diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
index 424f2eafd7ce..ad5d359452d4 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
@@ -1144,13 +1144,13 @@ digest_dynamic1(Obj_Entry *obj, int early, const Elf_Dyn **dyn_rpath,
 	 * is mapped read-only. DT_MIPS_RLD_MAP is used instead.
 	 */
 
+#ifndef __mips__
 	case DT_DEBUG:
-	    if (!obj->writable_dynamic)
-		break;
 	    if (!early)
 		dbg("Filling in DT_DEBUG entry");
 	    ((Elf_Dyn*)dynp)->d_un.d_ptr = (Elf_Addr) &r_debug;
 	    break;
+#endif
 
 	case DT_FLAGS:
 		if (dynp->d_un.d_val & DF_ORIGIN)
@@ -1331,8 +1331,6 @@ digest_phdr(const Elf_Phdr *phdr, int phnum, caddr_t entry, const char *path)
 	    break;
 
 	case PT_DYNAMIC:
-	    if (ph->p_flags & PROT_WRITE)
-		obj->writable_dynamic = true;
 	    obj->dynamic = (const Elf_Dyn *)(ph->p_vaddr + obj->relocbase);
 	    break;
 
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
index f151db0d1c7b..72a632e912e6 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ typedef struct Struct_Obj_Entry {
     bool valid_hash_sysv : 1;	/* A valid System V hash hash tag is available */
     bool valid_hash_gnu : 1;	/* A valid GNU hash tag is available */
     bool dlopened : 1;		/* dlopen()-ed (vs. load statically) */
-    bool writable_dynamic : 1;	/* PT_DYNAMIC is writable */
 
     struct link_map linkmap;	/* For GDB and dlinfo() */
     Objlist dldags;		/* Object belongs to these dlopened DAGs (%) */