diff --git a/libdl/Android.bp b/libdl/Android.bp
index 082cdea..5998f9b 100644
--- a/libdl/Android.bp
+++ b/libdl/Android.bp
@@ -84,12 +84,7 @@
     ],
     stl: "none",
 
-    // NOTE: libdl needs __aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr0 from libgcc.a but libgcc.a needs a
-    // few symbols from libc. Using --no-undefined here results in having to link
-    // against libc creating a circular dependency which is removed and we end up
-    // with missing symbols. Since this library is just a bunch of stubs, we set
-    // LOCAL_ALLOW_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS to remove --no-undefined from the linker flags.
-    allow_undefined_symbols: true,
+    nocrt: true,
     system_shared_libs: [],
 
     // This is placeholder library the actual implementation is (currently)