diff --git a/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp b/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
index 10eebb4028fd..cf19e78d3468 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
@@ -215,8 +215,6 @@ void elf::sortByOrder(MutableArrayRef<InputSection *> In,
 
 static OutputSection *createSection(InputSectionBase *IS, StringRef OutsecName) {
   OutputSection *Sec = Script->createOutputSection(OutsecName, "<internal>");
-  Sec->Type = IS->Type;
-  Sec->Flags = IS->Flags;
   Sec->addSection(cast<InputSection>(IS));
   return Sec;
 }