This patch is from ubuntu:
  * objcopy-absolute.diff (update): Remove .note, .comment, and
    .note.gnu.build-id sections from images (LP: #444703).

Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [no longer maintained]

Index: b/acinclude.m4
===================================================================
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   else
     AC_MSG_ERROR([${CC-cc} cannot link at address $link_addr])
   fi
-  if AC_TRY_COMMAND([${OBJCOPY-objcopy} -O binary conftest.exec conftest]); then :
+  if AC_TRY_COMMAND([${OBJCOPY-objcopy} --only-section=.text -O binary conftest.exec conftest]); then :
   else
     AC_MSG_ERROR([${OBJCOPY-objcopy} cannot create binary files])
   fi
Index: b/stage1/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- a/stage1/Makefile.am
+++ b/stage1/Makefile.am
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@

 SUFFIXES = .exec
 .exec:
-	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary $< $@
+	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -R .note -R .comment -R .note.gnu.build-id $< $@
Index: b/stage2/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- a/stage2/Makefile.am
+++ b/stage2/Makefile.am
@@ -293,4 +293,4 @@
 # General rule for making a raw binary.
 SUFFIXES = .exec
 .exec:
-	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary $< $@
+	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -R .note -R .comment -R .note.gnu.build-id $< $@