diff --git a/src/link/MachO/Atom.zig b/src/link/MachO/Atom.zig
index 1473c682acb6dfb62bb09515f3094579f13764d2..8a47a30264b1b2045c9b8c78f5d0398a4dc75c70 100644
--- a/src/link/MachO/Atom.zig
+++ b/src/link/MachO/Atom.zig
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ extra: u32 = 0,
 pub fn getName(self: Atom, macho_file: *MachO) [:0]const u8 {
     return switch (self.getFile(macho_file)) {
         .dylib => unreachable,
-        .zig_object => |x| x.strtab.buffer.items[self.name.pos..][0 .. self.name.len - 1 :0],
         inline else => |x| x.getString(self.name),
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/link/MachO/Symbol.zig b/src/link/MachO/Symbol.zig
index 80a9ddbce248f4827adf4c4640fa292095a59a6c..6e5af75fc24665363bca1705a4b94059f5a8ae6f 100644
--- a/src/link/MachO/Symbol.zig
+++ b/src/link/MachO/Symbol.zig
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ pub fn weakRef(symbol: Symbol, macho_file: *MachO) bool {
 
 pub fn getName(symbol: Symbol, macho_file: *MachO) [:0]const u8 {
     return switch (symbol.getFile(macho_file).?) {
-        .zig_object => |x| x.strtab.buffer.items[symbol.name.pos..][0 .. symbol.name.len - 1 :0],
         inline else => |x| x.getString(symbol.name),
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/link/MachO/ZigObject.zig b/src/link/MachO/ZigObject.zig
index 6a119a838f255397045216eacdc01c1aa0539189..4e939008a590c1a4d5502b6b758203da856fafa3 100644
--- a/src/link/MachO/ZigObject.zig
+++ b/src/link/MachO/ZigObject.zig
@@ -1767,6 +1767,11 @@ fn addString(self: *ZigObject, allocator: Allocator, string: []const u8) !MachO.
     return .{ .pos = off, .len = @intCast(string.len + 1) };
 }
 
+pub fn getString(self: ZigObject, string: MachO.String) [:0]const u8 {
+    if (string.len == 0) return "";
+    return self.strtab.buffer.items[string.pos..][0 .. string.len - 1 :0];
+}
+
 pub fn asFile(self: *ZigObject) File {
     return .{ .zig_object = self };
 }