diff -Naur glibc-2.3-20031101.orig/elf/rtld.c glibc-2.3-20031101/elf/rtld.c
--- glibc-2.3-20031101.orig/elf/rtld.c	2003-11-01 23:47:33.236533536 +0200
+++ glibc-2.3-20031101/elf/rtld.c	2003-11-02 00:19:16.053261424 +0200
@@ -1237,19 +1237,7 @@
       while (GL(dl_loaded)->l_searchlist.r_list[i] != &GL(dl_rtld_map))
 	++i;
       GL(dl_rtld_map).l_prev = GL(dl_loaded)->l_searchlist.r_list[i - 1];
-      if (__builtin_expect (mode, normal) == normal)
-	GL(dl_rtld_map).l_next = (i + 1 < GL(dl_loaded)->l_searchlist.r_nlist
-				  ? GL(dl_loaded)->l_searchlist.r_list[i + 1]
-				  : NULL);
-      else
-	/* In trace mode there might be an invisible object (which we
-	   could not find) after the previous one in the search list.
-	   In this case it doesn't matter much where we put the
-	   interpreter object, so we just initialize the list pointer so
-	   that the assertion below holds.  */
-	GL(dl_rtld_map).l_next = GL(dl_rtld_map).l_prev->l_next;
-
-      assert (GL(dl_rtld_map).l_prev->l_next == GL(dl_rtld_map).l_next);
+      GL(dl_rtld_map).l_next = GL(dl_rtld_map).l_prev->l_next;
       GL(dl_rtld_map).l_prev->l_next = &GL(dl_rtld_map);
       if (GL(dl_rtld_map).l_next != NULL)
 	{