--- a/src/hpack.c
+++ b/src/hpack.c
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ static size_t	 hbuf_left(struct hbuf *);
 
 static struct hpack	 hpack_global;
 
-#ifdef  __GLIBC__
-/* these functions are available on BSD, but not on Linux */
-
 #include    <stdlib.h>
 
 void *
@@ -100,8 +97,6 @@ freezero(void *ptr, size_t size)
     return;
 }
 
-#endif
-
 int
 hpack_init(void)
 {