diff --git a/libc/Android.bp b/libc/Android.bp
index 03cdf3d30..d41801292 100644
--- a/libc/Android.bp
+++ b/libc/Android.bp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ cc_defaults {
 cc_defaults {
     name: "libc_native_allocator_defaults",
 
-    defaults: ["libc_scudo_defaults"],
+    defaults: ["libc_jemalloc5_defaults"],
 }
 
 cc_defaults {
@@ -2607,6 +2607,7 @@ cc_defaults {
 
 cc_library_shared {
     name: "libc_scudo",
+    defaults: ["libc_scudo_wrapper_defaults"],
     vendor_available: true,
     stl: "none",
     system_shared_libs: [],
diff --git a/libc/bionic/malloc_common_dynamic.cpp b/libc/bionic/malloc_common_dynamic.cpp
index 3910b74bb..eec49a4d2 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/malloc_common_dynamic.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/malloc_common_dynamic.cpp
@@ -283,10 +283,17 @@ bool InitSharedLibrary(void* impl_handle, const char* shared_lib, const char* pr
   return true;
 }
 
+// Note about USE_SCUDO. This file is compiled into libc.so and libc_scudo.so.
+// When compiled into libc_scudo.so, the libc_malloc_* libraries don't need
+// to be loaded from the runtime namespace since libc_scudo.so is not from
+// the runtime APEX, but is copied to any APEX that needs it.
+#ifndef USE_SCUDO
 extern "C" struct android_namespace_t* android_get_exported_namespace(const char* name);
+#endif
 
 void* LoadSharedLibrary(const char* shared_lib, const char* prefix, MallocDispatch* dispatch_table) {
   void* impl_handle = nullptr;
+#ifndef USE_SCUDO
   // Try to load the libc_malloc_* libs from the "runtime" namespace and then
   // fall back to dlopen() to load them from the default namespace.
   //
@@ -305,6 +312,7 @@ void* LoadSharedLibrary(const char* shared_lib, const char* prefix, MallocDispat
     };
     impl_handle = android_dlopen_ext(shared_lib, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL, &dlextinfo);
   }
+#endif
 
   if (impl_handle == nullptr) {
     impl_handle = dlopen(shared_lib, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL);