diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index ac5ac99..8dfbfe8 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -298,11 +298,7 @@
     S->Live = false;
     if (S == In<ELFT>::ShStrTab)
       error("discarding .shstrtab section is not allowed");
-
-    InputSection<ELFT> *IS = dyn_cast<InputSection<ELFT>>(S);
-    if (!IS || IS->DependentSections.empty())
-      continue;
-    discard(IS->DependentSections);
+    discard(S->DependentSections);
   }
 }