diff --git a/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_dynamic.S b/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_dynamic.S
index 88e7e6a0a..0a7bc6263 100644
--- a/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_dynamic.S
+++ b/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_dynamic.S
@@ -66,14 +66,7 @@ _start:
 1:  .long   __PREINIT_ARRAY__
     .long   __INIT_ARRAY__
     .long   __FINI_ARRAY__
-    .long   __CTOR_LIST__
-      
-# the .ctors section contains a list of pointers to "constructor"
-# functions that need to be called in order during C library initialization,
-# just before the program is being run. This is a C++ requirement
-#
-# the last entry shall be 0, and is defined in crtend.S
-#
+
 	.section .preinit_array, "aw"
 	.globl __PREINIT_ARRAY__
 __PREINIT_ARRAY__:
@@ -89,9 +82,4 @@ __INIT_ARRAY__:
 __FINI_ARRAY__:
 	.long -1
 
-	.section .ctors, "aw"
-	.globl __CTOR_LIST__
-__CTOR_LIST__:
-	.long -1
-
 #include "__dso_handle.S"
diff --git a/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_so.S b/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_so.S
index d879feff0..b3a01b5c2 100644
--- a/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_so.S
+++ b/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_so.S
@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@ _on_dlclose:
     call __cxa_finalize
     ret
 
-/* we put the _init() function here in case the user files for the shared
- * libs want to drop things into .init section.
- * We then will call our ctors from crtend_so.o */
-.section .init
-.align 4
-.type _init, @function
-.globl _init
-_init:
-
 .section .init_array, "aw"
 .align 4
 .type __INIT_ARRAY__, @object
@@ -29,11 +20,4 @@ __FINI_ARRAY__:
     .long -1
     .long _on_dlclose
 
-.section .ctors, "aw"
-.align 4
-.type __CTOR_LIST__, @object
-.globl __CTOR_LIST__
-__CTOR_LIST__:
-        .long -1
-
 #include "__dso_handle.S"
diff --git a/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_static.S b/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_static.S
index 3f8446ec7..d5c24301f 100644
--- a/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_static.S
+++ b/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtbegin_static.S
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ _start:
 1:  .long   __PREINIT_ARRAY__
     .long   __INIT_ARRAY__
     .long   __FINI_ARRAY__
-    .long   __CTOR_LIST__
 
 	.section .preinit_array, "aw"
 	.globl __PREINIT_ARRAY__
@@ -82,9 +81,4 @@ __INIT_ARRAY__:
 __FINI_ARRAY__:
 	.long -1
 
-	.section .ctors, "aw"
-	.globl __CTOR_LIST__
-__CTOR_LIST__:
-	.long -1
-
 #include "__dso_handle.S"
diff --git a/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtend.S b/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtend.S
index 7f5fb6660..884ba8b6f 100644
--- a/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtend.S
+++ b/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtend.S
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-	
 	.section .preinit_array, "aw"
 	.long 0
 
@@ -7,7 +6,3 @@
 
 	.section .fini_array, "aw"
 	.long 0
-
-	.section .ctors, "aw"
-	.long 0
-
diff --git a/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtend_so.S b/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtend_so.S
index 7fb228083..8c9d41948 100644
--- a/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtend_so.S
+++ b/libc/arch-x86/bionic/crtend_so.S
@@ -1,44 +1,3 @@
-.text
-.align 4
-.type __bionic_call_ctors, @function
-
-/*
- * The CTORS_LIST is marked by -1 (start) and 0 (end).
- * We mark the end of the .ctors section with the __CTOR_END__ section so
- * that we can just iterate backwards from it until we hit -1 and execute
- * all the function pointers. This seems to be the way to do it for SVR4
- * derived systems.
- */
-__bionic_call_ctors:
-    pushl  %esi
-    mov    $__CTOR_END__, %esi
-
-0:
-    /* now grab the next function pointer and check if its -1. If not,
-     * call it, otherwise we're done. We use %esi since it's callee saved.
-     */
-    subl    $4, %esi
-    mov     (%esi), %eax
-    cmp     $0xffffffff, %eax
-    je      1f
-    call    *%eax
-    jmp     0b
-
-1:
-    /* we're done */
-    popl    %esi
-    ret
-
-.section .init
-.align 4
-    call __bionic_call_ctors
-    ret
-
-.section .ctors, "aw", @progbits
-.align 4
-.type __CTOR_END__, @object
-__CTOR_END__:
-    .long 0
 
 .section .init_array, "aw"
     .long 0
diff --git a/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.h b/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.h
index 6016d4d2d..35050a1da 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.h
+++ b/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.h
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ typedef struct
     void (**preinit_array)(void);
     void (**init_array)(void);
     void (**fini_array)(void);
+#ifndef __i386__
     void (**ctors_array)(void);
+#endif
 } structors_array_t;
 
 extern void __libc_init_common(uintptr_t *elfdata);
diff --git a/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.c b/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.c
index 3634c7ba8..a2c11a9d0 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.c
+++ b/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.c
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ __noreturn void __libc_init(uintptr_t *elfdata,
     /* pre-init array. */
     call_array(structors->preinit_array);
 
+#ifndef __i386__
     /* .ctors section initializers, for non-arm-eabi ABIs */
     call_array(structors->ctors_array);
+#endif
 
     // call static constructors
     call_array(structors->init_array);
diff --git a/linker/arch/x86/begin.S b/linker/arch/x86/begin.S
index d8a39ca32..b4427e0cb 100644
--- a/linker/arch/x86/begin.S
+++ b/linker/arch/x86/begin.S
@@ -44,9 +44,3 @@ _start:
         popl   %esp
         jmp    *%eax
 
-.section .ctors, "wa"
-.globl __CTOR_LIST__
-
-__CTOR_LIST__:
-        .long -1
-