diff --git a/runsc/cmd/boot.go b/runsc/cmd/boot.go
index 7f87b2623..3039b389f 100644
--- a/runsc/cmd/boot.go
+++ b/runsc/cmd/boot.go
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ func (b *Boot) Execute(_ context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, args ...interface{})
 			Fatalf("error setting up chroot: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		specutils.ExePath = "/runsc"
 		if !b.applyCaps {
 			// Remove --setup-root arg to call myself.
 			var args []string
diff --git a/runsc/cmd/chroot.go b/runsc/cmd/chroot.go
index ec539a11c..c1acbf26b 100644
--- a/runsc/cmd/chroot.go
+++ b/runsc/cmd/chroot.go
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"gvisor.googlesource.com/gvisor/runsc/specutils"
 )
 
-// chrootBinPath is the location inside the chroot where the runsc binary will
-// be mounted.
-const chrootBinPath = "/runsc"
-
 // mountInChroot creates the destination mount point in the given chroot and
 // mounts the source.
 func mountInChroot(chroot, src, dst, typ string, flags uint32) error {
@@ -70,10 +66,6 @@ func setUpChroot(pidns bool) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := mountInChroot(chroot, specutils.ExePath, chrootBinPath, "bind", syscall.MS_BIND|syscall.MS_RDONLY); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error mounting runsc in chroot: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	if err := os.Chdir(chroot); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error changing working directory: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/runsc/cmd/cmd.go b/runsc/cmd/cmd.go
index fbfc18fc9..208cf5304 100644
--- a/runsc/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/runsc/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -80,13 +80,10 @@ func setCapsAndCallSelf(args []string, caps *specs.LinuxCapabilities) error {
 	if err := applyCaps(caps); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("applyCaps() failed: %v", err)
 	}
-	binPath, err := specutils.BinPath()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	binPath := specutils.ExePath
 
 	log.Infof("Execve %q again, bye!", binPath)
-	err = syscall.Exec(binPath, args, []string{})
+	err := syscall.Exec(binPath, args, []string{})
 	return fmt.Errorf("error executing %s: %v", binPath, err)
 }
 
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ func callSelfAsNobody(args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error setting gid: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	binPath := "/runsc"
+	binPath := specutils.ExePath
 
 	log.Infof("Execve %q again, bye!", binPath)
 	err := syscall.Exec(binPath, args, []string{})
diff --git a/runsc/cmd/exec.go b/runsc/cmd/exec.go
index 13584d800..9e058ad97 100644
--- a/runsc/cmd/exec.go
+++ b/runsc/cmd/exec.go
@@ -186,10 +186,7 @@ func (ex *Exec) Execute(_ context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, args ...interface{})
 }
 
 func (ex *Exec) execAndWait(waitStatus *syscall.WaitStatus) subcommands.ExitStatus {
-	binPath, err := specutils.BinPath()
-	if err != nil {
-		Fatalf("getting bin path: %v", err)
-	}
+	binPath := specutils.ExePath
 	var args []string
 
 	// The command needs to write a pid file so that execAndWait can tell
@@ -219,6 +216,7 @@ func (ex *Exec) execAndWait(waitStatus *syscall.WaitStatus) subcommands.ExitStat
 	}
 
 	cmd := exec.Command(binPath, args...)
+	cmd.Args[0] = "runsc-exec"
 
 	// Exec stdio defaults to current process stdio.
 	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
diff --git a/runsc/container/container.go b/runsc/container/container.go
index 2d4b85d9f..6d88dff7f 100644
--- a/runsc/container/container.go
+++ b/runsc/container/container.go
@@ -818,12 +818,10 @@ func (c *Container) createGoferProcess(spec *specs.Spec, conf *boot.Config, bund
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--io-fds=%d", nextFD))
 	}
 
-	binPath, err := specutils.BinPath()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	binPath := specutils.ExePath
 	cmd := exec.Command(binPath, args...)
 	cmd.ExtraFiles = goferEnds
+	cmd.Args[0] = "runsc-gofer"
 
 	// Enter new namespaces to isolate from the rest of the system. Don't unshare
 	// cgroup because gofer is added to a cgroup in the caller's namespace.
diff --git a/runsc/sandbox/sandbox.go b/runsc/sandbox/sandbox.go
index 53cb464d2..721a49141 100644
--- a/runsc/sandbox/sandbox.go
+++ b/runsc/sandbox/sandbox.go
@@ -292,10 +292,7 @@ func (s *Sandbox) createSandboxProcess(spec *specs.Spec, conf *boot.Config, bund
 	// starts at 3 because 0, 1, and 2 are taken by stdin/out/err.
 	nextFD := 3
 
-	binPath, err := specutils.BinPath()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	binPath := specutils.ExePath
 	cmd := exec.Command(binPath, conf.ToFlags()...)
 	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{}
 
diff --git a/runsc/specutils/specutils.go b/runsc/specutils/specutils.go
index 7b0dcf231..4e7893ab4 100644
--- a/runsc/specutils/specutils.go
+++ b/runsc/specutils/specutils.go
@@ -315,16 +315,6 @@ func IsSupportedDevMount(m specs.Mount) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// BinPath returns the real path to self, resolving symbolink links. This is done
-// to make the process name appears as 'runsc', instead of 'exe'.
-func BinPath() (string, error) {
-	binPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(ExePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf(`error resolving %q symlink: %v`, ExePath, err)
-	}
-	return binPath, nil
-}
-
 const (
 	// ContainerdContainerTypeAnnotation is the OCI annotation set by
 	// containerd to indicate whether the container to create should have
diff --git a/runsc/test/root/chroot_test.go b/runsc/test/root/chroot_test.go
index 04124703d..89f90c3e0 100644
--- a/runsc/test/root/chroot_test.go
+++ b/runsc/test/root/chroot_test.go
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"reflect"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -73,16 +71,13 @@ func TestChroot(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("error listing %q: %v", chroot, err)
 	}
-	if want, got := 2, len(fi); want != got {
+	if want, got := 1, len(fi); want != got {
 		t.Fatalf("chroot dir got %d entries, want %d", got, want)
 	}
 
-	// chroot dir is prepared by runsc and should contains only the executable
-	// and /proc.
-	files := []string{fi[0].Name(), fi[1].Name()}
-	sort.Strings(files)
-	if want := []string{"proc", "runsc"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(files, want) {
-		t.Errorf("chroot got children %v, want %v", files, want)
+	// chroot dir is prepared by runsc and should contains only /proc.
+	if fi[0].Name() != "proc" {
+		t.Errorf("chroot got children %v, want %v", fi[0].Name(), "proc")
 	}
 
 	d.CleanUp()