Android: Avoid linking with --gc-sections.

chrome/android/chrome_apk.gyp

 # Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 {
   'includes': [
     '../../chrome/chrome_android_paks.gypi', # Included for the list of pak resources.
     '../../build/util/version.gypi'
    ],
   'variables': {
     'chromium_code': 1,
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     {
       # The base library used in both ChromePublic and ChromeSyncShell.
       'target_name': 'libchrome_public_base',
       'type': 'none',
       'dependencies': [
         '../../chrome/chrome.gyp:chrome_android_core',
       ],
       'include_dirs': [
         '../..',
       ],
-      'direct_dependent_settings': {
-        'ldflags': [
-          # Some android targets still depend on --gc-sections to link.
-          # TODO: remove --gc-sections for Debug builds (crbug.com/159847).
-          '-Wl,--gc-sections',
-        ],
-      },
       'conditions': [
         # TODO(yfriedman): move this DEP to chrome_android_core to be shared
         # between internal/external.
         ['cld_version==2', {
           'dependencies': [
             '../../third_party/cld_2/cld_2.gyp:cld2_dynamic',
           ],
         }],
         # conditions for order_text_section
         # Cygprofile methods need to be linked into the instrumented build.
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       }
     ],
   ],
 }
 
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