diff --git a/linker/dlfcn.cpp b/linker/dlfcn.cpp
index 7bcb59f16..6d63ad646 100644
--- a/linker/dlfcn.cpp
+++ b/linker/dlfcn.cpp
@@ -65,10 +65,9 @@ void android_update_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(const char* ld_library_path) {
   do_android_update_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(ld_library_path);
 }
 
-static void* dlopen_ext(const char* filename, int flags, const android_dlextinfo* extinfo, const void* caller_addr) {
+static void* dlopen_ext(const char* filename, int flags, const android_dlextinfo* extinfo) {
   ScopedPthreadMutexLocker locker(&g_dl_mutex);
-  soinfo* caller_soinfo = find_containing_library(caller_addr);
-  soinfo* result = do_dlopen(filename, flags, caller_soinfo, extinfo);
+  soinfo* result = do_dlopen(filename, flags, extinfo);
   if (result == NULL) {
     __bionic_format_dlerror("dlopen failed", linker_get_error_buffer());
     return NULL;
@@ -77,13 +76,11 @@ static void* dlopen_ext(const char* filename, int flags, const android_dlextinfo
 }
 
 void* android_dlopen_ext(const char* filename, int flags, const android_dlextinfo* extinfo) {
-  void* caller_addr = __builtin_return_address(0);
-  return dlopen_ext(filename, flags, extinfo, caller_addr);
+  return dlopen_ext(filename, flags, extinfo);
 }
 
 void* dlopen(const char* filename, int flags) {
-  void* caller_addr = __builtin_return_address(0);
-  return dlopen_ext(filename, flags, NULL, caller_addr);
+  return dlopen_ext(filename, flags, NULL);
 }
 
 void* dlsym(void* handle, const char* symbol) {
@@ -258,4 +255,3 @@ soinfo* get_libdl_info() {
 
   return &__libdl_info;
 }
-
diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index 5452f3011..a22233dc6 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ void do_android_update_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(const char* ld_library_path) {
   }
 }
 
-soinfo* do_dlopen(const char* name, int flags, soinfo* /*caller*/, const android_dlextinfo* extinfo) {
+soinfo* do_dlopen(const char* name, int flags, const android_dlextinfo* extinfo) {
   if ((flags & ~(RTLD_NOW|RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_LOCAL|RTLD_GLOBAL|RTLD_NOLOAD)) != 0) {
     DL_ERR("invalid flags to dlopen: %x", flags);
     return NULL;
diff --git a/linker/linker.h b/linker/linker.h
index 9d4099d81..0a72d9256 100644
--- a/linker/linker.h
+++ b/linker/linker.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ extern soinfo* get_libdl_info();
 
 void do_android_get_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(char*, size_t);
 void do_android_update_LD_LIBRARY_PATH(const char* ld_library_path);
-soinfo* do_dlopen(const char* name, int flags, soinfo* caller, const android_dlextinfo* extinfo);
+soinfo* do_dlopen(const char* name, int flags, const android_dlextinfo* extinfo);
 void do_dlclose(soinfo* si);
 
 ElfW(Sym)* dlsym_linear_lookup(const char* name, soinfo** found, soinfo* start);