diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 5849c4ebdd56476b8665821be10e6678fac1919c..b161e20c21e347a6e555df80c22488d4d1f91f8b 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-07-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* config.bfd: Move xc16x target to the obsolete list.
+
 2020-07-22  Kevin Buettner  <kevinb@redhat.com>
 
 	* binary.c (binary_get_section_contents): Seek using offset
@@ -6,7 +10,7 @@
 2020-07-22  Kevin Buettner  <kevinb@redhat.com>
 
 	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_phdr): Remove hack for GDB.
-	
+
 2020-07-22  Max Filippov  <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 26246
diff --git a/bfd/config.bfd b/bfd/config.bfd
index 4586a89d0f97b411bed19f2f0af9094c432c7ede..d48662252eb43918ec732ad8ad1e352dc3f9718a 100644
--- a/bfd/config.bfd
+++ b/bfd/config.bfd
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ case $targ in
     echo "*** Use or1k-*-elf or or1k-*-linux as the target instead" >&2
     exit 1
     ;;
- xc16x-*-* | \
  null)
     if test "x$enable_obsolete" != xyes; then
       echo "*** Configuration $targ is obsolete." >&2
@@ -153,6 +152,7 @@ case $targ in
  vax-*-bsd* | vax-*-ultrix* | vax-*-vms* | \
  w65-*-* | \
  we32k-*-* | \
+ xc16x-*-* | \
  null)
     echo "*** Configuration $targ is obsolete." >&2
     echo "*** Support has been REMOVED." >&2