diff --git a/misc/cgo/testshared/shared_test.go b/misc/cgo/testshared/shared_test.go
index f8dabbe..fda3d2c 100644
--- a/misc/cgo/testshared/shared_test.go
+++ b/misc/cgo/testshared/shared_test.go
@@ -38,15 +38,7 @@
 
 // run runs a command and calls t.Errorf if it fails.
 func run(t *testing.T, msg string, args ...string) {
-	runWithEnv(t, msg, nil, args...)
-}
-
-// runWithEnv runs a command under the given environment and calls t.Errorf if it fails.
-func runWithEnv(t *testing.T, msg string, env []string, args ...string) {
 	c := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
-	if len(env) != 0 {
-		c.Env = append(os.Environ(), env...)
-	}
 	if output, err := c.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("executing %s (%s) failed %s:\n%s", strings.Join(args, " "), msg, err, output)
 	}
@@ -1042,11 +1034,3 @@
 func TestPackageOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	goCmd(t, "install", "-buildmode=shared", "-linkshared", "./issue39777/a", "./issue39777/b")
 }
-
-// Test that GC data are generated correctly by the linker when it needs a type defined in
-// a shared library. See issue 39927.
-func TestGCData(t *testing.T) {
-	goCmd(t, "install", "-buildmode=shared", "-linkshared", "./gcdata/p")
-	goCmd(t, "build", "-linkshared", "./gcdata/main")
-	runWithEnv(t, "running gcdata/main", []string{"GODEBUG=clobberfree=1"}, "./main")
-}
diff --git a/misc/cgo/testshared/testdata/gcdata/main/main.go b/misc/cgo/testshared/testdata/gcdata/main/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 394862f..0000000
--- a/misc/cgo/testshared/testdata/gcdata/main/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-// Test that GC data is generated correctly for global
-// variables with types defined in a shared library.
-// See issue 39927.
-
-// This test run under GODEBUG=clobberfree=1. The check
-// *x[i] == 12345 depends on this debug mode to clobber
-// the value if the object is freed prematurely.
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"runtime"
-	"testshared/gcdata/p"
-)
-
-var x p.T
-
-func main() {
-	for i := range x {
-		x[i] = new(int)
-		*x[i] = 12345
-	}
-	runtime.GC()
-	runtime.GC()
-	runtime.GC()
-	for i := range x {
-		if *x[i] != 12345 {
-			fmt.Printf("x[%d] == %d, want 12345\n", i, *x[i])
-			panic("FAIL")
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/misc/cgo/testshared/testdata/gcdata/p/p.go b/misc/cgo/testshared/testdata/gcdata/p/p.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fee754..0000000
--- a/misc/cgo/testshared/testdata/gcdata/p/p.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package p
-
-type T [10]*int
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/decodesym.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/decodesym.go
index 21bcc3a..e9c87ef 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/decodesym.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/decodesym.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 	"cmd/link/internal/loader"
 	"cmd/link/internal/sym"
 	"debug/elf"
-	"log"
 )
 
 // Decoding the type.* symbols.	 This has to be in sync with
@@ -230,15 +229,8 @@
 		ptrdata := decodetypePtrdata(ctxt.Arch, symData)
 		sect := findShlibSection(ctxt, ctxt.loader.SymPkg(s), addr)
 		if sect != nil {
-			bits := ptrdata / int64(ctxt.Arch.PtrSize)
-			r := make([]byte, (bits+7)/8)
-			// ldshlibsyms avoids closing the ELF file so sect.ReadAt works.
-			// If we remove this read (and the ones in decodetypeGcprog), we
-			// can close the file.
-			_, err := sect.ReadAt(r, int64(addr-sect.Addr))
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal(err)
-			}
+			r := make([]byte, ptrdata/int64(ctxt.Arch.PtrSize))
+			sect.ReadAt(r, int64(addr-sect.Addr))
 			return r
 		}
 		Exitf("cannot find gcmask for %s", ctxt.loader.SymName(s))
@@ -259,15 +251,9 @@
 			// A gcprog is a 4-byte uint32 indicating length, followed by
 			// the actual program.
 			progsize := make([]byte, 4)
-			_, err := sect.ReadAt(progsize, int64(addr-sect.Addr))
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal(err)
-			}
+			sect.ReadAt(progsize, int64(addr-sect.Addr))
 			progbytes := make([]byte, ctxt.Arch.ByteOrder.Uint32(progsize))
-			_, err = sect.ReadAt(progbytes, int64(addr-sect.Addr+4))
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal(err)
-			}
+			sect.ReadAt(progbytes, int64(addr-sect.Addr+4))
 			return append(progsize, progbytes...)
 		}
 		Exitf("cannot find gcmask for %s", ctxt.loader.SymName(s))
@@ -282,7 +268,7 @@
 func findShlibSection(ctxt *Link, path string, addr uint64) *elf.Section {
 	for _, shlib := range ctxt.Shlibs {
 		if shlib.Path == path {
-			for _, sect := range shlib.File.Sections[1:] { // skip the NULL section
+			for _, sect := range shlib.File.Sections {
 				if sect.Addr <= addr && addr <= sect.Addr+sect.Size {
 					return sect
 				}
@@ -293,5 +279,8 @@
 }
 
 func decodetypeGcprogShlib(ctxt *Link, data []byte) uint64 {
+	if ctxt.Arch.Family == sys.ARM64 {
+		return 0
+	}
 	return decodeInuxi(ctxt.Arch, data[2*int32(ctxt.Arch.PtrSize)+8+1*int32(ctxt.Arch.PtrSize):], ctxt.Arch.PtrSize)
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index 802bfb2..61ccc28 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -2124,9 +2124,7 @@
 		Errorf(nil, "cannot open shared library: %s", libpath)
 		return
 	}
-	// Keep the file open as decodetypeGcprog needs to read from it.
-	// TODO: fix. Maybe mmap the file.
-	//defer f.Close()
+	defer f.Close()
 
 	hash, err := readnote(f, ELF_NOTE_GO_NAME, ELF_NOTE_GOABIHASH_TAG)
 	if err != nil {