diff --git a/linker/dlfcn.cpp b/linker/dlfcn.cpp
index 6d63ad646..f0b6c8afc 100644
--- a/linker/dlfcn.cpp
+++ b/linker/dlfcn.cpp
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ void* dlsym(void* handle, const char* symbol) {
 
   soinfo* found = NULL;
   ElfW(Sym)* sym = NULL;
-  if (handle == RTLD_DEFAULT || handle == (void*)0xffffffffL) {
+  if (handle == RTLD_DEFAULT) {
     sym = dlsym_linear_lookup(symbol, &found, NULL);
-  } else if (handle == RTLD_NEXT || handle == (void*)0xfffffffeL) {
+  } else if (handle == RTLD_NEXT) {
     void* caller_addr = __builtin_return_address(0);
     soinfo* si = find_containing_library(caller_addr);