diff --git a/src/linker/lnk.c b/src/linker/lnk.c
index 67f5bdec..2ec33142 100644
--- a/src/linker/lnk.c
+++ b/src/linker/lnk.c
@@ -2830,9 +2830,9 @@ THREAD_POOL_TASK_FUNC(lnk_obj_reloc_patcher)
   LNK_Obj             *obj  = task->objs[task_id];
 
   COFF_FileHeaderInfo  obj_header    = obj->header;
-  COFF_SectionHeader  *section_table = (COFF_SectionHeader *)str8_substr(obj->data, obj_header.section_table_range).str;
-  String8              symbol_table  = str8_substr(obj->data, obj_header.symbol_table_range);
-  String8              string_table  = str8_substr(obj->data, obj_header.string_table_range);
+  COFF_SectionHeader  *section_table = lnk_coff_section_table_from_obj(obj);
+  String8              symbol_table  = lnk_coff_symbol_table_from_obj(obj);
+  String8              string_table  = lnk_coff_string_table_from_obj(obj);
 
   U32 closest_sect  = 0;
   U32 closest_reloc = 0;
@@ -2841,6 +2841,7 @@ THREAD_POOL_TASK_FUNC(lnk_obj_reloc_patcher)
   for EachIndex(sect_idx, obj_header.section_count_no_null) {
     COFF_SectionHeader *section_header = &section_table[sect_idx];
 
+    if (section_header->flags & COFF_SectionFlag_LnkInfo)              { continue; }
     if (section_header->flags & COFF_SectionFlag_LnkRemove)            { continue; }
     if (section_header->flags & COFF_SectionFlag_CntUninitializedData) { continue; }
 
@@ -2860,7 +2861,8 @@ THREAD_POOL_TASK_FUNC(lnk_obj_reloc_patcher)
           lnk_error_obj(LNK_Error_IllegalRelocation, obj, "unknown relocation type 0x%x", reloc->type);
         }
       } else if (obj->header.machine != COFF_MachineType_Unknown) {
-        NotImplemented;
+        lnk_not_implemented("relocation patching is not implemented for %S", coff_string_from_machine_type(obj->header.machine));
+        continue;
       }
 
       // compute virtual offsets
diff --git a/src/linker/lnk_obj.c b/src/linker/lnk_obj.c
index cb1ace28..80383349 100644
--- a/src/linker/lnk_obj.c
+++ b/src/linker/lnk_obj.c
@@ -527,6 +527,12 @@ lnk_coff_string_table_from_obj(LNK_Obj *obj)
   return str8_substr(obj->data, obj->header.string_table_range);
 }
 
+internal String8
+lnk_coff_symbol_table_from_obj(LNK_Obj *obj)
+{
+  return str8_substr(obj->data, obj->header.symbol_table_range);
+}
+
 internal COFF_RelocArray
 lnk_coff_reloc_info_from_section_number(LNK_Obj *obj, U64 section_number)
 {
diff --git a/src/linker/lnk_obj.h b/src/linker/lnk_obj.h
index 3f449725..3783f72f 100644
--- a/src/linker/lnk_obj.h
+++ b/src/linker/lnk_obj.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ internal COFF_SectionHeader * lnk_coff_section_header_from_section_number(LNK_Ob
 internal COFF_RelocArray      lnk_coff_relocs_from_section_header(LNK_Obj *obj, COFF_SectionHeader *section_header);
 internal COFF_SectionHeader * lnk_coff_section_table_from_obj(LNK_Obj *obj);
 internal String8              lnk_coff_string_table_from_obj(LNK_Obj *obj);
+internal String8              lnk_coff_symbol_table_from_obj(LNK_Obj *obj);
 internal B32                  lnk_try_comdat_props_from_section_number(LNK_Obj *obj, U32 section_number, COFF_ComdatSelectType *select_out, U32 *section_number_out, U32 *section_length_out, U32 *check_sum_out);
 internal B32                  lnk_is_coff_section_debug(LNK_Obj *obj, U64 sect_idx);