diff --git a/linker/linker_main.cpp b/linker/linker_main.cpp
index 4799739..46cd60c 100644
--- a/linker/linker_main.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker_main.cpp
@@ -129,9 +129,8 @@
   if (path != nullptr) {
     // We have historically supported ':' as well as ' ' in LD_PRELOAD.
     g_ld_preload_names = android::base::Split(path, " :");
-    std::remove_if(g_ld_preload_names.begin(),
-                   g_ld_preload_names.end(),
-                   [] (const std::string& s) { return s.empty(); });
+    g_ld_preload_names.erase(std::remove_if(g_ld_preload_names.begin(), g_ld_preload_names.end(),
+                                            [](const std::string& s) { return s.empty(); }));
   }
 }