diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode2.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode2.go
index 3342efe39f..1aa65aee78 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode2.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode2.go
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ func deadcode2(ctxt *Link) {
 	d.init()
 	d.flood()
 
-	callSym := ldr.Lookup("reflect.Value.Call", sym.SymVerABIInternal)
 	methSym := ldr.Lookup("reflect.Value.Method", sym.SymVerABIInternal)
 	if ctxt.DynlinkingGo() {
 		// Exported methods may satisfy interfaces we don't know
@@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ func deadcode2(ctxt *Link) {
 		// Methods might be called via reflection. Give up on
 		// static analysis, mark all exported methods of
 		// all reachable types as reachable.
-		d.reflectSeen = d.reflectSeen || (callSym != 0 && ldr.AttrReachable(callSym)) || (methSym != 0 && ldr.AttrReachable(methSym))
+		d.reflectSeen = d.reflectSeen || (methSym != 0 && ldr.AttrReachable(methSym))
 
 		// Mark all methods that could satisfy a discovered
 		// interface as reachable. We recheck old marked interfaces