diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 5323e2e491ac..9bd426812e7f 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2012-04-05  Rainer Orth  <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
+
+	Partially revert:
+	2012-03-28  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
+
+	PR libstdc++/52689
+	* src/c++98/compatibility-list.cc: Same.
+
 2012-04-05  Bernhard Reutner-Fischer  <aldot@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR bootstrap/52840
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++98/compatibility-list.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++98/compatibility-list.cc
index 8b91849b3000..7e074a729719 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++98/compatibility-list.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++98/compatibility-list.cc
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 
 #include <bits/move.h>
 
-#ifdef PIC
-
 #ifndef _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_COMPAT
 # define _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_COMPAT
 #endif
@@ -146,5 +144,3 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_COMPAT
 _GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE_COMPAT
 
 } // namespace std
-
-#endif