diff --git a/include/cling/Interpreter/Interpreter.h b/include/cling/Interpreter/Interpreter.h
index fe9aae30..b2d3131e 100644
--- a/include/cling/Interpreter/Interpreter.h
+++ b/include/cling/Interpreter/Interpreter.h
@@ -334,12 +334,10 @@ namespace cling {
     ///
     ///\param[in] NoRuntime - Don't include the runtime headers / gCling
     ///\param[in] SyntaxOnly - In SyntaxOnly mode
-    ///\param[out] Globals - Global symbols that need to be emitted
     ///
     ///\returns The resulting Transation of initialization.
     ///
-    Transaction* Initialize(bool NoRuntime, bool SyntaxOnly,
-                            llvm::SmallVectorImpl<llvm::StringRef>& Globals);
+    Transaction* Initialize(bool NoRuntime, bool SyntaxOnly);
 
     ///\ Shut down the interpreter runtime.
     ///
diff --git a/lib/Interpreter/Interpreter.cpp b/lib/Interpreter/Interpreter.cpp
index f6582ad1..4cfed18b 100644
--- a/lib/Interpreter/Interpreter.cpp
+++ b/lib/Interpreter/Interpreter.cpp
@@ -327,8 +327,7 @@ namespace cling {
       setupCallbacks(*this, parentInterp);
     }
 
-    llvm::SmallVector<llvm::StringRef, 6> Syms;
-    Initialize(noRuntime || m_Opts.NoRuntime, isInSyntaxOnlyMode(), Syms);
+    Initialize(noRuntime || m_Opts.NoRuntime, isInSyntaxOnlyMode());
 
     // Commit the transactions, now that gCling is set up. It is needed for
     // static initialization in these transactions through
@@ -336,24 +335,6 @@ namespace cling {
     for (auto&& I: IncrParserTransactions)
       m_IncrParser->commitTransaction(I);
 
-    // Now that the transactions have been commited, force symbol emission
-    // and overrides.
-    if (!isInSyntaxOnlyMode() && !m_Opts.CompilerOpts.CUDADevice) {
-      for (const llvm::StringRef& Sym : Syms) {
-        void* Addr = m_Executor->getPointerToGlobalFromJIT(Sym);
-#if defined(__linux__)
-        // We need to look for the mangled name of at_quick_exit on linux.
-        if (!Addr && Sym.equals("at_quick_exit"))
-          Addr = m_Executor->getPointerToGlobalFromJIT("_Z13at_quick_exitPFvvE");
-#endif
-        if (!Addr) {
-          cling::errs() << "Replaced symbol " << Sym << " cannot be found in JIT!\n";
-        } else {
-          m_Executor->replaceSymbol(Sym.str().c_str(), Addr);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
     m_IncrParser->SetTransformers(parentInterp);
 
     if (!TSCtx->getContext()) {
@@ -423,8 +404,7 @@ namespace cling {
     m_IncrParser.reset(nullptr);
   }
 
-  Transaction* Interpreter::Initialize(bool NoRuntime, bool SyntaxOnly,
-                              llvm::SmallVectorImpl<llvm::StringRef>& Globals) {
+  Transaction* Interpreter::Initialize(bool NoRuntime, bool SyntaxOnly) {
     // The Initialize() function is called twice in CUDA mode. The first time
     // the host interpreter is initialized and the second time the device
     // interpreter is initialized. Without this if statement, a redefinition
@@ -521,7 +501,6 @@ namespace cling {
           << " { return __cxa_atexit((void(*)(void*))f, 0, __dso_handle); }\n";
       else
         Strm << ";\n";
-      Globals.push_back("at_quick_exit");
     }
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
@@ -539,7 +518,6 @@ namespace cling {
                 " return f; }\n";
       else
         Strm << ";\n";
-    Globals.push_back("__dllonexit");
 #if !defined(_M_CEE_PURE)
     Strm << Linkage << " " << Spec << " int (*_onexit("
          << "int (" << Spec << " *f)()))()";
@@ -548,7 +526,6 @@ namespace cling {
               " return f; }\n";
     else
       Strm << ";\n";
-    Globals.push_back("_onexit");
 #endif
 #endif