diff --git a/bl31/bl31.ld.S b/bl31/bl31.ld.S
index 42227f0f3875f79827d9d7166a490d506df89998..c7185a893a3a25d8f650f1837ca19ec2e192bed7 100644
--- a/bl31/bl31.ld.S
+++ b/bl31/bl31.ld.S
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ SECTIONS
     __RW_END__ = .;
     __BL31_END__ = .;
 
+    /DISCARD/ : {
+        *(.dynsym .dynstr .hash .gnu.hash)
+    }
+
     ASSERT(. <= BL31_LIMIT, "BL31 image has exceeded its limit.")
 #endif
 }