diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index e3751fa..15a42f9 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -12520,3 +12520,3 @@ bfd_elf_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
       /* Check for DT_TEXTREL (late, in case the backend removes it).  */
-      if (((info->warn_shared_textrel && bfd_link_pic (info))
+      if ((info->warn_shared_textrel
 	   || info->error_textrel)
@@ -12541,3 +12541,3 @@ bfd_elf_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 		    info->callbacks->einfo
-		      (_("%P: warning: creating a DT_TEXTREL in a shared object.\n"));
+		      (_("%P: warning: creating a DT_TEXTREL in object.\n"));
 		  break;