diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDeclCXX.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDeclCXX.cpp
index d6fd7f26285b..cd3301bd6cae 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDeclCXX.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDeclCXX.cpp
@@ -481,12 +481,6 @@ CodeGenModule::EmitCXXGlobalVarDeclInitFunc(const VarDecl *D,
     // minor startup time optimization.  In the MS C++ ABI, there are no guard
     // variables, so this COMDAT key is required for correctness.
     AddGlobalCtor(Fn, 65535, COMDATKey);
-    if (getTarget().getCXXABI().isMicrosoft()) {
-      // In The MS C++, MS add template static data member in the linker
-      // drective.
-      assert(COMDATKey);
-      addUsedGlobal(COMDATKey);
-    }
   } else if (D->hasAttr<SelectAnyAttr>()) {
     // SelectAny globals will be comdat-folded. Put the initializer into a
     // COMDAT group associated with the global, so the initializers get folded
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/microsoft-abi-template-static-init.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/microsoft-abi-template-static-init.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bceaf0dec55..000000000000
--- a/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/microsoft-abi-template-static-init.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple=i686-pc-win32 -fms-extensions -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple=x86_64-pc-win32 -fms-extensions -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple=i686-pc-windows-msvc -fms-extensions -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple=x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -fms-extensions -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s
-
-struct S {
-  S();
-  ~S();
-};
-
-template <typename T> struct __declspec(dllexport) ExportedTemplate {
-  static S s;
-};
-template <typename T> S ExportedTemplate<T>::s;
-void useExportedTemplate(ExportedTemplate<int> x) {
-  (void)x.s;
-}
-int f();
-namespace selectany_init {
-// MS don't put selectany static var in the linker directive, init routine
-// f() is not getting called if x is not referenced.
-int __declspec(selectany) x = f();
-}
-
-namespace explicit_template_instantiation {
-template <typename T> struct A { static  int x; };
-template <typename T> int A<T>::x = f();
-template struct A<int>;
-}
-
-namespace implicit_template_instantiation {
-template <typename T> struct A { static  int x; };
-template <typename T>  int A<T>::x = f();
-int g() { return A<int>::x; }
-}
-
-
-template <class T>
-struct X_ {
-  static T ioo;
-  static T init();
-};
-template <class T> T X_<T>::ioo = X_<T>::init();
-template struct X_<int>;
-
-template <class T>
-struct X {
-  static T ioo;
-  static T init();
-};
-// template specialized static data don't need in llvm.used,
-// the static init routine get call from _GLOBAL__sub_I_ routines.
-template <> int X<int>::ioo = X<int>::init();
-template struct X<int>;
-// CHECK: @llvm.global_ctors = appending global [6 x { i32, void ()*, i8* }] [{ i32, void ()*, i8* } { i32 65535, void ()* @"??__Ex@selectany_init@@YAXXZ", i8* bitcast (i32* @"?x@selectany_init@@3HA" to i8*) }, { i32, void ()*, i8* } { i32 65535, void ()* @"??__E?x@?$A@H@explicit_template_instantiation@@2HA@@YAXXZ", i8* bitcast (i32* @"?x@?$A@H@explicit_template_instantiation@@2HA" to i8*) }, { i32, void ()*, i8* } { i32 65535, void ()* @"??__E?ioo@?$X_@H@@2HA@@YAXXZ", i8* bitcast (i32* @"?ioo@?$X_@H@@2HA" to i8*) }, { i32, void ()*, i8* } { i32 65535, void ()* @"??__E?s@?$ExportedTemplate@H@@2US@@A@@YAXXZ", i8* getelementptr inbounds (%struct.S, %struct.S* @"?s@?$ExportedTemplate@H@@2US@@A", i32 0, i32 0) }, { i32, void ()*, i8* } { i32 65535, void ()* @"??__E?x@?$A@H@implicit_template_instantiation@@2HA@@YAXXZ", i8* bitcast (i32* @"?x@?$A@H@implicit_template_instantiation@@2HA" to i8*) }, { i32, void ()*, i8* } { i32 65535, void ()* @_GLOBAL__sub_I_microsoft_abi_template_static_init.cpp, i8* null }]
-// CHECK: @llvm.used = appending global [4 x i8*] [i8* bitcast (i32* @"?x@?$A@H@explicit_template_instantiation@@2HA" to i8*), i8* bitcast (i32* @"?ioo@?$X_@H@@2HA" to i8*), i8* getelementptr inbounds (%struct.S, %struct.S* @"?s@?$ExportedTemplate@H@@2US@@A", i32 0, i32 0), i8* bitcast (i32* @"?x@?$A@H@implicit_template_instantiation@@2HA" to i8*)], section "llvm.metadata"
-