diff --git a/src/link.zig b/src/link.zig
index 34e2bb8ed8..3a18f204e8 100644
--- a/src/link.zig
+++ b/src/link.zig
@@ -373,17 +373,18 @@ pub const File = struct {
                     return;
                 }
                 if (comptime builtin.target.isDarwin() and builtin.target.cpu.arch == .aarch64) {
-                    if (base.options.target.cpu.arch != .aarch64) return; // If we're not targeting aarch64, nothing to do.
-                    // XNU starting with Big Sur running on arm64 is caching inodes of running binaries.
-                    // Any change to the binary will effectively invalidate the kernel's cache
-                    // resulting in a SIGKILL on each subsequent run. Since when doing incremental
-                    // linking we're modifying a binary in-place, this will end up with the kernel
-                    // killing it on every subsequent run. To circumvent it, we will copy the file
-                    // into a new inode, remove the original file, and rename the copy to match
-                    // the original file. This is super messy, but there doesn't seem any other
-                    // way to please the XNU.
-                    const emit = base.options.emit orelse return;
-                    try emit.directory.handle.copyFile(emit.sub_path, emit.directory.handle, emit.sub_path, .{});
+                    if (base.options.target.cpu.arch == .aarch64) {
+                        // XNU starting with Big Sur running on arm64 is caching inodes of running binaries.
+                        // Any change to the binary will effectively invalidate the kernel's cache
+                        // resulting in a SIGKILL on each subsequent run. Since when doing incremental
+                        // linking we're modifying a binary in-place, this will end up with the kernel
+                        // killing it on every subsequent run. To circumvent it, we will copy the file
+                        // into a new inode, remove the original file, and rename the copy to match
+                        // the original file. This is super messy, but there doesn't seem any other
+                        // way to please the XNU.
+                        const emit = base.options.emit orelse return;
+                        try emit.directory.handle.copyFile(emit.sub_path, emit.directory.handle, emit.sub_path, .{});
+                    }
                 }
                 f.close();
                 base.file = null;
diff --git a/src/link/MachO.zig b/src/link/MachO.zig
index b5105782ff..c2e981a038 100644
--- a/src/link/MachO.zig
+++ b/src/link/MachO.zig
@@ -2189,10 +2189,6 @@ fn writePadding(self: *MachO, match: MatchingSection, size: usize, writer: anyty
 }
 
 fn writeAtoms(self: *MachO) !void {
-    var buffer = std.ArrayList(u8).init(self.base.allocator);
-    defer buffer.deinit();
-    var file_offset: ?u64 = null;
-
     var it = self.atoms.iterator();
     while (it.next()) |entry| {
         const match = entry.key_ptr.*;
@@ -2205,50 +2201,15 @@ fn writeAtoms(self: *MachO) !void {
 
         log.debug("writing atoms in {s},{s}", .{ sect.segName(), sect.sectName() });
 
-        while (atom.prev) |prev| {
-            atom = prev;
-        }
-
         while (true) {
             if (atom.dirty or self.invalidate_relocs) {
-                const atom_sym = self.locals.items[atom.local_sym_index];
-                const padding_size: usize = if (atom.next) |next| blk: {
-                    const next_sym = self.locals.items[next.local_sym_index];
-                    const size = next_sym.n_value - (atom_sym.n_value + atom.size);
-                    break :blk try math.cast(usize, size);
-                } else 0;
-
-                log.debug("  (adding atom {s} to buffer: {})", .{ self.getString(atom_sym.n_strx), atom_sym });
-
-                try atom.resolveRelocs(self);
-                try buffer.appendSlice(atom.code.items);
-                try buffer.ensureUnusedCapacity(padding_size);
-                try self.writePadding(match, padding_size, buffer.writer());
-
-                if (file_offset == null) {
-                    file_offset = sect.offset + atom_sym.n_value - sect.addr;
-                }
+                try self.writeAtom(atom, match);
                 atom.dirty = false;
-            } else {
-                if (file_offset) |off| {
-                    log.debug("  (writing at file offset 0x{x})", .{off});
-                    try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(buffer.items, off);
-                }
-                file_offset = null;
-                buffer.clearRetainingCapacity();
             }
 
-            if (atom.next) |next| {
-                atom = next;
-            } else {
-                if (file_offset) |off| {
-                    log.debug("  (writing at file offset 0x{x})", .{off});
-                    try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(buffer.items, off);
-                }
-                file_offset = null;
-                buffer.clearRetainingCapacity();
-                break;
-            }
+            if (atom.prev) |prev| {
+                atom = prev;
+            } else break;
         }
     }
 }