diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
index c880c0da01a..cadb92b43cd 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
@@ -118,22 +118,66 @@ func deadcode(ctxt *Link) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	for _, lib := range ctxt.Library {
-		lib.Textp = lib.Textp[:0]
-	}
-
 	// Remove dead text but keep file information (z symbols).
-	textp := make([]*sym.Symbol, 0, len(ctxt.Textp))
+	textp := []*sym.Symbol{}
 	for _, s := range ctxt.Textp {
 		if s.Attr.Reachable() {
-			if s.Unit != nil {
-				s.Unit.Lib.Textp = append(s.Unit.Lib.Textp, s)
-				s.Unit.Textp = append(s.Unit.Textp, s)
-			}
 			textp = append(textp, s)
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Put reachable text symbols into Textp.
+	// do it in postorder so that packages are laid down in dependency order
+	// internal first, then everything else
+	ctxt.Library = postorder(ctxt.Library)
+	for _, doInternal := range [2]bool{true, false} {
+		for _, lib := range ctxt.Library {
+			if isRuntimeDepPkg(lib.Pkg) != doInternal {
+				continue
+			}
+			libtextp := lib.Textp[:0]
+			for _, s := range lib.Textp {
+				if s.Attr.Reachable() {
+					textp = append(textp, s)
+					libtextp = append(libtextp, s)
+					if s.Unit != nil {
+						s.Unit.Textp = append(s.Unit.Textp, s)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			for _, s := range lib.DupTextSyms {
+				if s.Attr.Reachable() && !s.Attr.OnList() {
+					textp = append(textp, s)
+					libtextp = append(libtextp, s)
+					if s.Unit != nil {
+						s.Unit.Textp = append(s.Unit.Textp, s)
+					}
+					s.Attr |= sym.AttrOnList
+					// dupok symbols may be defined in multiple packages. its
+					// associated package is chosen sort of arbitrarily (the
+					// first containing package that the linker loads). canonicalize
+					// it here to the package with which it will be laid down
+					// in text.
+					s.File = objabi.PathToPrefix(lib.Pkg)
+				}
+			}
+			lib.Textp = libtextp
+		}
+	}
 	ctxt.Textp = textp
+
+	if len(ctxt.Shlibs) > 0 {
+		// We might have overwritten some functions above (this tends to happen for the
+		// autogenerated type equality/hashing functions) and we don't want to generated
+		// pcln table entries for these any more so remove them from Textp.
+		textp := make([]*sym.Symbol, 0, len(ctxt.Textp))
+		for _, s := range ctxt.Textp {
+			if s.Type != sym.SDYNIMPORT {
+				textp = append(textp, s)
+			}
+		}
+		ctxt.Textp = textp
+	}
 }
 
 // methodref holds the relocations from a receiver type symbol to its
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index 5ab43cca705..f11adbcfb6a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -538,44 +538,6 @@ func (ctxt *Link) loadlib() {
 	}
 
 	importcycles()
-
-	// put symbols into Textp
-	// do it in postorder so that packages are laid down in dependency order
-	// internal first, then everything else
-	ctxt.Library = postorder(ctxt.Library)
-	for _, doInternal := range [2]bool{true, false} {
-		for _, lib := range ctxt.Library {
-			if isRuntimeDepPkg(lib.Pkg) != doInternal {
-				continue
-			}
-			ctxt.Textp = append(ctxt.Textp, lib.Textp...)
-			for _, s := range lib.DupTextSyms {
-				if !s.Attr.OnList() {
-					ctxt.Textp = append(ctxt.Textp, s)
-					s.Attr |= sym.AttrOnList
-					// dupok symbols may be defined in multiple packages. its
-					// associated package is chosen sort of arbitrarily (the
-					// first containing package that the linker loads). canonicalize
-					// it here to the package with which it will be laid down
-					// in text.
-					s.File = objabi.PathToPrefix(lib.Pkg)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(ctxt.Shlibs) > 0 {
-		// We might have overwritten some functions above (this tends to happen for the
-		// autogenerated type equality/hashing functions) and we don't want to generated
-		// pcln table entries for these any more so remove them from Textp.
-		textp := make([]*sym.Symbol, 0, len(ctxt.Textp))
-		for _, s := range ctxt.Textp {
-			if s.Type != sym.SDYNIMPORT {
-				textp = append(textp, s)
-			}
-		}
-		ctxt.Textp = textp
-	}
 }
 
 // Set up flags and special symbols depending on the platform build mode.