diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/loader.c b/dlls/ntdll/loader.c
index aa7b58b7324..ab554438afc 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/loader.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/loader.c
@@ -3900,33 +3900,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain( HINSTANCE inst, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved )
 }
 
 
-static NTSTATUS load_ntdll_so( HMODULE module, const IMAGE_NT_HEADERS *nt )
-{
-    NTSTATUS (__cdecl *init_func)( HMODULE module, const void *ptr_in, void *ptr_out );
-    Dl_info info;
-    char *name;
-    void *handle;
-
-    if (!dladdr( load_ntdll_so, &info ))
-    {
-        fprintf( stderr, "cannot get path to ntdll.dll.so\n" );
-        exit(1);
-    }
-    name = strdup( info.dli_fname );
-    strcpy( name + strlen(name) - strlen(".dll.so"), ".so" );
-    if (!(handle = dlopen( name, RTLD_NOW )))
-    {
-        fprintf( stderr, "failed to load %s: %s\n", name, dlerror() );
-        exit(1);
-    }
-    if (!(init_func = dlsym( handle, "__wine_init_unix_lib" )))
-    {
-        fprintf( stderr, "init func not found in %s\n", name );
-        exit(1);
-    }
-    return init_func( module, nt, &unix_funcs );
-}
-
 /***********************************************************************
  *           __wine_process_init
  */
@@ -3948,13 +3921,9 @@ void __wine_process_init(void)
     HMODULE ntdll_module = (HMODULE)((__wine_spec_nt_header.OptionalHeader.ImageBase + 0xffff) & ~0xffff);
     INITIAL_TEB stack;
     SIZE_T info_size;
-    TEB *teb;
-    PEB *peb;
+    TEB *teb = thread_init( &info_size );
+    PEB *peb = teb->Peb;
 
-    if (!unix_funcs) load_ntdll_so( ntdll_module, &__wine_spec_nt_header );
-
-    teb = thread_init( &info_size );
-    peb = teb->Peb;
     peb->ProcessHeap = RtlCreateHeap( HEAP_GROWABLE, NULL, 0, 0, NULL, NULL );
     peb->LoaderLock = &loader_section;
 
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/unix/loader.c b/dlls/ntdll/unix/loader.c
index 10b483a95a6..6043367a8e4 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/unix/loader.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/unix/loader.c
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ static void (CDECL *p__wine_set_unix_funcs)( int version, const struct unix_func
 static void fatal_error( const char *err, ... ) __attribute__((noreturn, format(printf,1,2)));
 #endif
 
-extern int __wine_main_argc;
-extern char **__wine_main_argv;
-extern char **__wine_main_environ;
-
 #if defined(linux) || defined(__APPLE__)
 static const BOOL use_preloader = TRUE;
 #else
@@ -1803,39 +1799,6 @@ void __wine_main( int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[] )
 }
 
 
-static int add_area( void *base, size_t size, void *arg )
-{
-    mmap_add_reserved_area( base, size );
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/***********************************************************************
- *           __wine_init_unix_lib
- *
- * Lib entry point called by ntdll.dll.so if not yet initialized.
- */
-NTSTATUS __cdecl __wine_init_unix_lib( HMODULE module, const void *ptr_in, void *ptr_out )
-{
-    const IMAGE_NT_HEADERS *nt = ptr_in;
-
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-    extern char **__wine_get_main_environment(void);
-    char **envp = __wine_get_main_environment();
-#else
-    char **envp = __wine_main_environ;
-#endif
-    init_paths( __wine_main_argc, __wine_main_argv, envp );
-
-    ntdll_module = module;
-    map_so_dll( nt, module );
-    fixup_ntdll_imports( &__wine_spec_nt_header );
-    init_environment( __wine_main_argc, __wine_main_argv, envp );
-    wine_dll_set_callback( load_builtin_callback );
-    *(struct unix_funcs **)ptr_out = &unix_funcs;
-    wine_mmap_enum_reserved_areas( add_area, NULL, 0 );
-    return STATUS_SUCCESS;
-}
-
 BOOL WINAPI DECLSPEC_HIDDEN DllMain( HINSTANCE inst, DWORD reason, LPVOID reserved )
 {
     if (reason == DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH) LdrDisableThreadCalloutsForDll( inst );