diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index b5761e3a4..73e6dd458 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-08-21  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2011@cgf.cx>
+
+	* dtable.cc (conv_start_chars): Remove unneeded section attribute.
+
 2011-08-20  Yaakov Selkowitz  <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* include/paths.h (_PATH_MAILDIR): Define.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc b/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc
index 9e83a7861..24d59be55 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc
@@ -273,8 +273,7 @@ static win_env conv_envvars[] =
    character of the above environment variable names to 1.
    This table is intended to speed up lookup of these variables. */
 
-static const unsigned char conv_start_chars[256]
-  __attribute__((section (".cygwin_dll_common"), shared)) =
+static const unsigned char conv_start_chars[256] =
   {
     0,        0,        0,        0,        0,        0,        0,        0,
     0,        0,        0,        0,        0,        0,        0,        0,