diff --git a/src/library.js b/src/library.js
index f0df8227910b..21fe9a84c699 100644
--- a/src/library.js
+++ b/src/library.js
@@ -2152,37 +2152,16 @@ LibraryManager.library = {
     }
 
     var lib = LDSO.loadedLibs[handle];
-    var isMainModule = lib.module == Module;
-
-    var mangled = '_' + symbol;
-    var modSymbol = mangled;
-#if WASM_BACKEND
-    if (!isMainModule) {
-      modSymbol = symbol;
-    }
+#if !WASM_BACKEND
+    symbol = '_' + symbol;
 #endif
-
-    if (!lib.module.hasOwnProperty(modSymbol)) {
-      DLFCN.errorMsg = ('Tried to lookup unknown symbol "' + modSymbol +
+    if (!lib.module.hasOwnProperty(symbol)) {
+      DLFCN.errorMsg = ('Tried to lookup unknown symbol "' + symbol +
                              '" in dynamic lib: ' + lib.name);
       return 0;
     }
 
-    var result = lib.module[modSymbol];
-#if WASM
-    // Attempt to get the real "unwrapped" symbol so we have more chance of
-    // getting wasm function which can be added to a table.
-    if (isMainModule) {
-#if WASM_BACKEND
-      var asmSymbol = symbol;
-#else
-      var asmSymbol = mangled;
-#endif
-      if (lib.module["asm"][asmSymbol]) {
-        result = lib.module["asm"][asmSymbol];
-      }
-    }
-#endif
+    var result = lib.module[symbol];
     if (typeof result !== 'function')
       return result;
 
diff --git a/tests/core/test_dlfcn_self.c b/tests/core/test_dlfcn_self.c
index 6ba45bbdd657..bdf912e91950 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_dlfcn_self.c
+++ b/tests/core/test_dlfcn_self.c
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE void repeatable() {
         void* self = dlopen(NULL, RTLD_LAZY);
         int* global_ptr = (int*)dlsym(self, "global");
         void (*foo_ptr)(int) = (void (*)(int))dlsym(self, "foo");
-        if (!foo_ptr) {
-          printf("dlsym failed: %s\n", dlerror());
-          return;
-        }
         foo_ptr(*global_ptr);
         dlclose(self);
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index 044c8f5d07c5..4ea2274c7999 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -2765,27 +2765,23 @@ def test_dlfcn_alignment_and_zeroing(self):
       '''
     self.do_run(src, 'success.\n')
 
+  @no_wasm('needs to be able to add JS functions to the wasm table')
   @needs_dlfcn
   def test_dlfcn_self(self):
     self.set_setting('MAIN_MODULE')
     self.set_setting('EXPORT_ALL')
 
     def post(filename):
-      js = open(filename).read()
-      start = js.find('var NAMED_GLOBALS')
-      first = js.find('{', start)
-      last = js.find('}', start)
-      exports = js[first + 1:last]
-      exports = exports.split(',')
+      with open(filename) as f:
+        for line in f:
+          if 'var NAMED_GLOBALS' in line:
+            table = line
+            break
+        else:
+          self.fail('Could not find symbol table!')
+      table = table[table.find('{'):table.find('}') + 1]
       # ensure there aren't too many globals; we don't want unnamed_addr
-      exports = [e.split(':')[0].strip('"') for e in exports]
-      exports.sort()
-      self.assertGreater(len(exports), 20)
-      # wasm backend includes alias in NAMED_GLOBALS
-      if self.is_wasm_backend():
-        self.assertLess(len(exports), 43)
-      else:
-        self.assertLess(len(exports), 30)
+      assert table.count(',') <= 30, table.count(',')
 
     self.do_run_in_out_file_test('tests', 'core', 'test_dlfcn_self', post_build=post)