diff --git a/src/link/Coff.zig b/src/link/Coff.zig
index 4d3ad83663..0d26e24b2d 100644
--- a/src/link/Coff.zig
+++ b/src/link/Coff.zig
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Coff) !void {
         self.rdata_section_index = try self.allocateSection(".rdata", file_size, .{
             .CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA = 1,
             .MEM_READ = 1,
-            .MEM_WRITE = 1,
         });
     }