diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index e61efb07885..acb3e595eef 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 Fri Jul  7 11:17:27 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
+	* app.c (do_scrub_next_char): Always accept \v.  Don't make it
+	conditional on BACKSLASH_V.
+	* read.c (next_char_of_string): Likewise.
+	* config/obj-bout.h (BACKSLASH_V): Don't define.
+	* config/tc-mips.h (BACKSLASH_V): Don't define.
+
 	Add SPARC ELF PIC support.
 	* write.c (fixup_segment): Pass fixP to TC_RELOC_RTSYM_LOC_FIXUP,
 	not fixP->fx_r_type.
diff --git a/gas/config/obj-bout.h b/gas/config/obj-bout.h
index 936ab8938db..959ab942f8a 100644
--- a/gas/config/obj-bout.h
+++ b/gas/config/obj-bout.h
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@
 
 #include "targ-cpu.h"
 
-/* We want \v. */
-#define BACKSLASH_V 1
-
 #define OBJ_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME	"b.out"
 
 extern const short seg_N_TYPE[];
diff --git a/gas/read.c b/gas/read.c
index f347c8ec529..b1c1e24c537 100644
--- a/gas/read.c
+++ b/gas/read.c
@@ -2384,11 +2384,9 @@ next_char_of_string ()
 	  c = '\t';
 	  break;
 
-#ifdef BACKSLASH_V
 	case 'v':
 	  c = '\013';
 	  break;
-#endif
 
 	case '\\':
 	case '"':