diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/CopyConfig.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/CopyConfig.cpp
index a84114e..1425321 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/CopyConfig.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/CopyConfig.cpp
@@ -177,87 +177,6 @@
   return SFU;
 }
 
-static Expected<NewSymbolInfo> parseNewSymbolInfo(StringRef FlagValue,
-                                                  uint8_t DefaultVisibility) {
-  // Parse value given with --add-symbol option and create the
-  // new symbol if possible. The value format for --add-symbol is:
-  //
-  // <name>=[<section>:]<value>[,<flags>]
-  //
-  // where:
-  // <name> - symbol name, can be empty string
-  // <section> - optional section name. If not given ABS symbol is created
-  // <value> - symbol value, can be decimal or hexadecimal number prefixed
-  //           with 0x.
-  // <flags> - optional flags affecting symbol type, binding or visibility:
-  //           The following are currently supported:
-  //
-  //           global, local, weak, default, hidden, file, section, object,
-  //           indirect-function.
-  //
-  //           The following flags are ignored and provided for GNU
-  //           compatibility only:
-  //
-  //           warning, debug, constructor, indirect, synthetic,
-  //           unique-object, before=<symbol>.
-  NewSymbolInfo SI;
-  StringRef Value;
-  std::tie(SI.SymbolName, Value) = FlagValue.split('=');
-  if (Value.empty())
-    return createStringError(
-        errc::invalid_argument,
-        "bad format for --add-symbol, missing '=' after '%s'",
-        SI.SymbolName.str().c_str());
-
-  if (Value.contains(':')) {
-    std::tie(SI.SectionName, Value) = Value.split(':');
-    if (SI.SectionName.empty() || Value.empty())
-      return createStringError(
-          errc::invalid_argument,
-          "bad format for --add-symbol, missing section name or symbol value");
-  }
-
-  SmallVector<StringRef, 6> Flags;
-  Value.split(Flags, ',');
-  if (Flags[0].getAsInteger(0, SI.Value))
-    return createStringError(errc::invalid_argument, "bad symbol value: '%s'",
-                             Flags[0].str().c_str());
-
-  SI.Visibility = DefaultVisibility;
-
-  using Functor = std::function<void(void)>;
-  SmallVector<StringRef, 6> UnsupportedFlags;
-  for (size_t I = 1, NumFlags = Flags.size(); I < NumFlags; ++I)
-    static_cast<Functor>(
-        StringSwitch<Functor>(Flags[I])
-            .CaseLower("global", [&SI] { SI.Bind = ELF::STB_GLOBAL; })
-            .CaseLower("local", [&SI] { SI.Bind = ELF::STB_LOCAL; })
-            .CaseLower("weak", [&SI] { SI.Bind = ELF::STB_WEAK; })
-            .CaseLower("default", [&SI] { SI.Visibility = ELF::STV_DEFAULT; })
-            .CaseLower("hidden", [&SI] { SI.Visibility = ELF::STV_HIDDEN; })
-            .CaseLower("protected", [&SI] { SI.Visibility = ELF::STV_PROTECTED; })
-            .CaseLower("file", [&SI] { SI.Type = ELF::STT_FILE; })
-            .CaseLower("section", [&SI] { SI.Type = ELF::STT_SECTION; })
-            .CaseLower("object", [&SI] { SI.Type = ELF::STT_OBJECT; })
-            .CaseLower("function", [&SI] { SI.Type = ELF::STT_FUNC; })
-            .CaseLower("indirect-function",
-                       [&SI] { SI.Type = ELF::STT_GNU_IFUNC; })
-            .CaseLower("debug", [] {})
-            .CaseLower("constructor", [] {})
-            .CaseLower("warning", [] {})
-            .CaseLower("indirect", [] {})
-            .CaseLower("synthetic", [] {})
-            .CaseLower("unique-object", [] {})
-            .StartsWithLower("before", [] {})
-            .Default([&] { UnsupportedFlags.push_back(Flags[I]); }))();
-  if (!UnsupportedFlags.empty())
-    return createStringError(errc::invalid_argument,
-                             "unsupported flag%s for --add-symbol: '%s'",
-                             UnsupportedFlags.size() > 1 ? "s" : "",
-                             join(UnsupportedFlags, "', '").c_str());
-  return SI;
-}
-
 struct TargetInfo {
   FileFormat Format;
   MachineInfo Machine;
@@ -467,20 +386,9 @@
                            .Case("ihex", FileFormat::IHex)
                            .Default(FileFormat::Unspecified);
 
-  if (opt::Arg *A = InputArgs.getLastArg(OBJCOPY_new_symbol_visibility)) {
-    const uint8_t Invalid = 0xff;
-    Config.NewSymbolVisibility = StringSwitch<uint8_t>(A->getValue())
-                                     .Case("default", ELF::STV_DEFAULT)
-                                     .Case("hidden", ELF::STV_HIDDEN)
-                                     .Case("internal", ELF::STV_INTERNAL)
-                                     .Case("protected", ELF::STV_PROTECTED)
-                                     .Default(Invalid);
-
-    if (Config.NewSymbolVisibility == Invalid)
-      return createStringError(
-          errc::invalid_argument, "'%s' is not a valid symbol visibility",
-          InputArgs.getLastArgValue(OBJCOPY_new_symbol_visibility).str().c_str());
-  }
+  if (opt::Arg *A = InputArgs.getLastArg(OBJCOPY_new_symbol_visibility))
+    Config.NewSymbolVisibility =
+        InputArgs.getLastArgValue(OBJCOPY_new_symbol_visibility);
 
   Config.OutputFormat = StringSwitch<FileFormat>(OutputFormat)
                             .Case("binary", FileFormat::Binary)
@@ -694,14 +602,8 @@
     if (Error E = addSymbolsFromFile(Config.SymbolsToKeep, DC.Alloc,
                                      Arg->getValue(), UseRegex))
       return std::move(E);
-  for (auto Arg : InputArgs.filtered(OBJCOPY_add_symbol)) {
-    Expected<NewSymbolInfo> NSI = parseNewSymbolInfo(
-        Arg->getValue(),
-        Config.NewSymbolVisibility.getValueOr((uint8_t)ELF::STV_DEFAULT));
-    if (!NSI)
-      return NSI.takeError();
-    Config.SymbolsToAdd.push_back(*NSI);
-  }
+  for (auto Arg : InputArgs.filtered(OBJCOPY_add_symbol))
+    Config.SymbolsToAdd.push_back(Arg->getValue());
 
   Config.AllowBrokenLinks = InputArgs.hasArg(OBJCOPY_allow_broken_links);