diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index cb49784ea9..3bf9e619ee 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2020-07-23  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@wdc.com>
+
+	PR ld/26288
+
+	Revert:
+	PR 26047
+	* ldelf.c (ldelf_after_open): Fail if attempting to link one
+	executable into another.
+
 2020-07-22  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
 
 	* testsuite/ld-ctf/ctf.exp: Skip on non-ELF for now.
diff --git a/ld/ldelf.c b/ld/ldelf.c
index 6fa09cfe6f..e97207175e 100644
--- a/ld/ldelf.c
+++ b/ld/ldelf.c
@@ -1078,13 +1078,6 @@ ldelf_after_open (int use_libpath, int native, int is_linux, int is_freebsd,
 	{
 	  int type = 0;
 
-	  if (bfd_link_executable (& link_info)
-	      && elf_tdata (abfd)->elf_header->e_type == ET_EXEC)
-	    {
-	      einfo (_("%F%P: cannot use executable file '%pB' as input to a link\n"),
-		     abfd);
-	    }
-
 	  if (bfd_input_just_syms (abfd))
 	    continue;