diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c9f2226600..6f713d9e87 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 
  Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.1.0  [xx XXX xxxx]
 
-  *) Make generated asm have non-executable stack.
-     [Contributed by Google <agl@google.com>]
-
   *) New function OPENSSL_gmtime_diff to find the difference in days
      and seconds between two tm structures. This will be used to provide
      additional functionality for ASN1_TIME.
diff --git a/crypto/aes/asm/aes-x86_64.pl b/crypto/aes/asm/aes-x86_64.pl
index a757b47146..a545e892ae 100755
--- a/crypto/aes/asm/aes-x86_64.pl
+++ b/crypto/aes/asm/aes-x86_64.pl
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ $verticalspin=1;	# unlike 32-bit version $verticalspin performs
 			# ~15% better on both AMD and Intel cores
 $speed_limit=512;	# see aes-586.pl for details
 
-$code=".section .note.GNU-stack,\"\",\@progbits\n";
-$code.=".text\n";
+$code=".text\n";
 
 $s0="%eax";
 $s1="%ebx";
diff --git a/crypto/bn/asm/x86_64-mont.pl b/crypto/bn/asm/x86_64-mont.pl
index b62373f567..3b7a6f243f 100755
--- a/crypto/bn/asm/x86_64-mont.pl
+++ b/crypto/bn/asm/x86_64-mont.pl
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ $m0="%rbx";
 $m1="%rbp";
 
 $code=<<___;
-.section .note.GNU-stack,"",\@progbits
 .text
 
 .globl	bn_mul_mont
diff --git a/crypto/md5/asm/md5-x86_64.pl b/crypto/md5/asm/md5-x86_64.pl
index b75cf3b7a4..867885435e 100755
--- a/crypto/md5/asm/md5-x86_64.pl
+++ b/crypto/md5/asm/md5-x86_64.pl
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ no warnings qw(uninitialized);
 open STDOUT,"| $^X $xlate $flavour $output";
 
 $code .= <<EOF;
-.section .note.GNU-stack,"",\@progbits
 .text
 .align 16
 
diff --git a/crypto/rc4/asm/rc4-x86_64.pl b/crypto/rc4/asm/rc4-x86_64.pl
index a134127e8c..677be5fe25 100755
--- a/crypto/rc4/asm/rc4-x86_64.pl
+++ b/crypto/rc4/asm/rc4-x86_64.pl
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ $YY="%r12";
 $TY="%r13";
 
 $code=<<___;
-.section .note.GNU-stack,"",\@progbits
 .text
 
 .globl	RC4
diff --git a/crypto/sha/asm/sha1-x86_64.pl b/crypto/sha/asm/sha1-x86_64.pl
index a00f7c6799..35ab0e7e78 100755
--- a/crypto/sha/asm/sha1-x86_64.pl
+++ b/crypto/sha/asm/sha1-x86_64.pl
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ unshift(@xi,pop(@xi));
 }
 
 $code.=<<___;
-.section .note.GNU-stack,"",\@progbits
 .text
 
 .globl	sha1_block_data_order
diff --git a/crypto/sha/asm/sha512-x86_64.pl b/crypto/sha/asm/sha512-x86_64.pl
index aaf9c57875..e6643f8cf6 100755
--- a/crypto/sha/asm/sha512-x86_64.pl
+++ b/crypto/sha/asm/sha512-x86_64.pl
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ ___
 }
 
 $code=<<___;
-.section .note.GNU-stack,"",\@progbits
-
 .text
 
 .globl	$func
diff --git a/crypto/x86_64cpuid.pl b/crypto/x86_64cpuid.pl
index 72010c9cbe..c96821a3c8 100644
--- a/crypto/x86_64cpuid.pl
+++ b/crypto/x86_64cpuid.pl
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ print<<___;
 .section	.init
 	call	OPENSSL_cpuid_setup
 
-___
-
-if ($flavour =~ /elf/) {
-  print ".section .note.GNU-stack,\"\",\@progbits\n"
-}
-
-print<<___;
 .text
 
 .globl	OPENSSL_atomic_add