diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c366a8c..0d952e2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PREFIX = /usr/local
 CC       = cc
 CFLAGS   = -std=c99 -pedantic -fpic -O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-override-init -I. -Ilua-5.4
 CPPFLAGS = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -DLUA_USE_READLINE
-LDFLAGS = -Wl,--gc-sections -lbsd -ldl -lm -lreadline
+LDFLAGS = -lm -lreadline
 
 OBJS = csto.o lcallisto.o lcl.o lenvironment.o lfile.o \
 	   ljson.o lmath.o los.o lprocess.o lsocket.o util.o
diff --git a/lcl.c b/lcl.c
index efd67c6..1e5d5d6 100644
--- a/lcl.c
+++ b/lcl.c
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#ifdef __linux__
-#	include <bsd/string.h>
-#else
-/* assume BSD */
+#ifdef BSD
 #	include <string.h>
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lenvironment.c b/lenvironment.c
index f226658..9f22001 100644
--- a/lenvironment.c
+++ b/lenvironment.c
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#ifdef __linux__
-#	include <bsd/string.h>
-#else
-/* assume BSD */
+#ifdef BSD
 #	include <string.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -18,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "lenvironment.h"
 #include "lcallisto.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 
 /***
diff --git a/lfile.c b/lfile.c
index 5411872..747b8d6 100644
--- a/lfile.c
+++ b/lfile.c
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#ifdef __linux__
-#	include <bsd/string.h>
-#else
-/* assume BSD */
+#ifdef BSD
 #	include <string.h>
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lprocess.c b/lprocess.c
index ddb2c47..7afe04b 100644
--- a/lprocess.c
+++ b/lprocess.c
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#ifdef __linux__
-#	include <bsd/string.h>
-#else
-/* assume BSD */
+#ifdef BSD
 #	include <string.h>
 #endif
 
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index b0d4db4..5e18bcb 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -6,32 +6,94 @@
  * of these functions.
  */
 
-#include <util.h>
 
 #include <string.h>
-
 #include <lua.h>
 #include <lauxlib.h>
 
-int lfail(lua_State *L, const char* mesg)
+#include "util.h"
+
+int
+lfail(lua_State *L, const char* mesg)
 {
 	luaL_pushfail(L);
 	lua_pushstring(L, mesg);
 	return LFAIL_RET;
 }
 
-void strprepend(char *s, const char *t)
+#ifndef BSD
+/*
+ * Appends src to string dst of size dsize (unlike strncat, dsize is the
+ * full size of dst, not space left).  At most dsize-1 characters
+ * will be copied.  Always NUL terminates (unless dsize <= strlen(dst)).
+ * Returns strlen(src) + MIN(dsize, strlen(initial dst)).
+ * If retval >= dsize, truncation occurred.
+ */
+size_t
+strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t dsize)
+{
+	const char *odst = dst;
+	const char *osrc = src;
+	size_t n = dsize;
+	size_t dlen;
+
+	/* Find the end of dst and adjust bytes left but don't go past end. */
+	while (n-- != 0 && *dst != '\0')
+		dst++;
+	dlen = dst - odst;
+	n = dsize - dlen;
+
+	if (n-- == 0)
+		return(dlen + strlen(src));
+	while (*src != '\0') {
+		if (n != 0) {
+			*dst++ = *src;
+			n--;
+		}
+		src++;
+	}
+	*dst = '\0';
+
+	return(dlen + (src - osrc));	/* count does not include NUL */
+}
+/*
+ * Copy string src to buffer dst of size dsize.  At most dsize-1
+ * chars will be copied.  Always NUL terminates (unless dsize == 0).
+ * Returns strlen(src); if retval >= dsize, truncation occurred.
+ */
+size_t
+strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t dsize)
+{
+	const char *osrc = src;
+	size_t nleft = dsize;
+
+	/* Copy as many bytes as will fit. */
+	if (nleft != 0) {
+		while (--nleft != 0) {
+			if ((*dst++ = *src++) == '\0')
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Not enough room in dst, add NUL and traverse rest of src. */
+	if (nleft == 0) {
+		if (dsize != 0)
+			*dst = '\0';		/* NUL-terminate dst */
+		while (*src++)
+			;
+	}
+
+	return(src - osrc - 1);	/* count does not include NUL */
+}
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Prepends t to s.
+ */
+void
+strprepend(char *s, const char *t)
 {
     size_t len = strlen(t);
     memmove(s + len, s, strlen(s) + 1);
     memcpy(s, t, len);
 }
-
-void strslice(const char *s, char *buf, size_t start, size_t end)
-{
-	size_t j = 0;
-	for (size_t i = start; i <= end; ++i) {
-		buf[j++] = s[i];
-	}
-	buf[j] = 0;
-}
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index e1346b4..0942afd 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -9,20 +9,10 @@
 		lua_setfield(L, -2, lib[i].name);           \
 	}
 
-/*
- * Pushes the fail value and the string mesg
- * onto the stack, then returns 2.
- */
-int lfail(lua_State *L, const char* mesg);
-/*
- * Prepends t onto s.
- * Assumes s has enough space allocated
- * for the combined string.
- */
-void strprepend(char* s, const char* t);
+int lfail(lua_State *, const char *);
 
-/*
- * Slices the string s into buf.
- * The sliced string has the range [start .. end].
- */
-void strslice(const char *s, char *buf, size_t start, size_t end);
+#ifndef BSD
+size_t strlcat(char *, const char *, size_t);
+size_t strlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
+#endif
+void strprepend(char *, const char *);