diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index e1762340c22..87c7af41154 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2010-01-05  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant@google.com>
 
+	* options.h (class General_options): Use DEFINE_bool_alias for
+	allow_multiple_definition.
+	* resolve.cc (Symbol_table::should_override): Don't test
+	allow_multiple_definition.
+
 	PR 10980
 	* options.h (class General_options): Add --cref.
 	* main.cc (main): Print cref table if --cref.  Don't close mapfile
diff --git a/gold/options.h b/gold/options.h
index 907a8a3481b..85c81e4c23d 100644
--- a/gold/options.h
+++ b/gold/options.h
@@ -584,9 +584,9 @@ class General_options
 	      N_("Not supported"),
 	      N_("Do not copy DT_NEEDED tags from shared libraries"));
 
-  DEFINE_bool(allow_multiple_definition, options::TWO_DASHES, '\0', false,
-	      N_("Allow multiple definitions of symbols"),
-	      N_("Do not allow multiple definitions"));
+  DEFINE_bool_alias(allow_multiple_definition, muldefs, options::TWO_DASHES,
+		    '\0', N_("Allow multiple definitions of symbols"),
+		    N_("Do not allow multiple definitions"), false);
 
   DEFINE_bool(allow_shlib_undefined, options::TWO_DASHES, '\0', false,
               N_("Allow unresolved references in shared libraries"),
diff --git a/gold/resolve.cc b/gold/resolve.cc
index 24b80a8a575..ca71264d4df 100644
--- a/gold/resolve.cc
+++ b/gold/resolve.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // resolve.cc -- symbol resolution for gold
 
-// Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+// Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 // Written by Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>.
 
 // This file is part of gold.
@@ -440,8 +440,7 @@ Symbol_table::should_override(const Symbol* to, unsigned int frombits,
           || (object != NULL && object->just_symbols()))
         return false;
 
-      if (!parameters->options().allow_multiple_definition()
-	  && !parameters->options().muldefs())
+      if (!parameters->options().muldefs())
 	Symbol_table::report_resolve_problem(true,
 					     _("multiple definition of '%s'"),
 					     to, defined, object);