diff --git a/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/ELF/ELFFile.h b/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/ELF/ELFFile.h
index 4708a9749716117fe2c3bac715759d8b1b6de163..9b4e8b6320c5e82be6d55c238f38454d0bb9dac4 100644
--- a/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/ELF/ELFFile.h
+++ b/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/ELF/ELFFile.h
@@ -194,10 +194,6 @@ protected:
                                            const Elf_Sym *symbol,
                                            const Elf_Shdr *shdr);
 
-  /// \brief Return true if the symbol is corresponding to an architecture
-  /// specific section. We will let the TargetHandler handle such atoms.
-  bool isTargetSpecificAtom(const Elf_Shdr *shdr, const Elf_Sym *sym);
-
   /// \brief Do we want to ignore the section. Ignored sections are
   /// not processed to create atoms
   bool isIgnoredSection(const Elf_Shdr *section);
@@ -221,11 +217,6 @@ protected:
                              const Elf_Sym *symbol,
                              const Elf_Sym *nextSymbol);
 
-  /// Determines if the reader needs to create atoms for the section.
-  bool ignoreCreateAtomsForSection(const Elf_Shdr *shdr) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   void createEdge(ELFDefinedAtom<ELFT> *from, ELFDefinedAtom<ELFT> *to,
                   uint32_t edgeKind);
 
@@ -612,11 +603,6 @@ std::error_code ELFFile<ELFT>::createSymbolsFromAtomizableSections() {
 template <class ELFT> std::error_code ELFFile<ELFT>::createAtoms() {
   for (auto &i : _sectionSymbols) {
     const Elf_Shdr *section = i.first;
-
-    // Check if need to create atoms for this section?
-    if (ignoreCreateAtomsForSection(section))
-      continue;
-
     std::vector<Elf_Sym_Iter> &symbols = i.second;
 
     // Sort symbols by position.
@@ -854,14 +840,6 @@ template <class ELFT> void ELFFile<ELFT>::updateReferences() {
   }
 }
 
-template <class ELFT>
-bool ELFFile<ELFT>::isTargetSpecificAtom(const Elf_Shdr *shdr,
-                                         const Elf_Sym *sym) {
-  return ((shdr && (shdr->sh_flags & llvm::ELF::SHF_MASKPROC)) ||
-          (sym->st_shndx >= llvm::ELF::SHN_LOPROC &&
-           sym->st_shndx <= llvm::ELF::SHN_HIPROC));
-}
-
 template <class ELFT>
 bool ELFFile<ELFT>::isIgnoredSection(const Elf_Shdr *section) {
   switch (section->sh_type) {