diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/gsubr.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/gsubr.go
index 5ad7b9a1b6..6e9f80a89d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/gsubr.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/gsubr.go
@@ -176,11 +176,6 @@ func (pp *Progs) settext(fn *Node) {
 	ptxt := pp.Prog(obj.ATEXT)
 	pp.Text = ptxt
 
-	if fn.Func.lsym == nil {
-		// func _() { }
-		return
-	}
-
 	fn.Func.lsym.Func.Text = ptxt
 	ptxt.From.Type = obj.TYPE_MEM
 	ptxt.From.Name = obj.NAME_EXTERN
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go
index 1dc4b53427..6914e3c5f8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go
@@ -258,17 +258,15 @@ func compile(fn *Node) {
 	// be types of stack objects. We need to do this here
 	// because symbols must be allocated before the parallel
 	// phase of the compiler.
-	if fn.Func.lsym != nil { // not func _(){}
-		for _, n := range fn.Func.Dcl {
-			switch n.Class() {
-			case PPARAM, PPARAMOUT, PAUTO:
-				if livenessShouldTrack(n) && n.Addrtaken() {
-					dtypesym(n.Type)
-					// Also make sure we allocate a linker symbol
-					// for the stack object data, for the same reason.
-					if fn.Func.lsym.Func.StackObjects == nil {
-						fn.Func.lsym.Func.StackObjects = lookup(fmt.Sprintf("%s.stkobj", fn.funcname())).Linksym()
-					}
+	for _, n := range fn.Func.Dcl {
+		switch n.Class() {
+		case PPARAM, PPARAMOUT, PAUTO:
+			if livenessShouldTrack(n) && n.Addrtaken() {
+				dtypesym(n.Type)
+				// Also make sure we allocate a linker symbol
+				// for the stack object data, for the same reason.
+				if fn.Func.lsym.Func.StackObjects == nil {
+					fn.Func.lsym.Func.StackObjects = lookup(fmt.Sprintf("%s.stkobj", fn.funcname())).Linksym()
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/plive.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/plive.go
index b48a9ea87e..a9a01e5c12 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/plive.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/plive.go
@@ -1426,26 +1426,26 @@ func liveness(e *ssafn, f *ssa.Func, pp *Progs) LivenessMap {
 	}
 
 	// Emit the live pointer map data structures
-	if ls := e.curfn.Func.lsym; ls != nil {
-		ls.Func.GCArgs, ls.Func.GCLocals, ls.Func.GCRegs = lv.emit()
+	ls := e.curfn.Func.lsym
+	ls.Func.GCArgs, ls.Func.GCLocals, ls.Func.GCRegs = lv.emit()
 
-		p := pp.Prog(obj.AFUNCDATA)
-		Addrconst(&p.From, objabi.FUNCDATA_ArgsPointerMaps)
-		p.To.Type = obj.TYPE_MEM
-		p.To.Name = obj.NAME_EXTERN
-		p.To.Sym = ls.Func.GCArgs
+	p := pp.Prog(obj.AFUNCDATA)
+	Addrconst(&p.From, objabi.FUNCDATA_ArgsPointerMaps)
+	p.To.Type = obj.TYPE_MEM
+	p.To.Name = obj.NAME_EXTERN
+	p.To.Sym = ls.Func.GCArgs
 
-		p = pp.Prog(obj.AFUNCDATA)
-		Addrconst(&p.From, objabi.FUNCDATA_LocalsPointerMaps)
-		p.To.Type = obj.TYPE_MEM
-		p.To.Name = obj.NAME_EXTERN
-		p.To.Sym = ls.Func.GCLocals
+	p = pp.Prog(obj.AFUNCDATA)
+	Addrconst(&p.From, objabi.FUNCDATA_LocalsPointerMaps)
+	p.To.Type = obj.TYPE_MEM
+	p.To.Name = obj.NAME_EXTERN
+	p.To.Sym = ls.Func.GCLocals
+
+	p = pp.Prog(obj.AFUNCDATA)
+	Addrconst(&p.From, objabi.FUNCDATA_RegPointerMaps)
+	p.To.Type = obj.TYPE_MEM
+	p.To.Name = obj.NAME_EXTERN
+	p.To.Sym = ls.Func.GCRegs
 
-		p = pp.Prog(obj.AFUNCDATA)
-		Addrconst(&p.From, objabi.FUNCDATA_RegPointerMaps)
-		p.To.Type = obj.TYPE_MEM
-		p.To.Name = obj.NAME_EXTERN
-		p.To.Sym = ls.Func.GCRegs
-	}
 	return lv.livenessMap
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
index 9d56c562d0..c8befa40cd 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
@@ -5175,10 +5175,7 @@ func genssa(f *ssa.Func, pp *Progs) {
 				}
 			case ssa.OpInlMark:
 				p := thearch.Ginsnop(s.pp)
-				if pp.curfn.Func.lsym != nil {
-					// lsym is nil if the function name is "_".
-					pp.curfn.Func.lsym.Func.AddInlMark(p, v.AuxInt32())
-				}
+				pp.curfn.Func.lsym.Func.AddInlMark(p, v.AuxInt32())
 				// TODO: if matching line number, merge somehow with previous instruction?
 
 			default: