diff --git a/src/liblzma/check/crc32_x86.S b/src/liblzma/check/crc32_x86.S
index f9574b27..4737a544 100644
--- a/src/liblzma/check/crc32_x86.S
+++ b/src/liblzma/check/crc32_x86.S
@@ -117,11 +117,8 @@ LZMA_CRC32:
 	 */
 #if (!defined(PIC) && !defined(__PIC__)) \
 		|| (defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__))
-	/*
-	 * Not PIC.
-	 * Using MAKE_SYM since $LZMA_CRC32_TABLE breaks with GCC 3.
-	 */
-	movl	MAKE_SYM($, LZMA_CRC32_TABLE), %ebx
+	/* Not PIC */
+	movl	$ LZMA_CRC32_TABLE, %ebx
 #elif defined(__MACH__)
 	/* Mach-O */
 	call	.L_get_pc
diff --git a/src/liblzma/check/crc64_x86.S b/src/liblzma/check/crc64_x86.S
index b8e5ea3f..9a63726e 100644
--- a/src/liblzma/check/crc64_x86.S
+++ b/src/liblzma/check/crc64_x86.S
@@ -108,11 +108,8 @@ LZMA_CRC64:
 	 */
 #if (!defined(PIC) && !defined(__PIC__)) \
 		|| (defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__))
-	/*
-	 * Not PIC.
-	 * Using MAKE_SYM since $LZMA_CRC64_TABLE breaks with GCC 3.
-	 */
-	movl	MAKE_SYM($, LZMA_CRC64_TABLE), %ebx
+	/* Not PIC */
+	movl	$ LZMA_CRC64_TABLE, %ebx
 #elif defined(__MACH__)
 	/* Mach-O */
 	call	.L_get_pc