diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index 60c8e31..389e77d 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -3408,7 +3408,7 @@
 }
 
 bool soinfo::protect_relro() {
-  if (phdr_table_protect_gnu_relro(phdr, phnum, load_bias, should_pad_segments_) < 0) {
+  if (phdr_table_protect_gnu_relro(phdr, phnum, load_bias) < 0) {
     DL_ERR("can't enable GNU RELRO protection for \"%s\": %s",
            get_realpath(), strerror(errno));
     return false;
diff --git a/linker/linker_phdr.cpp b/linker/linker_phdr.cpp
index 6bfe80c..1547cae 100644
--- a/linker/linker_phdr.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker_phdr.cpp
@@ -993,42 +993,11 @@
                                    should_pad_segments);
 }
 
-static inline void _extend_gnu_relro_prot_end(const ElfW(Phdr)* relro_phdr,
-                                              const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table, size_t phdr_count,
-                                              ElfW(Addr) load_bias, ElfW(Addr)* seg_page_end) {
-  // Find the index and phdr of the LOAD containing the GNU_RELRO segment
-  for (size_t index = 0; index < phdr_count; ++index) {
-    const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr = &phdr_table[index];
-
-    if (phdr->p_type == PT_LOAD && phdr->p_vaddr == relro_phdr->p_vaddr) {
-      // If the PT_GNU_RELRO mem size is not at least as large as the corresponding
-      // LOAD segment mem size, we need to protect only a partial region of the
-      // LOAD segment and therefore cannot avoid a VMA split.
-      if (relro_phdr->p_memsz < phdr->p_memsz) {
-        break;
-      }
-
-      ElfW(Addr) p_memsz = phdr->p_memsz;
-      ElfW(Addr) p_filesz = phdr->p_filesz;
-
-      // Attempt extending the VMA (mprotect range). Without extending the range
-      // mprotect will only RO protect a part of the extend RW LOAD segment, which will
-      // leave an extra split RW VMA (the gap).
-      _extend_load_segment_vma(phdr_table, phdr_count, index, &p_memsz, &p_filesz);
-
-      *seg_page_end = page_end(phdr->p_vaddr + p_memsz + load_bias);
-
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 /* Used internally by phdr_table_protect_gnu_relro and
  * phdr_table_unprotect_gnu_relro.
  */
 static int _phdr_table_set_gnu_relro_prot(const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table, size_t phdr_count,
-                                          ElfW(Addr) load_bias, int prot_flags,
-                                          bool should_pad_segments) {
+                                          ElfW(Addr) load_bias, int prot_flags) {
   const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr = phdr_table;
   const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_limit = phdr + phdr_count;
 
@@ -1053,16 +1022,8 @@
     //       the program is likely to fail at runtime. So in effect the
     //       linker must only emit a PT_GNU_RELRO segment if it ensures
     //       that it starts on a page boundary.
-    ElfW(Addr) seg_page_start = page_start(phdr->p_vaddr + load_bias);
-    ElfW(Addr) seg_page_end = page_end(phdr->p_vaddr + phdr->p_memsz + load_bias);
-
-    // Before extending the RO protection, we need to ensure that the segments were extended
-    // by bionic, because the kernel won't map gaps so it usually contains unrelated
-    // mappings which will be incorrectly protected as RO likely leading to
-    // segmentation fault.
-    if (phdr->p_align > kPageSize && should_pad_segments) {
-      _extend_gnu_relro_prot_end(phdr, phdr_table, phdr_count, load_bias, &seg_page_end);
-    }
+    ElfW(Addr) seg_page_start = page_start(phdr->p_vaddr) + load_bias;
+    ElfW(Addr) seg_page_end = page_end(phdr->p_vaddr + phdr->p_memsz) + load_bias;
 
     int ret = mprotect(reinterpret_cast<void*>(seg_page_start),
                        seg_page_end - seg_page_start,
@@ -1087,14 +1048,12 @@
  *   phdr_table  -> program header table
  *   phdr_count  -> number of entries in tables
  *   load_bias   -> load bias
- *   should_pad_segments -> Were segments extended to avoid gaps in the memory map
  * Return:
  *   0 on success, -1 on failure (error code in errno).
  */
-int phdr_table_protect_gnu_relro(const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table, size_t phdr_count,
-                                 ElfW(Addr) load_bias, bool should_pad_segments) {
-  return _phdr_table_set_gnu_relro_prot(phdr_table, phdr_count, load_bias, PROT_READ,
-                                        should_pad_segments);
+int phdr_table_protect_gnu_relro(const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table,
+                                 size_t phdr_count, ElfW(Addr) load_bias) {
+  return _phdr_table_set_gnu_relro_prot(phdr_table, phdr_count, load_bias, PROT_READ);
 }
 
 /* Serialize the GNU relro segments to the given file descriptor. This can be
diff --git a/linker/linker_phdr.h b/linker/linker_phdr.h
index 4deed33..239ecb9 100644
--- a/linker/linker_phdr.h
+++ b/linker/linker_phdr.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
                                   ElfW(Addr) load_bias, bool should_pad_segments);
 
 int phdr_table_protect_gnu_relro(const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table, size_t phdr_count,
-                                 ElfW(Addr) load_bias, bool should_pad_segments);
+                                 ElfW(Addr) load_bias);
 
 int phdr_table_serialize_gnu_relro(const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table, size_t phdr_count,
                                    ElfW(Addr) load_bias, int fd, size_t* file_offset);