diff --git a/libc/private/ScopedFd.h b/libc/private/ScopedFd.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e56c139..0000000
--- a/libc/private/ScopedFd.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#ifndef SCOPED_FD_H
-#define SCOPED_FD_H
-
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include "bionic_macros.h"
-
-// A smart pointer that closes the given fd on going out of scope.
-// Use this when the fd is incidental to the purpose of your function,
-// but needs to be cleaned up on exit.
-class ScopedFd {
-public:
-    explicit ScopedFd(int fd) : fd(fd) {
-    }
-
-    ~ScopedFd() {
-      reset();
-    }
-
-    int get() const {
-        return fd;
-    }
-
-    int release() __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) {
-        int localFd = fd;
-        fd = -1;
-        return localFd;
-    }
-
-    void reset(int new_fd = -1) {
-      if (fd != -1) {
-          TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(fd));
-      }
-      fd = new_fd;
-    }
-
-private:
-    int fd;
-
-    // Disallow copy and assignment.
-    DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedFd);
-};
-
-#endif  // SCOPED_FD_H
diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index 490a372..8554fbb 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include "private/bionic_tls.h"
 #include "private/KernelArgumentBlock.h"
 #include "private/ScopedPthreadMutexLocker.h"
-#include "private/ScopedFd.h"
 #include "private/ScopeGuard.h"
 #include "private/UniquePtr.h"
 
@@ -1210,29 +1209,10 @@
   }
 }
 
-static soinfo* load_library(LoadTaskList& load_tasks,
+static soinfo* load_library(int fd, off64_t file_offset,
+                            LoadTaskList& load_tasks,
                             const char* name, int rtld_flags,
                             const android_dlextinfo* extinfo) {
-  int fd = -1;
-  off64_t file_offset = 0;
-  ScopedFd file_guard(-1);
-
-  if (extinfo != nullptr && (extinfo->flags & ANDROID_DLEXT_USE_LIBRARY_FD) != 0) {
-    fd = extinfo->library_fd;
-    if ((extinfo->flags & ANDROID_DLEXT_USE_LIBRARY_FD_OFFSET) != 0) {
-      file_offset = extinfo->library_fd_offset;
-    }
-  } else {
-    // Open the file.
-    fd = open_library(name, &file_offset);
-    if (fd == -1) {
-      DL_ERR("library \"%s\" not found", name);
-      return nullptr;
-    }
-
-    file_guard.reset(fd);
-  }
-
   if ((file_offset % PAGE_SIZE) != 0) {
     DL_ERR("file offset for the library \"%s\" is not page-aligned: %" PRId64, name, file_offset);
     return nullptr;
@@ -1308,6 +1288,29 @@
   return si;
 }
 
+static soinfo* load_library(LoadTaskList& load_tasks,
+                            const char* name, int rtld_flags,
+                            const android_dlextinfo* extinfo) {
+  if (extinfo != nullptr && (extinfo->flags & ANDROID_DLEXT_USE_LIBRARY_FD) != 0) {
+    off64_t file_offset = 0;
+    if ((extinfo->flags & ANDROID_DLEXT_USE_LIBRARY_FD_OFFSET) != 0) {
+      file_offset = extinfo->library_fd_offset;
+    }
+    return load_library(extinfo->library_fd, file_offset, load_tasks, name, rtld_flags, extinfo);
+  }
+
+  // Open the file.
+  off64_t file_offset;
+  int fd = open_library(name, &file_offset);
+  if (fd == -1) {
+    DL_ERR("library \"%s\" not found", name);
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  soinfo* result = load_library(fd, file_offset, load_tasks, name, rtld_flags, extinfo);
+  close(fd);
+  return result;
+}
+
 static soinfo *find_loaded_library_by_soname(const char* name) {
   // Ignore filename with path.
   if (strchr(name, '/') != nullptr) {