diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
index 0f9775ed77..dde47ac7c5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		return true
 
 	case objabi.R_ADDR:
-		if s.Type == sym.STEXT && ld.Iself {
+		if s.Type == sym.STEXT && ctxt.IsELF {
 			if ld.Headtype == objabi.Hsolaris {
 				addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 				r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ld.Iself {
+		if ctxt.IsELF {
 			// TODO: We generate a R_X86_64_64 relocation for every R_ADDR, even
 			// though it would be more efficient (for the dynamic linker) if we
 			// generated R_X86_RELATIVE instead.
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 
 	ld.Adddynsym(ctxt, s)
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		plt := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
 		got := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got.plt", 0)
 		rela := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rela.plt", 0)
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 	s.Got = int32(got.Size)
 	got.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		rela := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rela", 0)
 		rela.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got))
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF64_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT)))
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Logf("%5.2f codeblk\n", ld.Cputime())
 	}
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		ld.Asmbelfsetup()
 	}
 
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Out.SeekSet(symo)
 		switch ld.Headtype {
 		default:
-			if ld.Iself {
+			if ctxt.IsELF {
 				ctxt.Out.SeekSet(symo)
 				ld.Asmelfsym(ctxt)
 				ctxt.Out.Flush()
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
index 8e980dcd9d..cbb97c3b6b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		if s.Type != sym.SDATA {
 			break
 		}
-		if ld.Iself {
+		if ctxt.IsELF {
 			ld.Adddynsym(ctxt, targ)
 			rel := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rel", 0)
 			rel.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, s, int64(r.Off))
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 
 	ld.Adddynsym(ctxt, s)
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		plt := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
 		got := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got.plt", 0)
 		rel := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rel.plt", 0)
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ func addgotsyminternal(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 
 	got.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, s, 0)
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 	} else {
 		ld.Errorf(s, "addgotsyminternal: unsupported binary format")
 	}
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 	s.Got = int32(got.Size)
 	got.AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		rel := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rel", 0)
 		rel.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got))
 		rel.AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF32_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_ARM_GLOB_DAT)))
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Logf("%5.2f asmb\n", ld.Cputime())
 	}
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		ld.Asmbelfsetup()
 	}
 
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		}
 		switch ld.Headtype {
 		default:
-			if ld.Iself {
+			if ctxt.IsELF {
 				symo = uint32(ld.Segdwarf.Fileoff + ld.Segdwarf.Filelen)
 				symo = uint32(ld.Rnd(int64(symo), int64(*ld.FlagRound)))
 			}
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Out.SeekSet(int64(symo))
 		switch ld.Headtype {
 		default:
-			if ld.Iself {
+			if ctxt.IsELF {
 				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					ctxt.Logf("%5.2f elfsym\n", ld.Cputime())
 				}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
index 324151e40e..cc7f4d1abf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Logf("%5.2f asmb\n", ld.Cputime())
 	}
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		ld.Asmbelfsetup()
 	}
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		}
 		switch ld.Headtype {
 		default:
-			if ld.Iself {
+			if ctxt.IsELF {
 				symo = uint32(ld.Segdwarf.Fileoff + ld.Segdwarf.Filelen)
 				symo = uint32(ld.Rnd(int64(symo), int64(*ld.FlagRound)))
 			}
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Out.SeekSet(int64(symo))
 		switch ld.Headtype {
 		default:
-			if ld.Iself {
+			if ctxt.IsELF {
 				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					ctxt.Logf("%5.2f elfsym\n", ld.Cputime())
 				}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
index 3851aa77a0..11bdf9ce41 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func relocsym(ctxt *Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 		case objabi.R_TLS_LE:
 			isAndroidX86 := objabi.GOOS == "android" && (ctxt.Arch.InFamily(sys.AMD64, sys.I386))
 
-			if ctxt.LinkMode == LinkExternal && Iself && !isAndroidX86 {
+			if ctxt.LinkMode == LinkExternal && ctxt.IsELF && !isAndroidX86 {
 				r.Done = false
 				if r.Sym == nil {
 					r.Sym = ctxt.Tlsg
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func relocsym(ctxt *Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 				break
 			}
 
-			if Iself && ctxt.Arch.Family == sys.ARM {
+			if ctxt.IsELF && ctxt.Arch.Family == sys.ARM {
 				// On ELF ARM, the thread pointer is 8 bytes before
 				// the start of the thread-local data block, so add 8
 				// to the actual TLS offset (r->sym->value).
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func relocsym(ctxt *Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 				// related to the fact that our own TLS storage happens
 				// to take up 8 bytes.
 				o = 8 + r.Sym.Value
-			} else if Iself || Headtype == objabi.Hplan9 || Headtype == objabi.Hdarwin || isAndroidX86 {
+			} else if ctxt.IsELF || Headtype == objabi.Hplan9 || Headtype == objabi.Hdarwin || isAndroidX86 {
 				o = int64(ctxt.Tlsoffset) + r.Add
 			} else if Headtype == objabi.Hwindows {
 				o = r.Add
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func relocsym(ctxt *Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 		case objabi.R_TLS_IE:
 			isAndroidX86 := objabi.GOOS == "android" && (ctxt.Arch.InFamily(sys.AMD64, sys.I386))
 
-			if ctxt.LinkMode == LinkExternal && Iself && !isAndroidX86 {
+			if ctxt.LinkMode == LinkExternal && ctxt.IsELF && !isAndroidX86 {
 				r.Done = false
 				if r.Sym == nil {
 					r.Sym = ctxt.Tlsg
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func relocsym(ctxt *Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 				}
 				break
 			}
-			if ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModePIE && Iself {
+			if ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModePIE && ctxt.IsELF {
 				// We are linking the final executable, so we
 				// can optimize any TLS IE relocation to LE.
 				if Thearch.TLSIEtoLE == nil {
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func relocsym(ctxt *Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 				r.Xsym = rs
 
 				o = r.Xadd
-				if Iself {
+				if ctxt.IsELF {
 					if ctxt.Arch.Family == sys.AMD64 {
 						o = 0
 					}
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func relocsym(ctxt *Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 				r.Xadd = r.Add + Symaddr(r.Sym) - int64(r.Sym.Sect.Vaddr)
 
 				o = r.Xadd
-				if Iself && ctxt.Arch.Family == sys.AMD64 {
+				if ctxt.IsELF && ctxt.Arch.Family == sys.AMD64 {
 					o = 0
 				}
 				break
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ func relocsym(ctxt *Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 				r.Xsym = rs
 
 				o = r.Xadd
-				if Iself {
+				if ctxt.IsELF {
 					if ctxt.Arch.Family == sys.AMD64 {
 						o = 0
 					}
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func dynreloc(ctxt *Link, data *[sym.SXREF][]*sym.Symbol) {
 			dynrelocsym(ctxt, s)
 		}
 	}
-	if Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		elfdynhash(ctxt)
 	}
 }
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) dodata() {
 
 	if len(data[sym.STLSBSS]) > 0 {
 		var sect *sym.Section
-		if Iself && (ctxt.LinkMode == LinkExternal || !*FlagD) {
+		if ctxt.IsELF && (ctxt.LinkMode == LinkExternal || !*FlagD) {
 			sect = addsection(ctxt.Arch, &Segdata, ".tbss", 06)
 			sect.Align = int32(ctxt.Arch.PtrSize)
 			sect.Vaddr = 0
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) dodata() {
 	 * segtext.
 	 */
 	var segro *sym.Segment
-	if Iself && ctxt.LinkMode == LinkInternal {
+	if ctxt.IsELF && ctxt.LinkMode == LinkInternal {
 		segro = &Segrodata
 	} else {
 		segro = &Segtext
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ func dodataSect(ctxt *Link, symn sym.SymKind, syms []*sym.Symbol) (result []*sym
 		syms[len(syms)-1] = tail
 	}
 
-	if Iself && symn == sym.SELFROSECT {
+	if ctxt.IsELF && symn == sym.SELFROSECT {
 		// Make .rela and .rela.plt contiguous, the ELF ABI requires this
 		// and Solaris actually cares.
 		reli, plti := -1, -1
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ func dodataSect(ctxt *Link, symn sym.SymKind, syms []*sym.Symbol) (result []*sym
 // at the very beginning of the text segment.
 // This ``header'' is read by cmd/go.
 func (ctxt *Link) textbuildid() {
-	if Iself || ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModePlugin || *flagBuildid == "" {
+	if ctxt.IsELF || ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModePlugin || *flagBuildid == "" {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ func assignAddress(ctxt *Link, sect *sym.Section, n int, s *sym.Symbol, va uint6
 
 	// Only break at outermost syms.
 
-	if ctxt.Arch.InFamily(sys.PPC64) && s.Outer == nil && Iself && ctxt.LinkMode == LinkExternal && va-sect.Vaddr+funcsize+maxSizeTrampolinesPPC64(s, isTramp) > 0x1c00000 {
+	if ctxt.Arch.InFamily(sys.PPC64) && s.Outer == nil && ctxt.IsELF && ctxt.LinkMode == LinkExternal && va-sect.Vaddr+funcsize+maxSizeTrampolinesPPC64(s, isTramp) > 0x1c00000 {
 
 		// Set the length for the previous text section
 		sect.Length = va - sect.Vaddr
@@ -1941,11 +1941,11 @@ func (ctxt *Link) address() {
 	var bss *sym.Section
 	var noptrbss *sym.Section
 	for i, s := range Segdata.Sections {
-		if Iself && s.Name == ".tbss" {
+		if ctxt.IsELF && s.Name == ".tbss" {
 			continue
 		}
 		vlen := int64(s.Length)
-		if i+1 < len(Segdata.Sections) && !(Iself && Segdata.Sections[i+1].Name == ".tbss") {
+		if i+1 < len(Segdata.Sections) && !(ctxt.IsELF && Segdata.Sections[i+1].Name == ".tbss") {
 			vlen = int64(Segdata.Sections[i+1].Vaddr - s.Vaddr)
 		}
 		s.Vaddr = va
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go
index 3059e7caf1..f4987bd23a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ func dwarfgeneratedebugsyms(ctxt *Link) {
 
 	if ctxt.LinkMode == LinkExternal {
 		switch {
-		case Iself:
+		case ctxt.IsELF:
 		case Headtype == objabi.Hdarwin:
 		case Headtype == objabi.Hwindows:
 		default:
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
index 470eadf7a0..4f7162f9af 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
@@ -453,8 +453,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	Iself bool
-
 	Nelfsym = 1
 
 	elf64 bool
@@ -485,7 +483,7 @@ var buildinfo []byte
  we write section and prog headers.
 */
 func Elfinit(ctxt *Link) {
-	Iself = true
+	ctxt.IsELF = true
 
 	if ctxt.Arch.InFamily(sys.AMD64, sys.ARM64, sys.MIPS64, sys.PPC64, sys.S390X) {
 		elfRelType = ".rela"
@@ -1008,7 +1006,7 @@ havelib:
 }
 
 func elfdynhash(ctxt *Link) {
-	if !Iself {
+	if !ctxt.IsELF {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -1429,7 +1427,7 @@ func addgonote(ctxt *Link, sectionName string, tag uint32, desc []byte) {
 }
 
 func (ctxt *Link) doelf() {
-	if !Iself {
+	if !ctxt.IsELF {
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/go.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/go.go
index 537b2e90ba..c4e6bf6f2f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/go.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/go.go
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func adddynlib(ctxt *Link, lib string) {
 	}
 	seenlib[lib] = true
 
-	if Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		s := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".dynstr", 0)
 		if s.Size == 0 {
 			Addstring(s, "")
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func Adddynsym(ctxt *Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		elfadddynsym(ctxt, s)
 	} else if Headtype == objabi.Hdarwin {
 		Errorf(s, "adddynsym: missed symbol (Extname=%s)", s.Extname)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index 53e53c7e91..913b70ec93 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) CanUsePlugins() bool {
 func (ctxt *Link) UseRelro() bool {
 	switch ctxt.BuildMode {
 	case BuildModeCArchive, BuildModeCShared, BuildModeShared, BuildModePIE, BuildModePlugin:
-		return Iself
+		return ctxt.IsELF
 	default:
 		return ctxt.linkShared
 	}
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) loadlib() {
 	}
 
 	if ctxt.Arch == sys.Arch386 {
-		if (ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModeCArchive && Iself) || (ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModeCShared && Headtype != objabi.Hwindows) || ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModePIE || ctxt.DynlinkingGo() {
+		if (ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModeCArchive && ctxt.IsELF) || (ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModeCShared && Headtype != objabi.Hwindows) || ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModePIE || ctxt.DynlinkingGo() {
 			got := ctxt.Syms.Lookup("_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_", 0)
 			got.Type = sym.SDYNIMPORT
 			got.Attr |= sym.AttrReachable
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) hostlink() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if Iself && ctxt.DynlinkingGo() {
+	if ctxt.IsELF && ctxt.DynlinkingGo() {
 		// We force all symbol resolution to be done at program startup
 		// because lazy PLT resolution can use large amounts of stack at
 		// times we cannot allow it to do so.
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) hostlink() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if Iself && len(buildinfo) > 0 {
+	if ctxt.IsELF && len(buildinfo) > 0 {
 		argv = append(argv, fmt.Sprintf("-Wl,--build-id=0x%x", buildinfo))
 	}
 
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) hostlink() {
 	}
 
 	// Force global symbols to be exported for dlopen, etc.
-	if Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		argv = append(argv, "-rdynamic")
 	}
 
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) hostlink() {
 		// we added it. We do it in this order, rather than
 		// only adding -rdynamic later, so that -*extldflags
 		// can override -rdynamic without using -static.
-		if Iself && p == "-static" {
+		if ctxt.IsELF && p == "-static" {
 			for i := range argv {
 				if argv[i] == "-rdynamic" {
 					argv[i] = "-static"
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ func genasmsym(ctxt *Link, put func(*Link, *sym.Symbol, string, SymbolType, int6
 			put(ctxt, s, s.Name, BSSSym, Symaddr(s), s.Gotype)
 
 		case sym.SHOSTOBJ:
-			if Headtype == objabi.Hwindows || Iself {
+			if Headtype == objabi.Hwindows || ctxt.IsELF {
 				put(ctxt, s, s.Name, UndefinedSym, s.Value, nil)
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/link.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/link.go
index ea8dba363f..65afd49db9 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/link.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/link.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ type Link struct {
 
 	Loaded bool // set after all inputs have been loaded as symbols
 
+	IsELF bool
+
 	linkShared bool // link against installed Go shared libraries
 	LinkMode   LinkMode
 	BuildMode  BuildMode
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go
index 4a1e27e382..8c69d297c0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func Main(arch *sys.Arch, theArch Arch) {
 	ctxt.computeTLSOffset()
 	Thearch.Archinit(ctxt)
 
-	if ctxt.linkShared && !Iself {
+	if ctxt.linkShared && !ctxt.IsELF {
 		Exitf("-linkshared can only be used on elf systems")
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/mips/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/mips/asm.go
index 1da85c0079..4c1be5250a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/mips/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/mips/asm.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Logf("%5.2f asmb\n", ld.Cputime())
 	}
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		ld.Asmbelfsetup()
 	}
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	ld.Lcsize = 0
 	symo := uint32(0)
 	if !*ld.FlagS {
-		if !ld.Iself {
+		if !ctxt.IsELF {
 			ld.Errorf(nil, "unsupported executable format")
 		}
 		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go
index eb47757748..98ddcad5a3 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Logf("%5.2f asmb\n", ld.Cputime())
 	}
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		ld.Asmbelfsetup()
 	}
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		}
 		switch ld.Headtype {
 		default:
-			if ld.Iself {
+			if ctxt.IsELF {
 				symo = uint32(ld.Segdwarf.Fileoff + ld.Segdwarf.Filelen)
 				symo = uint32(ld.Rnd(int64(symo), int64(*ld.FlagRound)))
 			}
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Out.SeekSet(int64(symo))
 		switch ld.Headtype {
 		default:
-			if ld.Iself {
+			if ctxt.IsELF {
 				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					ctxt.Logf("%5.2f elfsym\n", ld.Cputime())
 				}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
index 41f0c31cd0..ff011c170c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 
 	ld.Adddynsym(ctxt, s)
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		plt := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
 		rela := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rela.plt", 0)
 		if plt.Size == 0 {
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Logf("%5.2f asmb\n", ld.Cputime())
 	}
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		ld.Asmbelfsetup()
 	}
 
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		}
 		switch ld.Headtype {
 		default:
-			if ld.Iself {
+			if ctxt.IsELF {
 				symo = uint32(ld.Segdwarf.Fileoff + ld.Segdwarf.Filelen)
 				symo = uint32(ld.Rnd(int64(symo), int64(*ld.FlagRound)))
 			}
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Out.SeekSet(int64(symo))
 		switch ld.Headtype {
 		default:
-			if ld.Iself {
+			if ctxt.IsELF {
 				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					ctxt.Logf("%5.2f elfsym\n", ld.Cputime())
 				}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
index d6d73bf88f..d6dc91cd04 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 
 	ld.Adddynsym(ctxt, s)
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		plt := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
 		got := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
 		rela := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rela.plt", 0)
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 	s.Got = int32(got.Size)
 	got.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		rela := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rela", 0)
 		rela.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got))
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF64_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_390_GLOB_DAT)))
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Logf("%5.2f asmb\n", ld.Cputime())
 	}
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		ld.Asmbelfsetup()
 	}
 
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	ld.Lcsize = 0
 	symo := uint32(0)
 	if !*ld.FlagS {
-		if !ld.Iself {
+		if !ctxt.IsELF {
 			ld.Errorf(nil, "unsupported executable format")
 		}
 		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
index d2928d2706..208e26aad1 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func gentext(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	} else {
 		switch ctxt.BuildMode {
 		case ld.BuildModeCArchive:
-			if !ld.Iself {
+			if !ctxt.IsELF {
 				return
 			}
 		case ld.BuildModePIE, ld.BuildModeCShared, ld.BuildModePlugin:
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		if s.Type != sym.SDATA {
 			break
 		}
-		if ld.Iself {
+		if ctxt.IsELF {
 			ld.Adddynsym(ctxt, targ)
 			rel := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rel", 0)
 			rel.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, s, int64(r.Off))
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 
 	ld.Adddynsym(ctxt, s)
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		plt := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
 		got := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got.plt", 0)
 		rel := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rel.plt", 0)
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 	s.Got = int32(got.Size)
 	got.AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		rel := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rel", 0)
 		rel.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got))
 		rel.AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF32_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_386_GLOB_DAT)))
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Logf("%5.2f asmb\n", ld.Cputime())
 	}
 
-	if ld.Iself {
+	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		ld.Asmbelfsetup()
 	}
 
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		}
 		switch ld.Headtype {
 		default:
-			if ld.Iself {
+			if ctxt.IsELF {
 				symo = uint32(ld.Segdwarf.Fileoff + ld.Segdwarf.Filelen)
 				symo = uint32(ld.Rnd(int64(symo), int64(*ld.FlagRound)))
 			}
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ctxt.Out.SeekSet(int64(symo))
 		switch ld.Headtype {
 		default:
-			if ld.Iself {
+			if ctxt.IsELF {
 				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					ctxt.Logf("%5.2f elfsym\n", ld.Cputime())
 				}