diff --git a/console-tools/setlogcons.c b/console-tools/setlogcons.c
index 1f0ac524e..32153bd2c 100644
--- a/console-tools/setlogcons.c
+++ b/console-tools/setlogcons.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ extern int setlogcons_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (argc == 2)
 		arg.subarg = atoi(argv[1]);
 
-	if (ioctl(bb_xopen("/dev/tty1", O_RDONLY), TIOCLINUX, &arg))
+	if (ioctl(bb_xopen(VC_1, O_RDONLY), TIOCLINUX, &arg))
 		bb_perror_msg_and_die("TIOCLINUX");;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index 5a5e1c64c..ec6d99cac 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -311,9 +311,7 @@ static int xargs_ask_confirmation(void)
 	int c, savec;
 
 	if (!tty_stream) {
-		tty_stream = fopen("/dev/tty", "r");
-		if (!tty_stream)
-			bb_perror_msg_and_die("/dev/tty");
+		tty_stream = bb_xfopen(CURRENT_TTY, "r");
 		/* pranoidal security by vodz */
 		fcntl(fileno(tty_stream), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
 	}
diff --git a/miscutils/rx.c b/miscutils/rx.c
index ef372d383..5fa98b5ef 100644
--- a/miscutils/rx.c
+++ b/miscutils/rx.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ int rx_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			bb_show_usage();
 
 	fn = argv[1];
-	ttyfd = bb_xopen3("/dev/tty", O_RDWR, 0);
+	ttyfd = bb_xopen3(CURRENT_TTY, O_RDWR, 0);
 	filefd = bb_xopen3(fn, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666);
 
 	if (tcgetattr(ttyfd, &tty) < 0)