diff --git a/pkgs/preinit/Makefile b/pkgs/preinit/Makefile
index 8d09ce06..7eeacf97 100644
--- a/pkgs/preinit/Makefile
+++ b/pkgs/preinit/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CFLAGS+=-Os -DPREINIT_USE_LIBC  -fno-stack-protector -fpic -fPIC
+CFLAGS+=-Os -fno-stack-protector -fpic -fPIC
 LDFLAGS=-static
 
 preinit: preinit.o parseopts.o
diff --git a/pkgs/preinit/preinit.c b/pkgs/preinit/preinit.c
index 7b95c550..cd3f99a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/preinit/preinit.c
+++ b/pkgs/preinit/preinit.c
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-#ifdef PREINIT_USE_LIBC
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#else
-#include <nolibc.h>
-#endif
-#include <asm/setup.h>
+
+#include <asm/setup.h>		/* for COMMAND_LINE_SIZE */
 
 void parseopts(char * cmdline, char **root, char **rootfstype);