diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
index 81011638bc..ffc27d66b7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
@@ -480,10 +480,6 @@ func Elfwritedynent(arch *sys.Arch, s *loader.SymbolBuilder, tag elf.DynTag, val
 	}
 }
 
-func elfwritedynentsym(ctxt *Link, s *loader.SymbolBuilder, tag elf.DynTag, t loader.Sym) {
-	Elfwritedynentsymplus(ctxt, s, tag, t, 0)
-}
-
 func Elfwritedynentsymplus(ctxt *Link, s *loader.SymbolBuilder, tag elf.DynTag, t loader.Sym, add int64) {
 	if elf64 {
 		s.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, uint64(tag))
@@ -1472,24 +1468,24 @@ func (ctxt *Link) doelf() {
 		/*
 		 * .dynamic table
 		 */
-		elfwritedynentsym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_HASH, hash.Sym())
+		elfWriteDynEntSym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_HASH, hash.Sym())
 
-		elfwritedynentsym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_SYMTAB, dynsym.Sym())
+		elfWriteDynEntSym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_SYMTAB, dynsym.Sym())
 		if elf64 {
 			Elfwritedynent(ctxt.Arch, dynamic, elf.DT_SYMENT, ELF64SYMSIZE)
 		} else {
 			Elfwritedynent(ctxt.Arch, dynamic, elf.DT_SYMENT, ELF32SYMSIZE)
 		}
-		elfwritedynentsym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_STRTAB, dynstr.Sym())
+		elfWriteDynEntSym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_STRTAB, dynstr.Sym())
 		elfwritedynentsymsize(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_STRSZ, dynstr.Sym())
 		if elfRelType == ".rela" {
 			rela := ldr.LookupOrCreateSym(".rela", 0)
-			elfwritedynentsym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_RELA, rela)
+			elfWriteDynEntSym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_RELA, rela)
 			elfwritedynentsymsize(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_RELASZ, rela)
 			Elfwritedynent(ctxt.Arch, dynamic, elf.DT_RELAENT, ELF64RELASIZE)
 		} else {
 			rel := ldr.LookupOrCreateSym(".rel", 0)
-			elfwritedynentsym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_REL, rel)
+			elfWriteDynEntSym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_REL, rel)
 			elfwritedynentsymsize(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_RELSZ, rel)
 			Elfwritedynent(ctxt.Arch, dynamic, elf.DT_RELENT, ELF32RELSIZE)
 		}
@@ -1499,9 +1495,9 @@ func (ctxt *Link) doelf() {
 		}
 
 		if ctxt.IsPPC64() {
-			elfwritedynentsym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_PLTGOT, plt.Sym())
+			elfWriteDynEntSym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_PLTGOT, plt.Sym())
 		} else {
-			elfwritedynentsym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_PLTGOT, gotplt.Sym())
+			elfWriteDynEntSym(ctxt, dynamic, elf.DT_PLTGOT, gotplt.Sym())
 		}
 
 		if ctxt.IsPPC64() {