diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
index 8454e47fa27ed..20ef5956a983f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
@@ -239,16 +239,11 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *ld.Symbol, r *ld.Reloc) bool {
 			// nothing to do, the relocation will be laid out in reloc
 			return true
 		}
-		if ld.Headtype == objabi.Hwindows {
-			// nothing to do, the relocation will be laid out in pereloc1
-			return true
-		} else {
-			// for both ELF and Mach-O
-			addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
-			r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-			r.Add = int64(targ.Plt)
-			return true
-		}
+		// for both ELF and Mach-O
+		addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
+		r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
+		r.Add = int64(targ.Plt)
+		return true
 
 	case objabi.R_ADDR:
 		if s.Type == ld.STEXT && ld.Iself {
@@ -359,11 +354,6 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *ld.Symbol, r *ld.Reloc) bool {
 			r.Type = 256 // ignore during relocsym
 			return true
 		}
-
-		if ld.Headtype == objabi.Hwindows {
-			// nothing to do, the relocation will be laid out in pereloc1
-			return true
-		}
 	}
 
 	return false
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
index 4b1d5413686ed..45b8c0cd7de90 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
@@ -803,8 +803,10 @@ func windynrelocsym(ctxt *Link, s *Symbol) {
 }
 
 func dynrelocsym(ctxt *Link, s *Symbol) {
-	if Headtype == objabi.Hwindows && Linkmode != LinkExternal {
-		windynrelocsym(ctxt, s)
+	if Headtype == objabi.Hwindows {
+		if Linkmode == LinkInternal {
+			windynrelocsym(ctxt, s)
+		}
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
index 58f7f09d28db9..069ee4702e8a6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
@@ -335,11 +335,6 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *ld.Symbol, r *ld.Reloc) bool {
 			r.Type = 256 // ignore during relocsym
 			return true
 		}
-
-		if ld.Headtype == objabi.Hwindows && s.Size == int64(ld.SysArch.PtrSize) {
-			// nothing to do, the relocation will be laid out in pereloc1
-			return true
-		}
 	}
 
 	return false