diff --git a/ld/emultempl/pe.em b/ld/emultempl/pe.em
index bce1d1b9052..323724b84f5 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/pe.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/pe.em
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ case ${target} in
     ;;
 esac
 
-case ${target} in
-  x86_64-*-mingw* | x86_64-*-pe | x86_64-*-pep | x86_64-*-cygwin | \
-  i[3-7]86-*-mingw32* | i[3-7]86-*-cygwin* | i[3-7]86-*-winnt | i[3-7]86-*-pe)
-    pdb_support=" ";;
-  *)
-esac
-
 rm -f e${EMULATION_NAME}.c
 (echo;echo;echo;echo;echo)>e${EMULATION_NAME}.c # there, now line numbers match ;-)
 fragment <<EOF
@@ -73,7 +66,18 @@ fragment <<EOF
 #include "ldctor.h"
 #include "ldbuildid.h"
 #include "coff/internal.h"
-${pdb_support+#include \"pdb.h\"}
+EOF
+
+case ${target} in
+  x86_64-*-mingw* | x86_64-*-pe | x86_64-*-pep | x86_64-*-cygwin | \
+  i[3-7]86-*-mingw32* | i[3-7]86-*-cygwin* | i[3-7]86-*-winnt | i[3-7]86-*-pe)
+fragment <<EOF
+#include "pdb.h"
+EOF
+    ;;
+esac
+
+fragment <<EOF
 
 /* FIXME: See bfd/peXXigen.c for why we include an architecture specific
    header in generic PE code.  */
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/pep.em b/ld/emultempl/pep.em
index 69b1c3ec79b..6ac70f9cfa4 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/pep.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/pep.em
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ case ${target} in
     ;;
 esac
 
-case ${target} in
-  x86_64-*-mingw* | x86_64-*-pe | x86_64-*-pep | x86_64-*-cygwin | \
-  i[3-7]86-*-mingw32* | i[3-7]86-*-cygwin* | i[3-7]86-*-winnt | i[3-7]86-*-pe)
-    pdb_support=" ";;
-  *)
-esac
-
 rm -f e${EMULATION_NAME}.c
 (echo;echo;echo;echo;echo)>e${EMULATION_NAME}.c # there, now line numbers match ;-)
 fragment <<EOF
@@ -82,7 +75,18 @@ fragment <<EOF
 #include "ldctor.h"
 #include "ldbuildid.h"
 #include "coff/internal.h"
-${pdb_support+#include \"pdb.h\"}
+EOF
+
+case ${target} in
+  x86_64-*-mingw* | x86_64-*-pe | x86_64-*-pep | x86_64-*-cygwin | \
+  i[3-7]86-*-mingw32* | i[3-7]86-*-cygwin* | i[3-7]86-*-winnt | i[3-7]86-*-pe)
+fragment <<EOF
+#include "pdb.h"
+EOF
+    ;;
+esac
+
+fragment <<EOF
 
 /* FIXME: See bfd/peXXigen.c for why we include an architecture specific
    header in generic PE code.  */