diff --git a/src/Monkeypatcher.cc b/src/Monkeypatcher.cc
index 9bd920de425..cee83c0a63e 100644
--- a/src/Monkeypatcher.cc
+++ b/src/Monkeypatcher.cc
@@ -1625,79 +1625,6 @@ void Monkeypatcher::unpatch_dl_runtime_resolves(RecordTask* t) {
   saved_dl_runtime_resolve_code.clear();
 }
 
-// https://documentation-service.arm.com/static/67581b3355451e3c38d97c22
-static bool is_aarch64_bti(uint32_t instruction) {
-  if ((instruction >> 12) == 0b11010101000000110010 && (instruction & 0x1f) == 0b11111) {
-    // Hint instruction.
-    uint32_t crm = (instruction >> 8) & ((1 << 4) - 1);
-    uint32_t op2 = (instruction >> 5) & ((1 << 3) - 1);
-    return crm == 0b0100 && (op2 & 1) == 0;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
-static bool is_aarch64_adrp(uint32_t instruction, remote_ptr<void> pc, remote_ptr<void>* address) {
-  if ((instruction >> 31) == 1 && ((instruction >> 24) & 0x1f) == 0b10000) {
-    uint64_t base = (pc.as_int() >> 12) << 12;
-    uint64_t imm =  ((instruction >> 29) & 0x3) +
-        (((instruction >> 5) & ((1 << 19) - 1)) << 2);
-    *address = remote_ptr<void>(base + (imm << 12));
-    return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
-static bool is_aarch64_ldrb(uint32_t instruction, uint32_t* offset) {
-  if ((instruction >> 22) == 0b0011100101) {
-    *offset = (instruction >> 10) & ((1 << 12) - 1);
-    return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
-/**
- * Patch the __aarch64_have_lse_atomics variable to ensure that LSE atomics are
- * always used even if init_lse_atomics
- */
-void Monkeypatcher::patch_aarch64_have_lse_atomics(
-    RecordTask* t, ElfReader& reader, uintptr_t ldadd4_addr,
-    remote_ptr<void> map_start, size_t map_size, size_t map_offset,
-    uint64_t prot) {
-  ASSERT(t, t->arch() == aarch64);
-  remote_ptr<void> addr =
-    resolve_address(reader, ldadd4_addr, map_start, map_size, map_offset, prot);
-  if (!addr) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  bool ok = true;
-  uint8_t instruction_bytes[12];
-  t->read_bytes_helper(addr, sizeof(instruction_bytes), instruction_bytes, &ok);
-  if (!ok) {
-    LOG(warn) << "Can't read ldadd4 instruction bytes at " << addr;
-    return;
-  }
-  uint32_t instructions[3];
-  memcpy(instructions, instruction_bytes, sizeof(instructions));
-  int index = 0;
-  if (is_aarch64_bti(instructions[0])) {
-    ++index;
-  }
-  remote_ptr<void> adrp_address;
-  if (!is_aarch64_adrp(instructions[index], addr + index*4, &adrp_address)) {
-    LOG(warn) << "Instruction 0x" << HEX(instructions[index]) << " is not ADRP";
-    return;
-  }
-  uint32_t ldrb_offset;
-  if (!is_aarch64_ldrb(instructions[index + 1], &ldrb_offset)) {
-    LOG(warn) << "Instruction 0x" << HEX(instructions[index + 1]) << " is not LDRB";
-    return;
-  }
-  remote_ptr<void> have_lse_atomics_addr = adrp_address + ldrb_offset;
-  uint8_t enable = 1;
-  write_and_record_mem(t, have_lse_atomics_addr.cast<uint8_t>(), &enable, 1);
-}
-
 static bool file_may_need_instrumentation(const AddressSpace::Mapping& map) {
   size_t file_part = map.map.fsname().rfind('/');
   if (file_part == string::npos) {
@@ -1791,9 +1718,13 @@ void Monkeypatcher::patch_after_mmap(RecordTask* t, remote_ptr<void> start,
       break;
     case aarch64:
       for (size_t i = 0; i < syms.size(); ++i) {
-        if (syms.is_name(i, "__aarch64_ldadd4_relax")) {
-          patch_aarch64_have_lse_atomics(t, reader, syms.addr(i), start, size,
-                                         offset_bytes, prot);
+        if (syms.is_name(i, "__aarch64_have_lse_atomics")) {
+          // Patch the __aarch64_have_lse_atomics variable to ensure that LSE
+          // atomics are always used even if init_lse_atomics hasn't been called
+          // yet (or at all).
+          static const char one = 1;
+          set_and_record_bytes(t, reader, syms.addr(i), &one, sizeof(one),
+                               start, size, offset_bytes, prot);
         }
       }
       break;