diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/startup/spec/arm_64/crt0.s b/repos/base/src/lib/startup/spec/arm_64/crt0.s
index d0f1a238fa..41db7888d9 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/startup/spec/arm_64/crt0.s
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/startup/spec/arm_64/crt0.s
@@ -24,19 +24,13 @@
 	.global _start_initial_stack
 	_start_initial_stack:
 
-	/* make initial value of some registers available to higher-level code */
-	ldr x4, =__initial_sp
-	mov x5, sp
-	str x5, [x4]
-	ldr x4, =__initial_x0
-	str x0, [x4]
-
 	/*
 	 * Install initial temporary environment that is replaced later by the
 	 * environment that init_main_thread creates.
 	 */
-	ldr x4, =_stack_high
-	mov sp, x4
+	adrp x4, :got:__initial_stack_high
+	ldr  x4, [x4, #:got_lo12:__initial_stack_high]
+	mov  sp, x4
 
 	/* if this is the dynamic linker, init_rtld relocates the linker */
 	bl init_rtld
@@ -45,8 +39,9 @@
 	bl init_main_thread
 
 	/* apply environment that was created by init_main_thread */
-	ldr x4, =init_main_thread_result
-	ldr x4, [x4]
+	adrp x4, :got:init_main_thread_result
+	ldr  x4, [x4, #:got_lo12:init_main_thread_result]
+	ldr  x4, [x4]
 	mov sp, x4
 
 	/* jump into init C code instead of calling it as it should never return */
@@ -57,20 +52,12 @@
  ** .bss (non-initialized data) **
  *********************************/
 
-.section ".bss"
+.bss
 
 	/* stack of the temporary initial environment */
 	.p2align 8
 	.global __initial_stack_base
 	__initial_stack_base:
 	.space 12*1024
-	_stack_high:
-
-	/* initial value of the SP register */
-	.global __initial_sp
-	__initial_sp:
-	.space 8
-	/* initial value of the X0 register */
-	.global __initial_x0
-	__initial_x0:
-	.space 8
+	.global __initial_stack_high
+	__initial_stack_high: