diff --git a/ldso/dynlink.c b/ldso/dynlink.c
index 715948f4..aa49c437 100644
--- a/ldso/dynlink.c
+++ b/ldso/dynlink.c
@@ -1122,42 +1122,7 @@ static struct dso *load_library(const char *name, struct dso *needed_by)
 				fd = path_open(name, p->rpath, buf, sizeof buf);
 		}
 		if (fd == -1) {
-			if (!sys_path) {
-				char *prefix = 0;
-				size_t prefix_len;
-				if (ldso.name[0]=='/') {
-					char *s, *t, *z;
-					for (s=t=z=ldso.name; *s; s++)
-						if (*s=='/') z=t, t=s;
-					prefix_len = z-ldso.name;
-					if (prefix_len < PATH_MAX)
-						prefix = ldso.name;
-				}
-				if (!prefix) {
-					prefix = "";
-					prefix_len = 0;
-				}
-				char etc_ldso_path[prefix_len + 1
-					+ sizeof "/etc/ld-musl-" LDSO_ARCH ".path"];
-				snprintf(etc_ldso_path, sizeof etc_ldso_path,
-					"%.*s/etc/ld-musl-" LDSO_ARCH ".path",
-					(int)prefix_len, prefix);
-				fd = open(etc_ldso_path, O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC);
-				if (fd>=0) {
-					size_t n = 0;
-					if (!fstat(fd, &st)) n = st.st_size;
-					if ((sys_path = malloc(n+1)))
-						sys_path[n] = 0;
-					if (!sys_path || read_loop(fd, sys_path, n)<0) {
-						free(sys_path);
-						sys_path = "";
-					}
-					close(fd);
-				} else if (errno != ENOENT) {
-					sys_path = "";
-				}
-			}
-			if (!sys_path) sys_path = "/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib";
+			if (!sys_path) sys_path = "/lib/" LDSO_ARCH "-semios-linux";
 			fd = path_open(name, sys_path, buf, sizeof buf);
 		}
 		pathname = buf;
@@ -1326,7 +1291,7 @@ static void extend_bfs_deps(struct dso *p)
 		struct dso *dep = p->deps[i];
 		for (j=cnt=0; j<dep->ndeps_direct; j++)
 			if (!dep->deps[j]->mark) cnt++;
-		tmp = no_realloc ? 
+		tmp = no_realloc ?
 			malloc(sizeof(*tmp) * (ndeps_all+cnt+1)) :
 			realloc(p->deps, sizeof(*tmp) * (ndeps_all+cnt+1));
 		if (!tmp) {
@@ -1587,7 +1552,7 @@ static void do_init_fini(struct dso **queue)
 		if (p->ctor_visitor || p->constructed)
 			continue;
 		p->ctor_visitor = self;
-		
+
 		decode_vec(p->dynv, dyn, DYN_CNT);
 		if (dyn[0] & ((1<<DT_FINI) | (1<<DT_FINI_ARRAY))) {
 			p->fini_next = fini_head;
@@ -1698,7 +1663,7 @@ static void install_new_tls(void)
  * following stage 2 and stage 3 functions via primitive symbolic lookup
  * since it does not have access to their addresses to begin with. */
 
-/* Stage 2 of the dynamic linker is called after relative relocations 
+/* Stage 2 of the dynamic linker is called after relative relocations
  * have been processed. It can make function calls to static functions
  * and access string literals and static data, but cannot use extern
  * symbols. Its job is to perform symbolic relocations on the dynamic