diff --git a/linker/linker_main.cpp b/linker/linker_main.cpp
index 8ba947f..98af54a 100644
--- a/linker/linker_main.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker_main.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "linker_gdb_support.h"
 #include "linker_globals.h"
 #include "linker_phdr.h"
+#include "linker_relocate.h"
 #include "linker_tls.h"
 #include "linker_utils.h"
 
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@
   si->load_bias = get_elf_exec_load_bias(ehdr_vdso);
 
   si->prelink_image();
-  si->link_image(g_empty_list, soinfo_list_t::make_list(si), nullptr, nullptr);
+  si->link_image(SymbolLookupList(si), si, nullptr, nullptr);
   // prevents accidental unloads...
   si->set_dt_flags_1(si->get_dt_flags_1() | DF_1_NODELETE);
   si->set_linked();
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@
                       &namespaces)) {
     __linker_cannot_link(g_argv[0]);
   } else if (needed_libraries_count == 0) {
-    if (!si->link_image(g_empty_list, soinfo_list_t::make_list(si), nullptr, nullptr)) {
+    if (!si->link_image(SymbolLookupList(si), si, nullptr, nullptr)) {
       __linker_cannot_link(g_argv[0]);
     }
     si->increment_ref_count();
@@ -668,14 +669,7 @@
 
   // Prelink the linker so we can access linker globals.
   if (!tmp_linker_so.prelink_image()) __linker_cannot_link(args.argv[0]);
-
-  // This might not be obvious... The reasons why we pass g_empty_list
-  // in place of local_group here are (1) we do not really need it, because
-  // linker is built with DT_SYMBOLIC and therefore relocates its symbols against
-  // itself without having to look into local_group and (2) allocators
-  // are not yet initialized, and therefore we cannot use linked_list.push_*
-  // functions at this point.
-  if (!tmp_linker_so.link_image(g_empty_list, g_empty_list, nullptr, nullptr)) __linker_cannot_link(args.argv[0]);
+  if (!tmp_linker_so.link_image(SymbolLookupList(&tmp_linker_so), &tmp_linker_so, nullptr, nullptr)) __linker_cannot_link(args.argv[0]);
 
   return __linker_init_post_relocation(args, tmp_linker_so);
 }