: This free, which was introduced on
+ 2003-03-31 to stop a memory leak, caused a memory corruption
+ between GDB and BFD. The problem, which is stabs specific, can
+ be identified by a bunch of failures in relocate.exp vis:
+
+ gdb.base/relocate.exp: get address of static_bar
+
+ Details of the problem can be found on the binutils@ mailing
+ list, see the discussion thread: "gdb.mi/mi-cli.exp failures". */
if (storage_needed != 0)
free (symbol_table);
+#endif
bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, simple_restore_output_info, saved_offsets);
free (saved_offsets);