diff --git a/src/staticdata.c b/src/staticdata.c
index 5b6bb5fdf2187..edef580600b84 100644
--- a/src/staticdata.c
+++ b/src/staticdata.c
@@ -798,7 +798,6 @@ static void jl_queue_module_for_serialization(jl_serializer_state *s, jl_module_
                      // ... or point to Base functions accessed by the runtime
                      (m == jl_base_module && (!strcmp(jl_symbol_name(b->globalref->name), "wait") ||
                                               !strcmp(jl_symbol_name(b->globalref->name), "task_done_hook"))))) {
-                    record_field_change((jl_value_t**)&b->backedges, NULL);
                     jl_queue_for_serialization(s, b);
                 }
             }
@@ -1044,6 +1043,9 @@ static void jl_insert_into_serialization_queue(jl_serializer_state *s, jl_value_
                         record_field_change((jl_value_t **)&tn->mt, NULL);
                 }
             }
+            else if (jl_is_binding(v)) {
+                record_field_change((jl_value_t**)&((jl_binding_t*)v)->backedges, NULL);
+            }
         }
         char *data = (char*)jl_data_ptr(v);
         size_t i, np = layout->npointers;
diff --git a/test/trimming/trimming.jl b/test/trimming/trimming.jl
index 4a0bb14ceebe2..69d9adf9b003f 100644
--- a/test/trimming/trimming.jl
+++ b/test/trimming/trimming.jl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ let exe_suffix = splitext(Base.julia_exename())[2]
 
     hello_exe = joinpath(@__DIR__, "hello" * exe_suffix)
     @test readchomp(`$hello_exe`) == "Hello, world!"
-    @test filesize(hello_exe) < 20_000_000
+    @test filesize(hello_exe) < 2_000_000
 
     basic_jll_exe = joinpath(@__DIR__, "basic_jll" * exe_suffix)
     lines = split(readchomp(`$basic_jll_exe`), "\n")