diff --git a/cobc/ChangeLog b/cobc/ChangeLog
index 35fa3a893..555705b15 100644
--- a/cobc/ChangeLog
+++ b/cobc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 
-2020-12-08  Ron Norman <rjn@inglenet.com>
-
-	* codegen.c: emit 01/77 USAGE POINTER as 'unsigned char * xxx[1]'
-	  so that it is properly aligned for the hardware
-
 2020-12-07  Simon Sobisch <simonsobisch@gnu.org>
 
 	* codegen.c (output_display_fields): prevent bad integer promotion in
diff --git a/cobc/codegen.c b/cobc/codegen.c
index a055155f4..0169e8121 100644
--- a/cobc/codegen.c
+++ b/cobc/codegen.c
@@ -2007,10 +2007,6 @@ output_local_base_cache (void)
 		} else if (blp->f->index_type == CB_STATIC_INT_INDEX) {
 			output_local ("static int	%s%d;",
 				      CB_PREFIX_BASE, blp->f->id);
-		} else if (blp->f->flag_is_pointer
-				&& (blp->f->level == 1 || blp->f->level == 77)) {
-			output_local ("static unsigned char *%s%d[1];",
-				      CB_PREFIX_BASE, blp->f->id);
 		} else if( !(blp->f->report_flag & COB_REPORT_REF_EMITTED)) {
 #ifdef  HAVE_ATTRIBUTE_ALIGNED
 			output_local ("static cob_u8_t	%s%d[%d]%s;",