diff --git a/libc/include/sys/cdefs.h b/libc/include/sys/cdefs.h
index 9a8dfdd..c764e9b 100644
--- a/libc/include/sys/cdefs.h
+++ b/libc/include/sys/cdefs.h
@@ -267,20 +267,6 @@
 #endif /* NO_KERNEL_RCSIDS */
 #endif /* _KERNEL */
 
-#if !defined(_STANDALONE) && !defined(_KERNEL)
-#ifdef __GNUC__
-#define	__RENAME(x)	___RENAME(x)
-#else
-#ifdef __lint__
-#define	__RENAME(x)	__symbolrename(x)
-#else
-#error "No function renaming possible"
-#endif /* __lint__ */
-#endif /* __GNUC__ */
-#else /* _STANDALONE || _KERNEL */
-#define	__RENAME(x)	no renaming in kernel or standalone environment
-#endif
-
 /*
  * A barrier to stop the optimizer from moving code or assume live
  * register values. This is gcc specific, the version is more or less
@@ -359,60 +345,15 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
- * Macros for manipulating "link sets".  Link sets are arrays of pointers
- * to objects, which are gathered up by the linker.
- *
- * Object format-specific code has provided us with the following macros:
- *
- *	__link_set_add_text(set, sym)
- *		Add a reference to the .text symbol `sym' to `set'.
- *
- *	__link_set_add_rodata(set, sym)
- *		Add a reference to the .rodata symbol `sym' to `set'.
- *
- *	__link_set_add_data(set, sym)
- *		Add a reference to the .data symbol `sym' to `set'.
- *
- *	__link_set_add_bss(set, sym)
- *		Add a reference to the .bss symbol `sym' to `set'.
- *
- *	__link_set_decl(set, ptype)
- *		Provide an extern declaration of the set `set', which
- *		contains an array of the pointer type `ptype'.  This
- *		macro must be used by any code which wishes to reference
- *		the elements of a link set.
- *
- *	__link_set_start(set)
- *		This points to the first slot in the link set.
- *
- *	__link_set_end(set)
- *		This points to the (non-existent) slot after the last
- *		entry in the link set.
- *
- *	__link_set_count(set)
- *		Count the number of entries in link set `set'.
- *
- * In addition, we provide the following macros for accessing link sets:
- *
- *	__link_set_foreach(pvar, set)
- *		Iterate over the link set `set'.  Because a link set is
- *		an array of pointers, pvar must be declared as "type **pvar",
- *		and the actual entry accessed as "*pvar".
- *
- *	__link_set_entry(set, idx)
- *		Access the link set entry at index `idx' from set `set'.
+ * Some BSD source needs these macros.
+ * Originally they embedded the rcs versions of each source file
+ * in the generated binary. We strip strings during build anyway,.
  */
-#define	__link_set_foreach(pvar, set)					\
-	for (pvar = __link_set_start(set); pvar < __link_set_end(set); pvar++)
-
-#define	__link_set_entry(set, idx)	(__link_set_begin(set)[idx])
-
-/*
- * Some of the FreeBSD sources used in Bionic need this.
- * Originally, this is used to embed the rcs versions of each source file
- * in the generated binary. We certainly don't want this in Bionic.
- */
-#define __FBSDID(s) /* nothing */
+#define __IDSTRING(_prefix,_s) /* nothing */
+#define __COPYRIGHT(_s) /* nothing */
+#define __FBSDID(_s) /* nothing */
+#define __RCSID(_s) /* nothing */
+#define __SCCSID(_s) /* nothing */
 
 /*-
  * The following definitions are an extension of the behavior originally
@@ -570,11 +511,24 @@
 #endif
 #define __bos0(s) __builtin_object_size((s), 0)
 
-#define __BIONIC_FORTIFY_INLINE \
-    extern __inline__ \
-    __attribute__ ((always_inline)) \
-    __attribute__ ((gnu_inline))
+#define __BIONIC_FORTIFY_INLINE extern __inline__ __always_inline __attribute__((gnu_inline))
 #endif
 #define __BIONIC_FORTIFY_UNKNOWN_SIZE ((size_t) -1)
 
+/* Used to tag non-static symbols that are private and never exposed by the shared library. */
+#define __LIBC_HIDDEN__ __attribute__((visibility("hidden")))
+
+/* Like __LIBC_HIDDEN__, but preserves binary compatibility for LP32. */
+#ifdef __LP64__
+#define __LIBC64_HIDDEN__ __LIBC_HIDDEN__
+#else
+#define __LIBC64_HIDDEN__ __LIBC_ABI_PUBLIC__
+#endif
+
+/* Used to tag non-static symbols that are public and exposed by the shared library. */
+#define __LIBC_ABI_PUBLIC__ __attribute__((visibility ("default")))
+
+/* Used to rename functions so that the compiler emits a call to 'x' rather than the function this was applied to. */
+#define __RENAME(x) __asm__(#x)
+
 #endif /* !_SYS_CDEFS_H_ */
diff --git a/libc/include/sys/cdefs_elf.h b/libc/include/sys/cdefs_elf.h
index 4dd7dc3..6bb0a57 100644
--- a/libc/include/sys/cdefs_elf.h
+++ b/libc/include/sys/cdefs_elf.h
@@ -30,27 +30,13 @@
 #ifndef _SYS_CDEFS_ELF_H_
 #define	_SYS_CDEFS_ELF_H_
 
-#ifdef __LEADING_UNDERSCORE
-#define	_C_LABEL(x)	__CONCAT(_,x)
-#define _C_LABEL_STRING(x)	"_"x
-#else
-#define	_C_LABEL(x)	x
-#define _C_LABEL_STRING(x)	x
-#endif
+#define __strong_alias(alias, sym) \
+    __asm__(".global " #alias "\n" \
+            #alias " = " #sym);
 
-#define	___RENAME(x)	__asm__(___STRING(_C_LABEL(x)))
-
-#define	__indr_reference(sym,alias)	/* nada, since we do weak refs */
-
-#define	__strong_alias(alias,sym)	       				\
-    __asm__(".global " _C_LABEL_STRING(#alias) "\n"			\
-	    _C_LABEL_STRING(#alias) " = " _C_LABEL_STRING(#sym));
-
-#define	__weak_alias(alias,sym)						\
-    __asm__(".weak " _C_LABEL_STRING(#alias) "\n"			\
-	    _C_LABEL_STRING(#alias) " = " _C_LABEL_STRING(#sym));
-#define	__weak_extern(sym)						\
-    __asm__(".weak " _C_LABEL_STRING(#sym));
+#define __weak_alias(alias,sym) \
+    __asm__(".weak " #alias "\n" \
+            #alias " = " #sym);
 
 /* We use __warnattr instead of __warn_references.
  * TODO: remove this and put an empty definition in one of the upstream-* compatibility headers.
@@ -58,74 +44,4 @@
 #define	__warn_references(sym,msg)					\
     /*__asm__(".section .gnu.warning." #sym "\n\t.ascii \"" msg "\"\n\t.text");*/
 
-#define	__SECTIONSTRING(_sec, _str)					\
-	__asm__(".section " #_sec "\n\t.asciz \"" _str "\"\n\t.previous")
-
-/* Used to tag non-static symbols that are private and never exposed by the shared library. */
-#define __LIBC_HIDDEN__ __attribute__((visibility ("hidden")))
-
-/* Like __LIBC_HIDDEN__, but preserves binary compatibility for LP32. */
-#ifdef __LP64__
-#define __LIBC64_HIDDEN__ __LIBC_HIDDEN__
-#else
-#define __LIBC64_HIDDEN__ __LIBC_ABI_PUBLIC__
-#endif
-
-/* Used to tag non-static symbols that are public and exposed by the shared library. */
-#define __LIBC_ABI_PUBLIC__ __attribute__((visibility ("default")))
-
-#define	__IDSTRING(_n,_s)		__SECTIONSTRING(.ident,_s)
-
-#define	__RCSID(_s)			__IDSTRING(rcsid,_s)
-#define	__SCCSID(_s)
-#define __SCCSID2(_s)
-#if 0	/* XXX userland __COPYRIGHTs have \ns in them */
-#define	__COPYRIGHT(_s)			__SECTIONSTRING(.copyright,_s)
-#else
-#define	__COPYRIGHT(_s)							\
-	static const char copyright[]					\
-	    __attribute__((__unused__,__section__(".copyright"))) = _s
-#endif
-
-#define	__KERNEL_RCSID(_n, _s)		__RCSID(_s)
-#define	__KERNEL_SCCSID(_n, _s)
-#if 0	/* XXX see above */
-#define	__KERNEL_COPYRIGHT(_n, _s)	__COPYRIGHT(_s)
-#else
-#define	__KERNEL_COPYRIGHT(_n, _s)	__SECTIONSTRING(.copyright, _s)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef __lint__
-#define	__link_set_make_entry(set, sym)					\
-	static void const * const __link_set_##set##_sym_##sym		\
-	    __section("link_set_" #set) __used = &sym
-#define	__link_set_make_entry2(set, sym, n)				\
-	static void const * const __link_set_##set##_sym_##sym##_##n	\
-	    __section("link_set_" #set) __used = &sym[n]
-#else
-#define	__link_set_make_entry(set, sym)					\
-	extern void const * const __link_set_##set##_sym_##sym
-#define	__link_set_make_entry2(set, sym, n)				\
-	extern void const * const __link_set_##set##_sym_##sym##_##n
-#endif /* __lint__ */
-
-#define	__link_set_add_text(set, sym)	__link_set_make_entry(set, sym)
-#define	__link_set_add_rodata(set, sym)	__link_set_make_entry(set, sym)
-#define	__link_set_add_data(set, sym)	__link_set_make_entry(set, sym)
-#define	__link_set_add_bss(set, sym)	__link_set_make_entry(set, sym)
-#define	__link_set_add_text2(set, sym, n)   __link_set_make_entry2(set, sym, n)
-#define	__link_set_add_rodata2(set, sym, n) __link_set_make_entry2(set, sym, n)
-#define	__link_set_add_data2(set, sym, n)   __link_set_make_entry2(set, sym, n)
-#define	__link_set_add_bss2(set, sym, n)    __link_set_make_entry2(set, sym, n)
-
-#define	__link_set_decl(set, ptype)					\
-	extern ptype * const __start_link_set_##set[];			\
-	extern ptype * const __stop_link_set_##set[]			\
-
-#define	__link_set_start(set)	(__start_link_set_##set)
-#define	__link_set_end(set)	(__stop_link_set_##set)
-
-#define	__link_set_count(set)						\
-	(__link_set_end(set) - __link_set_start(set))
-
 #endif /* !_SYS_CDEFS_ELF_H_ */
diff --git a/libc/include/sys/socket.h b/libc/include/sys/socket.h
index ae2f238..a8840ff 100644
--- a/libc/include/sys/socket.h
+++ b/libc/include/sys/socket.h
@@ -294,8 +294,7 @@
 #if defined(__BIONIC_FORTIFY)
 __errordecl(__recvfrom_error, "recvfrom called with size bigger than buffer");
 extern ssize_t __recvfrom_chk(int, void*, size_t, size_t, int, const struct sockaddr*, socklen_t*);
-extern ssize_t __recvfrom_real(int, void*, size_t, int, const struct sockaddr*, socklen_t*)
-    __asm__(__USER_LABEL_PREFIX__ "recvfrom");
+extern ssize_t __recvfrom_real(int, void*, size_t, int, const struct sockaddr*, socklen_t*) __RENAME(recvfrom);
 
 __BIONIC_FORTIFY_INLINE
 ssize_t recvfrom(int fd, void* buf, size_t len, int flags, const struct sockaddr* src_addr, socklen_t* addr_len) {
diff --git a/libc/include/sys/stat.h b/libc/include/sys/stat.h
index c0c168b..a6cc368 100644
--- a/libc/include/sys/stat.h
+++ b/libc/include/sys/stat.h
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 #if defined(__BIONIC_FORTIFY)
 
 extern mode_t __umask_chk(mode_t);
-extern mode_t __umask_real(mode_t) __asm__(__USER_LABEL_PREFIX__ "umask");
+extern mode_t __umask_real(mode_t) __RENAME(umask);
 __errordecl(__umask_invalid_mode, "umask called with invalid mode");
 
 __BIONIC_FORTIFY_INLINE