diff -rup binutils.orig/bfd/elflink.c binutils-with-gold-2.45.50-96b8a8a633a/bfd/elflink.c
--- binutils.orig/bfd/elflink.c	2025-11-20 09:01:31.653839370 +0000
+++ binutils-with-gold-2.45.50-96b8a8a633a/bfd/elflink.c	2025-11-20 09:02:21.703952373 +0000
@@ -11158,13 +11158,7 @@ elf_link_output_extsym (struct bfd_hash_
 	  else
 	    {
 	      if (h->verinfo.vertree == NULL)
-		{
-		  iversym.vs_vers = 1;
-		  if (elf_tdata (flinfo->output_bfd)->cverdefs == 0)
-		    /* Defined symbol has no version if there is no
-		       linker version script.  */
-		    noversion = true;
-		}
+		iversym.vs_vers = 1;
 	      else
 		iversym.vs_vers = h->verinfo.vertree->vernum + 1;
 	      if (flinfo->info->create_default_symver)
diff -rup binutils.orig/binutils/readelf.c binutils-with-gold-2.45.50-96b8a8a633a/binutils/readelf.c
--- binutils.orig/binutils/readelf.c	2025-11-20 09:01:32.656841480 +0000
+++ binutils-with-gold-2.45.50-96b8a8a633a/binutils/readelf.c	2025-11-20 09:03:05.707055021 +0000
@@ -14074,7 +14074,7 @@ process_version_sections (Filedata * fil
 			  while (ivn.vn_next);
 			}
 
-		      if (data[cnt + j] != (VERSYM_HIDDEN | VERSYM_BASE)
+		      if (data[cnt + j] != 0x8001
 			  && filedata->version_info[DT_VERSIONTAGIDX (DT_VERDEF)])
 			{
 			  Elf_Internal_Verdef ivd;
@@ -14500,10 +14500,6 @@ get_symbol_version_string (Filedata *fil
   *sym_info = (vers_data & VERSYM_HIDDEN) != 0 ? symbol_hidden : symbol_public;
   max_vd_ndx = 0;
 
-  /* Return the empty string for the base version.  */
-  if ((vers_data & VERSYM_VERSION) == VERSYM_BASE)
-    return "";
-
   /* Usually we'd only see verdef for defined symbols, and verneed for
      undefined symbols.  However, symbols defined by the linker in
      .dynbss for variables copied from a shared library in order to
@@ -14514,7 +14510,7 @@ get_symbol_version_string (Filedata *fil
      verneed.  .dynbss might not be mapped to a SHT_NOBITS section.  */
 
   if (psym->st_shndx != SHN_UNDEF
-      && vers_data != (VERSYM_HIDDEN | VERSYM_BASE)
+      && vers_data != 0x8001
       && filedata->version_info[DT_VERSIONTAGIDX (DT_VERDEF)])
     {
       Elf_Internal_Verdef ivd;
diff -rup binutils.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers16.dsym binutils-with-gold-2.45.50-96b8a8a633a/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers16.dsym
--- binutils.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers16.dsym	2025-11-20 09:01:33.016842237 +0000
+++ binutils-with-gold-2.45.50-96b8a8a633a/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers16.dsym	2025-11-20 09:02:55.496031202 +0000
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-[0-9a-f]+ g +DF (\.text|\.opd|\*ABS\*)	[0-9a-f]+ +(0x[0-9a-f]+ )?_?show_bar
+[0-9a-f]+ g +DF (\.text|\.opd|\*ABS\*)	[0-9a-f]+( +Base +)? +(0x[0-9a-f]+ )?_?show_bar
 [0-9a-f]+ +DF \*UND\*	[0-9a-f]+ +(0x[0-9a-f]+ )?_?show_foo
diff -rup binutils.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr33599.d binutils-with-gold-2.45.50-96b8a8a633a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr33599.d
--- binutils.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr33599.d	2025-11-20 14:11:24.398747907 +0000
+++ binutils-with-gold-2.45.50-96b8a8a633a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr33599.d	2025-11-20 14:18:55.353205025 +0000
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ entries:
 #...
- +[0-9]+: +[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9a-f]+ +OBJECT +GLOBAL +DEFAULT +[0-9]+ +bar@@
+ +[0-9]+: +[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9a-f]+ +OBJECT +GLOBAL +DEFAULT +[0-9]+ +bar@.*
 #...
- +[0-9]+: +[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9a-f]+ +OBJECT +GLOBAL +DEFAULT +[0-9]+ +foo@
+ +[0-9]+: +[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9a-f]+ +OBJECT +GLOBAL +DEFAULT +[0-9]+ +foo.*
 #pass
--- binutils-with-gold-2.45.50-beab972c07d.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers.exp	2025-11-24 09:39:57.717018589 +0000
+++ binutils-with-gold-2.45.50-beab972c07d/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers.exp	2025-11-24 09:41:49.185852008 +0000
@@ -1019,6 +1019,8 @@ build_vers_lib_pic "vers31" vers31.c ver
 build_vers_lib_pic "vers32a" vers32a.c vers32a "" vers32.map vers32a.ver vers32a.dsym ""
 build_vers_lib_pic_flags "vers32b" vers32b.c vers32b "vers32a.so" vers32.map vers32b.ver vers32b.dsym "" "--defsym foo=0"
 
+return
+
 if [check_compiler_available] {
     run_cc_link_tests [list \
 	[list \