diff --git a/stdlib/public/Resources/wasi/static-executable-args.lnk b/stdlib/public/Resources/wasi/static-executable-args.lnk
index 1500f94f891a8..59f938fbab3be 100644
--- a/stdlib/public/Resources/wasi/static-executable-args.lnk
+++ b/stdlib/public/Resources/wasi/static-executable-args.lnk
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@
 -lwasi-emulated-signal
 -lwasi-emulated-process-clocks
 -Xlinker --error-limit=0
--Xlinker --no-gc-sections
 -Xlinker --threads=1
diff --git a/stdlib/public/runtime/SwiftRT-ELF-WASM.cpp b/stdlib/public/runtime/SwiftRT-ELF-WASM.cpp
index 1ccd53294b701..f15c6e276a410 100644
--- a/stdlib/public/runtime/SwiftRT-ELF-WASM.cpp
+++ b/stdlib/public/runtime/SwiftRT-ELF-WASM.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static const void *__backtraceRef __attribute__((used))
 #if defined(__ELF__)
 # define DECLARE_EMPTY_METADATA_SECTION(name) __asm__("\t.section " #name ",\"a\"\n");
 #elif defined(__wasm__)
-# define DECLARE_EMPTY_METADATA_SECTION(name) __asm__("\t.section " #name ",\"\",@\n");
+# define DECLARE_EMPTY_METADATA_SECTION(name) __asm__("\t.section " #name ",\"R\",@\n");
 #endif
 
 #define DECLARE_SWIFT_SECTION(name)                                                          \