diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2072109..93adb8a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Tue Feb 11 17:11:00 2003  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>
+
+	* init.c: Don't do the check to see if Object and NXConstantString
+	are set up before calling +load ... NXConstantString is never set
+	when we use gcc-3.0 and later in GNUstep ... which means that
+	+load would never be sent.
+
 2001-05-01  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* fdl.texi: New file.
diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index e16589d..c9df0e0 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -674,12 +674,14 @@ static void objc_send_load (void)
 	return;
     }
 
+#if 0
   /* Special check to allow creating and sending messages to constant strings
      in +load methods. If these classes are not yet known, even if all the
      other classes are known, delay sending of +load. */
   if (!objc_lookup_class ("NXConstantString") ||
       !objc_lookup_class ("Object"))
     return;
+#endif
 
   /* Iterate over all modules in the __objc_module_list and call on them the
      __objc_create_classes_tree function. This function creates a tree of