diff --git a/libc/bionic/strerror.cpp b/libc/bionic/strerror.cpp
index 743130d..c41b547 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/strerror.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/strerror.cpp
@@ -102,3 +102,4 @@
   strerror_r(error_number, result, sizeof(tls.strerror_buf));
   return result;
 }
+__strong_alias(strerror_l, strerror);
diff --git a/libc/bionic/string_l.cpp b/libc/bionic/string_l.cpp
index 66bfb0e..84396bf 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/string_l.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/string_l.cpp
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
   return strcoll(s1, s2);
 }
 
-char* strerror_l(int error, locale_t) {
-  return strerror(error);
-}
-
 size_t strxfrm_l(char* dst, const char* src, size_t n, locale_t) {
   return strxfrm(dst, src, n);
 }