diff --git a/include/link/section.hpp b/include/link/section.hpp
index 74541df4..8d4da7bf 100644
--- a/include/link/section.hpp
+++ b/include/link/section.hpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct Section {
 	std::vector<struct Patch> patches;
 	// Extra info computed during linking
 	std::vector<struct Symbol> *fileSymbols;
-	std::vector<struct Symbol *> *symbols;
+	std::vector<struct Symbol *> symbols;
 	struct Section *nextu; // The next "component" of this unionized sect
 };
 
diff --git a/src/link/object.cpp b/src/link/object.cpp
index a863c622..bab48816 100644
--- a/src/link/object.cpp
+++ b/src/link/object.cpp
@@ -356,18 +356,18 @@ static void readSection(FILE *file, struct Section *section, char const *fileNam
  */
 static void linkSymToSect(struct Symbol &symbol, struct Section *section)
 {
-	uint32_t a = 0, b = section->symbols->size();
+	uint32_t a = 0, b = section->symbols.size();
 
 	while (a != b) {
 		uint32_t c = (a + b) / 2;
 
-		if ((*section->symbols)[c]->offset > symbol.offset)
+		if (section->symbols[c]->offset > symbol.offset)
 			b = c;
 		else
 			a = c + 1;
 	}
 
-	section->symbols->insert(section->symbols->begin() + a, &symbol);
+	section->symbols.insert(section->symbols.begin() + a, &symbol);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -499,10 +499,7 @@ void obj_ReadFile(char const *fileName, unsigned int fileID)
 		fileSections[i]->nextu = NULL;
 		readSection(file, fileSections[i], fileName, nodes[fileID]);
 		fileSections[i]->fileSymbols = &fileSymbols;
-		fileSections[i]->symbols = new(std::nothrow) std::vector<struct Symbol *>();
-		if (!fileSections[i]->symbols)
-			err("%s: Failed to link to symbols", fileName);
-		fileSections[i]->symbols->reserve(nbSymPerSect[i]);
+		fileSections[i]->symbols.reserve(nbSymPerSect[i]);
 
 		sect_AddSection(fileSections[i]);
 	}
@@ -574,7 +571,6 @@ static void freeSection(struct Section *section)
 
 		if (sect_HasData(section->type))
 			delete section->data;
-		delete section->symbols;
 		delete section;
 
 		section = next;
diff --git a/src/link/output.cpp b/src/link/output.cpp
index eeff9712..59e34d79 100644
--- a/src/link/output.cpp
+++ b/src/link/output.cpp
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static void writeSymBank(struct SortedSections const &bankSections,
 	uint32_t nbSymbols = 0;
 
 	forEachSortedSection(sect, {
-		nbSymbols += sect->symbols->size();
+		nbSymbols += sect->symbols.size();
 	});
 
 	if (!nbSymbols)
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static void writeSymBank(struct SortedSections const &bankSections,
 	symList.reserve(nbSymbols);
 
 	forEachSortedSection(sect, {
-		for (struct Symbol const *sym : *sect->symbols) {
+		for (struct Symbol const *sym : sect->symbols) {
 			// Don't output symbols that begin with an illegal character
 			if (!sym->name->empty() && canStartSymName((*sym->name)[0]))
 				symList.push_back({ .sym = sym, .addr = (uint16_t)(sym->offset + sect->org) });
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static void writeMapBank(struct SortedSections const &sectList, enum SectionType
 		if (!noSymInMap) {
 			// Also print symbols in the following "pieces"
 			for (uint16_t org = sect->org; sect; sect = sect->nextu) {
-				for (struct Symbol *sym : *sect->symbols)
+				for (struct Symbol *sym : sect->symbols)
 					// Space matches "\tSECTION: $xxxx ..."
 					fprintf(mapFile, "\t         $%04" PRIx32 " = %s\n",
 						sym->offset + org, sym->name->c_str());
diff --git a/src/link/sdas_obj.cpp b/src/link/sdas_obj.cpp
index 94b10444..a4a6b350 100644
--- a/src/link/sdas_obj.cpp
+++ b/src/link/sdas_obj.cpp
@@ -340,10 +340,6 @@ void sdobj_ReadFile(struct FileStackNode const *where, FILE *file, std::vector<s
 			// The array will be allocated if the section does contain data
 			curSection->data = NULL;
 			curSection->fileSymbols = &fileSymbols; // IDs are instead per-section
-			curSection->symbols = new(std::nothrow) std::vector<struct Symbol *>();
-			if (!curSection->symbols)
-				fatal(where, lineNo, "Failed to alloc new area's symbol list: %s",
-				      strerror(errno));
 			curSection->nextu = NULL;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -409,7 +405,7 @@ void sdobj_ReadFile(struct FileStackNode const *where, FILE *file, std::vector<s
 				fatal(where, lineNo, "'S' line is neither \"Def\" nor \"Ref\"");
 
 			if (!fileSections.empty())
-				fileSections.back().section->symbols->push_back(&symbol);
+				fileSections.back().section->symbols.push_back(&symbol);
 
 			expectEol("'S' line is too long");
 			break;
@@ -730,7 +726,7 @@ void sdobj_ReadFile(struct FileStackNode const *where, FILE *file, std::vector<s
 
 		if (section->modifier == SECTION_FRAGMENT) {
 			// Add the fragment's offset to all of its symbols
-			for (struct Symbol *symbol : *section->symbols)
+			for (struct Symbol *symbol : section->symbols)
 				symbol->offset += section->offset;
 		}
 	}