diff --git a/src/library_dylink.js b/src/library_dylink.js
index b0f672a9578e9..6bfe4f50b168e 100644
--- a/src/library_dylink.js
+++ b/src/library_dylink.js
@@ -233,8 +233,6 @@ var LibraryDylink = {
 #endif
         } else if (typeof value == {{{ POINTER_JS_TYPE }}}) {
           GOT[symName].value = value;
-        } else {
-          err(`unhandled export type for '${symName}': ${typeof value}`);
         }
 #if DYLINK_DEBUG == 2
         dbg(`updateGOT:  after: ${symName} : ${GOT[symName].value} (${value})`);
@@ -267,9 +265,8 @@ var LibraryDylink = {
         continue;
       }
 #endif
-      if (typeof value == 'object') {
-        // a breaking change in the wasm spec, globals are now objects
-        // https://github.com/WebAssembly/mutable-global/issues/1
+      if (typeof value == 'object' && value.value) {
+        // For Wasm globals, extract the inner value.
         value = value.value;
       }
       if (typeof value == {{{ POINTER_JS_TYPE }}}) {
@@ -315,8 +312,6 @@ var LibraryDylink = {
         } else if (typeof value == 'bigint') {
           entry.value = value;
 #endif
-        } else {
-          throw new Error(`bad export type for '${symName}': ${typeof value}`);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/preamble.js b/src/preamble.js
index 50db7db23bca3..979c8dae71532 100644
--- a/src/preamble.js
+++ b/src/preamble.js
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ assert(typeof Int32Array != 'undefined' && typeof Float64Array !== 'undefined' &
 #endif
 
 #if IMPORTED_MEMORY
-// In non-standalone/normal mode, we create the memory here.
 #include "runtime_init_memory.js"
 #elif ASSERTIONS
 // If memory is defined in wasm, the user can't provide it, or set INITIAL_MEMORY
diff --git a/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.exports b/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.exports
index 9aa298858fd18..b986c2c696621 100644
--- a/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.exports
+++ b/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.exports
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ dynCall_jiji
 emscripten_stack_get_current
 main
 malloc
+memory
 setThrew
diff --git a/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.gzsize b/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.gzsize
index e5b59778d65dc..832a01a2b02c4 100644
--- a/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.gzsize
+++ b/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.gzsize
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6306
+6216
diff --git a/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.imports b/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.imports
index c986c46c080b2..b4c00f1988189 100644
--- a/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.imports
+++ b/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.imports
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ env.__stack_pointer
 env.__table_base
 env._emscripten_memcpy_js
 env.emscripten_resize_heap
-env.memory
 wasi_snapshot_preview1.fd_write
diff --git a/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.jssize b/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.jssize
index d91a3314c13d6..bf66339ffa479 100644
--- a/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.jssize
+++ b/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.jssize
@@ -1 +1 @@
-13895
+13655
diff --git a/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.sent b/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.sent
index 01672c0ec979f..b037fc2f0df68 100644
--- a/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.sent
+++ b/test/other/metadce/test_metadce_hello_dylink.sent
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ __table_base
 _emscripten_memcpy_js
 emscripten_resize_heap
 fd_write
-memory
diff --git a/tools/link.py b/tools/link.py
index e35b0d00808cf..7cf0c72ff82ed 100644
--- a/tools/link.py
+++ b/tools/link.py
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ def phase_linker_setup(options, state, newargs):
       'removeRunDependency',
     ]
 
-  if settings.SHARED_MEMORY or settings.RELOCATABLE or settings.ASYNCIFY_LAZY_LOAD_CODE:
+  if settings.SHARED_MEMORY or settings.SIDE_MODULE or settings.ASYNCIFY_LAZY_LOAD_CODE:
     settings.IMPORTED_MEMORY = 1
 
   set_initial_memory()