diff --git a/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename.greg.c b/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename.greg.c
index 78cb0f30b..1bc5a1494 100644
--- a/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename.greg.c
+++ b/libc/calls/getprogramexecutablename.greg.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 │ PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.                                                │
 ╚─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
 #include "libc/calls/calls.h"
+#include "libc/calls/metalfile.internal.h"
 #include "libc/calls/syscall-sysv.internal.h"
 #include "libc/dce.h"
 #include "libc/errno.h"
@@ -76,10 +77,14 @@ static inline void GetProgramExecutableNameImpl(char *p, char *e) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (IsMetal()) {
+    if (!memccpy(p, APE_COM_NAME, 0, e - p - 1)) e[-1] = 0;
+    return;
+  }
+
   // if argv[0] exists then turn it into an absolute path. we also try
   // adding a .com suffix since the ape auto-appends it when resolving
   if (__argc && (((q = __argv[0]) && !sys_faccessat(AT_FDCWD, q, F_OK, 0)) ||
-                 IsMetal() ||
                  ((q = StrCat(u.path, __argv[0], ".com")) &&
                   !sys_faccessat(AT_FDCWD, q, F_OK, 0)))) {
     if (*q != '/') {
diff --git a/libc/calls/metalfile.internal.h b/libc/calls/metalfile.internal.h
index 17563585b..a7586c85d 100644
--- a/libc/calls/metalfile.internal.h
+++ b/libc/calls/metalfile.internal.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ extern size_t __ape_com_size;
 COSMOPOLITAN_C_END_
 #endif /* !(__ASSEMBLER__ + __LINKER__ + 0) */
 
-#define APE_COM_NAME     "/ape.com"
-#define APE_COM_ALT_NAME "/proc/self/exe"
-#define APE_COM_URI      "file:/proc/self/exe"
+#define APE_COM_NAME "/proc/self/exe"
 
 #endif /* COSMOPOLITAN_LIBC_CALLS_METALFILE_INTERNAL_H_ */
diff --git a/libc/calls/metalfile_init.S b/libc/calls/metalfile_init.S
index aa6a41b1b..2793b27a2 100644
--- a/libc/calls/metalfile_init.S
+++ b/libc/calls/metalfile_init.S
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@
 	pop	%rsi
 	pop	%rdi
 	.init.end 101,_init_metalfile
-APE_COM_URI:
-	.endobj	APE_COM_URI,globl,hidden
+APE_COM_NAME:
+	.endobj	APE_COM_NAME,globl,hidden
diff --git a/libc/calls/openat-metal.c b/libc/calls/openat-metal.c
index c49dab405..3eef25ff0 100644
--- a/libc/calls/openat-metal.c
+++ b/libc/calls/openat-metal.c
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
 int sys_openat_metal(int dirfd, const char *file, int flags, unsigned mode) {
   int fd;
   struct MetalFile *state;
-  if (dirfd != AT_FDCWD || (strcmp(file, APE_COM_NAME) &&
-                            strcmp(file, APE_COM_ALT_NAME))) return enoent();
+  if (dirfd != AT_FDCWD || strcmp(file, APE_COM_NAME)) return enoent();
   if (flags != O_RDONLY) return eacces();
   if (!_weaken(__ape_com_base) || !_weaken(__ape_com_size))
     return eopnotsupp();
diff --git a/libc/zipos/get.c b/libc/zipos/get.c
index 76ffbc5e9..47b4bc26d 100644
--- a/libc/zipos/get.c
+++ b/libc/zipos/get.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "libc/zip.h"
 #include "libc/zipos/zipos.internal.h"
 
-STATIC_YOINK(APE_COM_URI);
+STATIC_YOINK(APE_COM_NAME);
 
 static uint64_t __zipos_get_min_offset(const uint8_t *base,
                                        const uint8_t *cdir) {