diff --git a/tools/llvm-as/llvm-as.cpp b/tools/llvm-as/llvm-as.cpp
index a7463b5..e4c7344 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-as/llvm-as.cpp
+++ b/tools/llvm-as/llvm-as.cpp
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@
 //
 //  This utility may be invoked in the following manner:
 //   llvm-as --help         - Output information about command line switches
-//   llvm-as [options]      - Read LLVM asm from stdin, write bytecode to stdout
-//   llvm-as [options] x.ll - Read LLVM asm from the x.ll file, write bytecode
+//   llvm-as [options]      - Read LLVM asm from stdin, write bitcode to stdout
+//   llvm-as [options] x.ll - Read LLVM asm from the x.ll file, write bitcode
 //                            to the x.bc file.
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "llvm/Module.h"
 #include "llvm/Assembly/Parser.h"
-#include "llvm/Bytecode/Writer.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/Verifier.h"
 #include "llvm/Bitcode/ReaderWriter.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
@@ -44,17 +43,9 @@
 DumpAsm("d", cl::desc("Print assembly as parsed"), cl::Hidden);
 
 static cl::opt<bool>
-NoCompress("disable-compression", cl::init(true),
-           cl::desc("Don't compress the generated bytecode"));
-
-static cl::opt<bool>
 DisableVerify("disable-verify", cl::Hidden,
               cl::desc("Do not run verifier on input LLVM (dangerous!)"));
 
-static cl::opt<bool>
-EnableBitcode("bitcode", cl::desc("Emit bitcode"));
-
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   llvm_shutdown_obj X;  // Call llvm_shutdown() on exit.
   cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(argc, argv, " llvm .ll -> .bc assembler\n");
@@ -134,14 +125,8 @@
       return 1;
     }
 
-    if (Force || !CheckBytecodeOutputToConsole(Out,true)) {
-      if (EnableBitcode) {
-        WriteBitcodeToFile(M.get(), *Out);
-      } else {
-        OStream L(*Out);
-        WriteBytecodeToFile(M.get(), L, !NoCompress);
-      }
-    }
+    if (Force || !CheckBytecodeOutputToConsole(Out,true))
+      WriteBitcodeToFile(M.get(), *Out);
   } catch (const std::string& msg) {
     cerr << argv[0] << ": " << msg << "\n";
     exitCode = 1;