diff --git a/libc/init/init.cpp b/libc/init/init.cpp
index f9d42345..8c2e313f 100644
--- a/libc/init/init.cpp
+++ b/libc/init/init.cpp
@@ -43,22 +43,13 @@ static char* find_last_elem(char* str)
 
 extern "C" void initialize_standard_library(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-	// We got ourselves a little bootstrap problem. We'd like these variables to
-	// be available during early startup - however, we can't create a copy yet
-	// because the heap isn't initialized yet. Instead, we'll simply point at
-	// the original value - we're safe since argv[0] is not supposed to be
-	// modified until main is run. Once we heap is up, we'll strdup.
 	const char* argv0 = argc ? argv[0] : "";
 	program_invocation_name = (char*) argv0;
 	program_invocation_short_name = find_last_elem((char*) argv0);
 
-	// Initialize pthreads and stuff like thread-local storage.
+	// Initialize pthreads.
 	pthread_initialize();
 
 	// Initialize stdio.
 	init_stdio();
-
-	// We can now create a copy of the program name variables safely.
-	program_invocation_name = strdup(program_invocation_name);
-	program_invocation_short_name = find_last_elem(program_invocation_name);
 }