--- /dev/null
+--- a/src/mklibs.py
++++ b/src/mklibs.py
+@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ while 1:
+ # compile in only used symbols
+ cmd = []
+ cmd.extend(gcc_options)
+- cmd.append("-nostdlib -nostartfiles -shared -Wl,-soname=" + soname)
++ cmd.append("-nostdlib -nostartfiles -shared -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,-soname=" + soname)
+ cmd.extend(["-u%s" % a.linker_name() for a in symbols])
+ cmd.extend(["-o", dest_path + "/" + so_file_name + "-so"])
+ cmd.extend(extra_pre_obj)