diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index f94117f80..c186a4728 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-11-19  Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
+	* libc/include/sys/config.h[__mips__]: Don't bother
+	setting __ATTRIBUTE_IMPURE_PTR__ here.
+	[__rtems__][__mips__]: No need to undef the __ATTRIBUTE_IMPURE_PTR__
+	macro anymore.
+
 2008-11-19  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/sys/linux/bits/dirent.h: New header file.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h b/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h
index 540805be2..3084193f5 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __mips__
+#if defined(__mips__) && !defined(__rtems__)
 #define __ATTRIBUTE_IMPURE_PTR__ __attribute__((__section__(".sdata")))
 #endif
 
@@ -183,10 +183,6 @@
 #if defined(__rtems__)
 #define __FILENAME_MAX__ 255
 #define _READ_WRITE_RETURN_TYPE _ssize_t
-#if defined(__mips__)
-#undef __ATTRIBUTE_IMPURE_PTR__
-#define __ATTRIBUTE_IMPURE_PTR__
-#endif
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __IMPORT