diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2/abbrev.c b/gdb/dwarf2/abbrev.c
index 1ebf8f6eed5..3a429fd41b1 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2/abbrev.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2/abbrev.c
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ abbrev_table::read (struct dwarf2_section_info *section,
       bool has_specification_or_origin = false;
       bool has_name = false;
       bool has_linkage_name = false;
-      bool has_location = false;
       bool has_external = false;
 
       /* Now read in declarations.  */
@@ -217,11 +216,6 @@ abbrev_table::read (struct dwarf2_section_info *section,
 	      has_linkage_name = true;
 	      break;
 
-	    case DW_AT_const_value:
-	    case DW_AT_location:
-	      has_location = true;
-	      break;
-
 	    case DW_AT_sibling:
 	      if (is_csize && cur_attr.form == DW_FORM_ref4)
 		sibling_offset = size;
@@ -296,9 +290,6 @@ abbrev_table::read (struct dwarf2_section_info *section,
 	cur_abbrev->interesting = false;
       else if (!tag_interesting_for_index (cur_abbrev->tag))
 	cur_abbrev->interesting = false;
-      else if (!has_location && !has_specification_or_origin && !has_external
-	       && cur_abbrev->tag == DW_TAG_variable)
-	cur_abbrev->interesting = false;
       else
 	cur_abbrev->interesting = true;
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/main.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6beff77dbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/static-optimized-out.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/static-optimized-out.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44287fbd6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/static-optimized-out.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+static int aaa;
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/static-optimized-out.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/static-optimized-out.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..262485a5bda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.opt/static-optimized-out.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Check that an optimized out static variable is printed the same independent
+# of state of symtab expansion.
+
+standard_testfile .c main.c
+
+set opts {}
+lappend opts debug
+lappend opts "optimize=-O2 -flto"
+
+if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile \
+	  [list $srcfile $srcfile2] $opts] } {
+    return -1
+}
+
+set val ""
+gdb_test_multiple "print aaa" "" {
+    -re -wrap "^(?:\\$$decimal = )?(.*)" {
+	set val $expect_out(1,string)
+    }
+}
+
+if { $val == "" } {
+    return
+}
+
+# Expand all symbol tables.
+gdb_test_no_output "maint expand-symtab"
+
+# Make sure we do an actual lookup rather than just returning the same as
+# before.
+gdb_test "maint flush symbol-cache"
+
+# Now check that we get the same result in both cases.
+gdb_test "print aaa" [string_to_regexp $val] "consistency"
