diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/bexport.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/bexport.go
index d60b959e37..1663555b12 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/bexport.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/bexport.go
@@ -265,11 +265,6 @@ func export(out *bufio.Writer, trace bool) int {
 			Fatalf("exporter: unexpected symbol: %v", sym)
 		}
 
-		// TODO(gri) Should we do this check?
-		// if !sym.Export() {
-		// 	continue
-		// }
-
 		if sym.Def == nil {
 			Fatalf("exporter: unknown export symbol: %v", sym)
 		}
@@ -332,11 +327,6 @@ func export(out *bufio.Writer, trace bool) int {
 			Fatalf("exporter: unexpected symbol: %v", sym)
 		}
 
-		// TODO(gri) Should we do this check?
-		// if !sym.Export() {
-		// 	continue
-		// }
-
 		if sym.Def == nil {
 			Fatalf("exporter: unknown export symbol: %v", sym)
 		}
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.go
index f4ef28376c..c98001239e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type Sym struct {
 }
 
 const (
-	symExport = 1 << iota // to be exported
+	symExport = 1 << iota // added to exportlist (no need to add again)
 	symPackage
 	symExported // already written out by export
 	symUniq