diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 0b58cdc1662..facddf3b849 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2014-10-05  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	* keyboard.c (Qleft, Qright): Remove duplicate definitions (Bug#9927).
+	These were already defined in buffer.c, and the duplicate
+	definitions cause problems on platforms like 'gcc -fno-common'.
+	Reported by Peter Dyballa in: http://bugs.gnu.org/9927#137
+
 2014-10-05  Jan Djärv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
 
 	* nsterm.m (updateFrameSize:): Only call update_frame_tool_bar
diff --git a/src/keyboard.c b/src/keyboard.c
index 8c030c7652c..0d042132d8e 100644
--- a/src/keyboard.c
+++ b/src/keyboard.c
@@ -5217,7 +5217,6 @@ static const char *const lispy_drag_n_drop_names[] =
 static Lisp_Object Qabove_handle, Qhandle, Qbelow_handle;
 static Lisp_Object Qbefore_handle, Qhorizontal_handle, Qafter_handle;
 Lisp_Object Qup, Qdown, Qtop, Qbottom;
-Lisp_Object Qleft, Qright;
 static Lisp_Object Qleftmost, Qrightmost;
 static Lisp_Object Qend_scroll;
 static Lisp_Object Qratio;