diff --git a/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index a6354c8..3f68e6e 100644
--- a/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -824,6 +824,9 @@
 }
 
 static bool isDiscardable(OutputSection &Sec) {
+  if (Sec.Name == "/DISCARD/")
+    return true;
+
   // We do not remove empty sections that are explicitly
   // assigned to any segment.
   if (!Sec.Phdrs.empty())
diff --git a/test/ELF/linkerscript/discard-phdr.s b/test/ELF/linkerscript/discard-phdr.s
index 311dcba..dc2c823 100644
--- a/test/ELF/linkerscript/discard-phdr.s
+++ b/test/ELF/linkerscript/discard-phdr.s
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # RUN:  /DISCARD/ : { *(.discard) } :NONE \
 # RUN: }" > %t.script
 # RUN: ld.lld -o %t --script %t.script %t.o
-# RUN: llvm-readelf -S -l %t | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S -l %t | FileCheck --implicit-check-not=/DISCARD/ %s
 
 ## Check that /DISCARD/ does not interfere with the assignment of segments to
 ## sections.