diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0fad0ae411b..c5e08f93171 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1077,14 +1077,6 @@ H5_FORTRAN_SHARED="no"
 if test "X${HDF_FORTRAN}" = "Xyes" && test "X${enable_shared}" != "Xno"; then
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([if shared Fortran libraries are supported])
   H5_FORTRAN_SHARED="yes"
-  ## tell libtool to do the right thing with COMMON symbols, this fixes
-  ## corrupt values with COMMON and EQUIVALENCE when building shared
-  ## Fortran libraries on OSX with gnu and Intel compilers (HDFFV-2772).
-  case "`uname`" in
-    Darwin*)
-    H5_LDFLAGS="$H5_LDFLAGS -Wl,-commons,use_dylibs"
-    ;;
-  esac
 
   ## Report results of check(s)
 
diff --git a/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90 b/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90
index 718b95dcd33..fe575507e41 100644
--- a/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90
+++ b/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 ! PURPOSE
 !  This module is used to pass C stubs for H5 Fortran APIs. The C stubs are
 !  packed into arrays in H5_f.c and these arrays are then passed to Fortran.
-!  This module then uses EQUIVALENCE to assign elements of the arrays to
-!  Fortran equivalent C stubs.
 !
 ! NOTES
 !  The size of the C arrays in H5_f.c has to match the values of the variables
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index b237ad13640..4287fcfdd74 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ New Features
 
     Fortran Library:
     ----------------
-    -
+    - Removed "-commons" linking option on Darwin, as COMMON and EQUIVALENCE
+      are no longer used in the Fortran source.
+
+      Fixes GitHub issue #3571
 
 
     C++ Library: