diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 529a36ba83c113..31f95e03a26964 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -841,7 +841,8 @@
           ],
         }],
         [ 'OS in "linux freebsd mac" and '
-          'target_arch=="x64"', {
+          'target_arch=="x64" and '
+          'node_target_type=="executable"', {
           'defines': [ 'NODE_ENABLE_LARGE_CODE_PAGES=1' ],
           'sources': [
             'src/large_pages/node_large_page.cc',
diff --git a/node.gypi b/node.gypi
index e6f5872cc75460..a83c63e23da7f7 100644
--- a/node.gypi
+++ b/node.gypi
@@ -306,22 +306,6 @@
       'ldflags': [ '-Wl,-z,relro',
                    '-Wl,-z,now' ]
     }],
-    [ 'OS=="linux" and '
-      'target_arch=="x64" and '
-      'llvm_version=="0.0"', {
-      'ldflags': [
-        '-Wl,-T',
-        '<!(echo "$(pwd)/src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script")',
-      ]
-    }],
-    [ 'OS=="linux" and '
-      'target_arch=="x64" and '
-      'llvm_version!="0.0"', {
-      'ldflags': [
-        '-Wl,-T',
-        '<!(echo "$(pwd)/src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script.lld")',
-      ]
-    }],
     [ 'node_use_openssl=="true"', {
       'defines': [ 'HAVE_OPENSSL=1' ],
       'conditions': [
diff --git a/src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script b/src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f12e4bd7df9e5..00000000000000
--- a/src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-  SECTIONS {
-    .lpstub            : {
-       *libc.a:*(.text .text.*)
-       *(.lpstub)
-     }
-  }
-  PROVIDE (__nodetext = .);
-  PROVIDE (_nodetext = .);
-  PROVIDE (nodetext = .);
-  INSERT BEFORE .text;
diff --git a/src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script.lld b/src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script.lld
deleted file mode 100644
index b85510bcf07eeb..00000000000000
--- a/src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script.lld
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-  PROVIDE (__nodetext = .);
-  PROVIDE (_nodetext = .);
-  PROVIDE (nodetext = .);
diff --git a/src/large_pages/node_large_page.cc b/src/large_pages/node_large_page.cc
index 252ccba15780d6..ce58e32e719bc8 100644
--- a/src/large_pages/node_large_page.cc
+++ b/src/large_pages/node_large_page.cc
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@
 // Use madvise with MADV_HUGEPAGE to use Anonymous 2M Pages
 // If successful copy the code there and unmap the original region.
 
-extern char __nodetext;
+#if defined(__linux__)
+extern "C" {
+extern char __executable_start;
+}  // extern "C"
+#endif  // defined(__linux__)
 
 namespace node {
 
@@ -116,17 +120,6 @@ static struct text_region FindNodeTextRegion() {
     return nregion;
   }
 
-  std::string exename;
-  {
-      char selfexe[PATH_MAX];
-
-      size_t size = sizeof(selfexe);
-      if (uv_exepath(selfexe, &size))
-        return nregion;
-
-      exename = std::string(selfexe, size);
-  }
-
   while (std::getline(ifs, map_line)) {
     std::istringstream iss(map_line);
     iss >> std::hex >> start;
@@ -136,26 +129,42 @@ static struct text_region FindNodeTextRegion() {
     iss >> offset;
     iss >> dev;
     iss >> inode;
-    if (inode != 0) {
-      std::string pathname;
-      iss >> pathname;
-      if (pathname == exename && permission == "r-xp") {
-        uintptr_t ntext = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(&__nodetext);
-        if (ntext >= start && ntext < end) {
-          char* from = reinterpret_cast<char*>(hugepage_align_up(ntext));
-          char* to = reinterpret_cast<char*>(hugepage_align_down(end));
-
-          if (from < to) {
-            size_t size = to - from;
-            nregion.found_text_region = true;
-            nregion.from = from;
-            nregion.to = to;
-            nregion.total_hugepages = size / hps;
-          }
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-    }
+
+    if (inode == 0)
+      continue;
+
+    std::string pathname;
+    iss >> pathname;
+
+    if (start != reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(&__executable_start))
+      continue;
+
+    // The next line is our .text section.
+    if (!std::getline(ifs, map_line))
+      break;
+
+    iss = std::istringstream(map_line);
+    iss >> std::hex >> start;
+    iss >> dash;
+    iss >> std::hex >> end;
+    iss >> permission;
+
+    if (permission != "r-xp")
+      break;
+
+    char* from = reinterpret_cast<char*>(hugepage_align_up(start));
+    char* to = reinterpret_cast<char*>(hugepage_align_down(end));
+
+    if (from >= to)
+      break;
+
+    size_t size = to - from;
+    nregion.found_text_region = true;
+    nregion.from = from;
+    nregion.to = to;
+    nregion.total_hugepages = size / hps;
+
+    break;
   }
 
   ifs.close();
@@ -408,14 +417,12 @@ int MapStaticCodeToLargePages() {
     return -1;
   }
 
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
-  if (r.from > reinterpret_cast<void*>(&MoveTextRegionToLargePages))
-    return MoveTextRegionToLargePages(r);
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+  if (r.from < reinterpret_cast<void*>(&MoveTextRegionToLargePages))
+    return -1;
+#endif
 
-  return -1;
-#elif defined(__APPLE__)
   return MoveTextRegionToLargePages(r);
-#endif
 }
 
 bool IsLargePagesEnabled() {