diff --git a/bfd/Makefile.in b/bfd/Makefile.in
index 53cac75af0e..741e08d603c 100644
--- a/bfd/Makefile.in
+++ b/bfd/Makefile.in
@@ -1301,7 +1301,6 @@ doc_bfd_TEXINFOS = $(DOCFILES) doc/bfdsumm.texi
 AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS = --no-split -I "$(srcdir)/doc" -I doc
 TEXI2DVI = texi2dvi -I "$(srcdir)/doc" -I doc
 MKDOC = doc/chew$(EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD)
-LIBIBERTY = ../libiberty/libiberty.a
 
 # We can't replace these rules with an implicit rule, because
 # makes without VPATH support couldn't find the .h files in `..'.
@@ -2488,7 +2487,7 @@ doc/chew.stamp: $(srcdir)/doc/chew.c doc/$(am__dirstamp)
 	$(AM_V_CCLD)$(CC_FOR_BUILD) -o doc/chw$$$$$(EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD) $(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) \
 	  $(LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) $(H_CFLAGS) \
 	  -I. -I$(srcdir) -Idoc -I$(srcdir)/../include -I$(srcdir)/../intl -I../intl \
-	  $(srcdir)/doc/chew.c $(LIBIBERTY) && \
+	  $(srcdir)/doc/chew.c && \
 	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../move-if-change \
 	  doc/chw$$$$$(EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD) $(MKDOC) && \
 	touch $@
diff --git a/bfd/doc/chew.c b/bfd/doc/chew.c
index a12c00370d9..1695173970a 100644
--- a/bfd/doc/chew.c
+++ b/bfd/doc/chew.c
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@
 
    Foo.  */
 
-#include "ansidecl.h"
-#include "libiberty.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -145,6 +143,45 @@ die (char *msg)
   exit (1);
 }
 
+void *
+xmalloc (size_t size)
+{
+  void *newmem;
+
+  if (size == 0)
+    size = 1;
+  newmem = malloc (size);
+  if (!newmem)
+    die ("out of memory");
+
+  return newmem;
+}
+
+void *
+xrealloc (void *oldmem, size_t size)
+{
+  void *newmem;
+
+  if (size == 0)
+    size = 1;
+  if (!oldmem)
+    newmem = malloc (size);
+  else
+    newmem = realloc (oldmem, size);
+  if (!newmem)
+    die ("out of memory");
+
+  return newmem;
+}
+
+char *
+xstrdup (const char *s)
+{
+  size_t len = strlen (s) + 1;
+  char *ret = xmalloc (len);
+  return memcpy (ret, s, len);
+}
+
 static void
 init_string_with_size (string_type *buffer, unsigned int size)
 {
diff --git a/bfd/doc/local.mk b/bfd/doc/local.mk
index 8c6932802f6..931942f874c 100644
--- a/bfd/doc/local.mk
+++ b/bfd/doc/local.mk
@@ -82,14 +82,12 @@ TEXI2DVI = texi2dvi -I "$(srcdir)/%D%" -I %D%
 
 MKDOC = %D%/chew$(EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD)
 
-LIBIBERTY = ../libiberty/libiberty.a
-
 $(MKDOC): %D%/chew.stamp ; @true
 %D%/chew.stamp: $(srcdir)/%D%/chew.c %D%/$(am__dirstamp)
 	$(AM_V_CCLD)$(CC_FOR_BUILD) -o %D%/chw$$$$$(EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD) $(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) \
 	  $(LDFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) $(H_CFLAGS) \
 	  -I. -I$(srcdir) -I%D% -I$(srcdir)/../include -I$(srcdir)/../intl -I../intl \
-	  $(srcdir)/%D%/chew.c $(LIBIBERTY) && \
+	  $(srcdir)/%D%/chew.c && \
 	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../move-if-change \
 	  %D%/chw$$$$$(EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD) $(MKDOC) && \
 	touch $@