diff --git a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
index 66b49da572075..a7dfa95dadc2b 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
@@ -1113,11 +1113,7 @@ PassBuilder::buildModuleSimplificationPipeline(OptimizationLevel Level,
 
   // Optimize globals now that functions are fully simplified.
   MPM.addPass(GlobalOptPass());
-
-  // Remove dead code, except in the ThinLTO pre-link pipeline where we may want
-  // to keep available_externally functions.
-  if (Phase != ThinOrFullLTOPhase::ThinLTOPreLink)
-    MPM.addPass(GlobalDCEPass());
+  MPM.addPass(GlobalDCEPass());
 
   if (EnableMemProfiler && Phase != ThinOrFullLTOPhase::ThinLTOPreLink) {
     MPM.addPass(createModuleToFunctionPassAdaptor(MemProfilerPass()));
diff --git a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-defaults.ll b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-defaults.ll
index 252b68fab469a..4216cf90d2036 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-defaults.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-defaults.ll
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: DeadArgumentEliminationPass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: CoroCleanupPass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: GlobalOptPass
+; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: GlobalDCEPass
 ; CHECK-EXT: Running pass: {{.*}}::Bye
 ; CHECK-EP-OPT-EARLY-NEXT: Running pass: NoOpModulePass
 ; CHECK-EP-OPT-LAST-NEXT: Running pass: NoOpModulePass
diff --git a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-pgo-defaults.ll b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-pgo-defaults.ll
index fa0ec4eeeaebe..e8b81b7383960 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-pgo-defaults.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-pgo-defaults.ll
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: CoroCleanupPass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: GlobalOptPass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running analysis: TargetLibraryAnalysis on bar
+; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: GlobalDCEPass
 ; CHECK-EXT: Running pass: {{.*}}::Bye
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: AnnotationRemarksPass on foo
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: CanonicalizeAliasesPass
diff --git a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-samplepgo-defaults.ll b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-samplepgo-defaults.ll
index a3784aee11bcd..80ddd1174ee94 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-samplepgo-defaults.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-thinlto-prelink-samplepgo-defaults.ll
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: DeadArgumentEliminationPass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: CoroCleanupPass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: GlobalOptPass
+; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: GlobalDCEPass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: AnnotationRemarksPass on foo
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: CanonicalizeAliasesPass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: NameAnonGlobalPass