diff --git a/src/linker/lnk_chunk.c b/src/linker/lnk_chunk.c
index 37d44ec8..b1f99fb3 100644
--- a/src/linker/lnk_chunk.c
+++ b/src/linker/lnk_chunk.c
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ lnk_chunk_deep_copy(Arena *arena, LNK_Chunk *chunk)
       dst->sort_idx     = push_str8_copy(arena, src->sort_idx);
       dst->input_idx    = src->input_idx;
       dst->flags        = src->flags;
-      dst->associate    = src->associate;
+      //dst->associate    = src->associate;
+      Assert(src->associate == 0);
       lnk_chunk_set_debugf(arena, dst, "%S", src->debug);
     
       switch (src->type) {