diff --git a/modutils/modprobe-small.c b/modutils/modprobe-small.c
index 652ff4dfa..0fc9ea454 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe-small.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe-small.c
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 #include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 
-extern int init_module(void *module, unsigned long len, const char *options);
-extern int delete_module(const char *module, unsigned flags);
+#define init_module(mod, len, opts) syscall(__NR_init_module, mod, len, opts)
+#define delete_module(mod, flags) syscall(__NR_delete_module, mod, flags)
 #ifdef __NR_finit_module
 # define finit_module(fd, uargs, flags) syscall(__NR_finit_module, fd, uargs, flags)
 #endif
diff --git a/modutils/modutils.c b/modutils/modutils.c
index d36caaf68..4204f06fe 100644
--- a/modutils/modutils.c
+++ b/modutils/modutils.c
@@ -7,17 +7,13 @@
  */
 #include "modutils.h"
 
-#ifdef __UCLIBC__
-extern int init_module(void *module, unsigned long len, const char *options);
-extern int delete_module(const char *module, unsigned int flags);
-#else
-# include <sys/syscall.h>
-# define init_module(mod, len, opts) syscall(__NR_init_module, mod, len, opts)
-# if defined(__NR_finit_module)
-#  define finit_module(fd, uargs, flags) syscall(__NR_finit_module, fd, uargs, flags)
-# endif
-# define delete_module(mod, flags) syscall(__NR_delete_module, mod, flags)
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+
+#define init_module(mod, len, opts) syscall(__NR_init_module, mod, len, opts)
+#if defined(__NR_finit_module)
+# define finit_module(fd, uargs, flags) syscall(__NR_finit_module, fd, uargs, flags)
 #endif
+#define delete_module(mod, flags) syscall(__NR_delete_module, mod, flags)
 
 static module_entry *helper_get_module(module_db *db, const char *module, int create)
 {