diff --git a/src/link/MachO.zig b/src/link/MachO.zig
index 38624ae15..33fdbafde 100644
--- a/src/link/MachO.zig
+++ b/src/link/MachO.zig
@@ -2230,13 +2230,6 @@ fn allocateLocals(self: *MachO) !void {
                 base_vaddr,
             });
 
-            // Update each alias (if any)
-            for (atom.aliases.items) |index| {
-                const alias_sym = &self.locals.items[index];
-                alias_sym.n_value = base_vaddr;
-                alias_sym.n_sect = n_sect;
-            }
-
             // Update each symbol contained within the atom
             for (atom.contained.items) |sym_at_off| {
                 const contained_sym = &self.locals.items[sym_at_off.local_sym_index];
@@ -2260,11 +2253,6 @@ fn shiftLocalsByOffset(self: *MachO, match: MatchingSection, offset: i64) !void
         const atom_sym = &self.locals.items[atom.local_sym_index];
         atom_sym.n_value = @intCast(u64, @intCast(i64, atom_sym.n_value) + offset);
 
-        for (atom.aliases.items) |index| {
-            const alias_sym = &self.locals.items[index];
-            alias_sym.n_value = @intCast(u64, @intCast(i64, alias_sym.n_value) + offset);
-        }
-
         for (atom.contained.items) |sym_at_off| {
             const contained_sym = &self.locals.items[sym_at_off.local_sym_index];
             contained_sym.n_value = @intCast(u64, @intCast(i64, contained_sym.n_value) + offset);
@@ -3463,13 +3451,6 @@ fn parseObjectsIntoAtoms(self: *MachO) !void {
                     atom.alignment,
                 });
 
-                // Update each alias (if any)
-                for (atom.aliases.items) |index| {
-                    const alias_sym = &self.locals.items[index];
-                    alias_sym.n_value = base_vaddr;
-                    alias_sym.n_sect = n_sect;
-                }
-
                 // Update each symbol contained within the atom
                 for (atom.contained.items) |sym_at_off| {
                     const contained_sym = &self.locals.items[sym_at_off.local_sym_index];
@@ -6463,17 +6444,11 @@ fn writeSymbolTable(self: *MachO) !void {
             });
 
             for (object.contained_atoms.items) |atom| {
-                if (atom.stab) |stab| {
-                    const nlists = try stab.asNlists(atom.local_sym_index, self);
+                for (atom.contained.items) |sym_at_off| {
+                    const stab = sym_at_off.stab orelse continue;
+                    const nlists = try stab.asNlists(sym_at_off.local_sym_index, self);
                     defer self.base.allocator.free(nlists);
                     try locals.appendSlice(nlists);
-                } else {
-                    for (atom.contained.items) |sym_at_off| {
-                        const stab = sym_at_off.stab orelse continue;
-                        const nlists = try stab.asNlists(sym_at_off.local_sym_index, self);
-                        defer self.base.allocator.free(nlists);
-                        try locals.appendSlice(nlists);
-                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -6929,8 +6904,10 @@ fn snapshotState(self: *MachO) !void {
             };
 
             var aliases = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(arena);
-            for (atom.aliases.items) |loc| {
-                try aliases.append(self.getString(self.locals.items[loc].n_strx));
+            for (atom.contained.items) |sym_off| {
+                if (sym_off.offset == 0) {
+                    try aliases.append(self.getString(self.locals.items[sym_off.local_sym_index].n_strx));
+                }
             }
             node.payload.aliases = aliases.toOwnedSlice();
             try nodes.append(node);
diff --git a/src/link/MachO/Atom.zig b/src/link/MachO/Atom.zig
index e6adb0cc1..177d5419f 100644
--- a/src/link/MachO/Atom.zig
+++ b/src/link/MachO/Atom.zig
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ const StringIndexAdapter = std.hash_map.StringIndexAdapter;
 /// offset table entry.
 local_sym_index: u32,
 
-/// List of symbol aliases pointing to the same atom via different nlists
-aliases: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u32) = .{},
-
 /// List of symbols contained within this atom
 contained: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(SymbolAtOffset) = .{},
 
@@ -62,12 +59,6 @@ lazy_bindings: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Binding) = .{},
 /// List of data-in-code entries. This is currently specific to x86_64 only.
 dices: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(macho.data_in_code_entry) = .{},
 
-/// Stab entry for this atom. This is currently specific to a binary created
-/// by linking object files in a traditional sense - in incremental sense, we
-/// bypass stabs altogether to produce dSYM bundle directly with fully relocated
-/// DWARF sections.
-stab: ?Stab = null,
-
 /// Points to the previous and next neighbours
 next: ?*Atom,
 prev: ?*Atom,
@@ -192,7 +183,6 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Atom, allocator: Allocator) void {
     self.rebases.deinit(allocator);
     self.relocs.deinit(allocator);
     self.contained.deinit(allocator);
-    self.aliases.deinit(allocator);
     self.code.deinit(allocator);
 }
 
@@ -203,7 +193,6 @@ pub fn clearRetainingCapacity(self: *Atom) void {
     self.rebases.clearRetainingCapacity();
     self.relocs.clearRetainingCapacity();
     self.contained.clearRetainingCapacity();
-    self.aliases.clearRetainingCapacity();
     self.code.clearRetainingCapacity();
 }