diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/loadelf/ldelf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/loadelf/ldelf.go
index e0363b5535..9f251e746b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/loadelf/ldelf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/loadelf/ldelf.go
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ func Load(l *loader.Loader, arch *sys.Arch, localSymVersion int, f *bio.Reader,
 				continue
 			}
 
-			if strings.HasPrefix(elfsym.name, ".LASF") || strings.HasPrefix(elfsym.name, ".LLRL") || strings.HasPrefix(elfsym.name, ".LLST") {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(elfsym.name, ".LASF") || strings.HasPrefix(elfsym.name, ".LLRL") || strings.HasPrefix(elfsym.name, ".LLST") || strings.HasPrefix(elfsym.name, ".LVUS") {
 				// gcc on s390x and riscv64 does this.
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/loader/loader.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/loader/loader.go
index 6a7057b80e..128173b8cf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/loader/loader.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/loader/loader.go
@@ -1719,14 +1719,6 @@ func (l *Loader) GetVarDwarfAuxSym(i Sym) Sym {
 // expected to have the actual content/payload) and then a set of
 // interior loader.Sym's that point into a portion of the container.
 func (l *Loader) AddInteriorSym(container Sym, interior Sym) {
-	// Container symbols are expected to have content/data.
-	// NB: this restriction may turn out to be too strict (it's possible
-	// to imagine a zero-sized container with an interior symbol pointing
-	// into it); it's ok to relax or remove it if we counter an
-	// oddball host object that triggers this.
-	if l.SymSize(container) == 0 && len(l.Data(container)) == 0 {
-		panic("unexpected empty container symbol")
-	}
 	// The interior symbols for a container are not expected to have
 	// content/data or relocations.
 	if len(l.Data(interior)) != 0 {