diff --git a/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp b/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp
index 04575a9f87f1..a5c125fd24a5 100644
--- a/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp
+++ b/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp
@@ -1177,8 +1177,9 @@ bool WinLinkDriver::parse(int argc, const char *argv[],
 
     case OPT_debug:
       // LLD is not yet capable of creating a PDB file, so /debug does not have
-      // any effect, other than disabling dead stripping.
-      ctx.setDeadStripping(false);
+      // any effect.
+      // TODO: This should disable dead stripping. Currently we can't do that
+      // because removal of associative sections depends on dead stripping.
       break;
 
     case OPT_verbose:
diff --git a/lld/unittests/DriverTests/WinLinkDriverTest.cpp b/lld/unittests/DriverTests/WinLinkDriverTest.cpp
index b69194e96934..8b95a984943c 100644
--- a/lld/unittests/DriverTests/WinLinkDriverTest.cpp
+++ b/lld/unittests/DriverTests/WinLinkDriverTest.cpp
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ TEST_F(WinLinkParserTest, SwapRunFromNet) {
 
 TEST_F(WinLinkParserTest, Debug) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(parse("link.exe", "/debug", "a.out", nullptr));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(_context.deadStrip());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(_context.deadStrip());
 }
 
 TEST_F(WinLinkParserTest, Fixed) {