diff --git a/coreutils/fsync.c b/coreutils/fsync.c
index d1fe2b584..b8b463cd1 100644
--- a/coreutils/fsync.c
+++ b/coreutils/fsync.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int fsync_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
 	status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	do {
-		int fd = open3_or_warn(*argv, O_NOATIME | O_NOCTTY | O_RDONLY, 0);
+		int fd = open_or_warn(*argv, O_NOATIME | O_NOCTTY | O_RDONLY);
 
 		if (fd == -1) {
 			status = EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index fddddcd8c..7f2d54c9f 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void crondlog(const char *ctl, ...)
 		/* Syslog mode: all to syslog (logmode = LOGMODE_SYSLOG), */
 		if (!DebugOpt && G.log_filename) {
 			/* Otherwise (log to file): we reopen log file at every write: */
-			int logfd = open3_or_warn(G.log_filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0666);
+			int logfd = open_or_warn(G.log_filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND);
 			if (logfd >= 0)
 				xmove_fd(logfd, STDERR_FILENO);
 		}