diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
index 11625214c662..e9cfe43e6d49 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
@@ -994,7 +994,6 @@ void TargetLoweringObjectFileCOFF::Initialize(MCContext &Ctx,
   PDataSection =
     getContext().getCOFFSection(".pdata",
                                 COFF::IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA |
-                                COFF::IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES |
                                 COFF::IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ |
                                 COFF::IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE,
                                 SectionKind::getDataRel());
@@ -1002,7 +1001,6 @@ void TargetLoweringObjectFileCOFF::Initialize(MCContext &Ctx,
   XDataSection =
     getContext().getCOFFSection(".xdata",
                                 COFF::IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA |
-                                COFF::IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES |
                                 COFF::IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ |
                                 COFF::IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE,
                                 SectionKind::getDataRel());