diff --git a/src/include/login_cap.h b/src/include/login_cap.h
index 5c816bd5..910d78b5 100644
--- a/src/include/login_cap.h
+++ b/src/include/login_cap.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: login_cap.h,v 1.14 2014/11/19 22:59:50 tedu Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: login_cap.h,v 1.15 2014/11/21 05:13:44 tedu Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1995,1997 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. All rights reserved.
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ int	secure_path(char *);
 int	setclasscontext(char *, unsigned int);
 int	setusercontext(login_cap_t *, struct passwd *, uid_t, unsigned int);
 
-int	 crypt_newhash(const char *pass, login_cap_t *lc, char *hash, size_t hashlen);
-
 __END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* _LOGIN_CAP_H_ */
diff --git a/src/include/unistd.h b/src/include/unistd.h
index 4022932e..0a8bca39 100644
--- a/src/include/unistd.h
+++ b/src/include/unistd.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: unistd.h,v 1.93 2014/09/18 04:37:56 guenther Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: unistd.h,v 1.94 2014/11/21 05:13:44 tedu Exp $ */
 /*	$NetBSD: unistd.h,v 1.26.4.1 1996/05/28 02:31:51 mrg Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ int	pipe2(int [2], int);
 int	 acct(const char *);
 int	 closefrom(int);
 int	 crypt_checkpass(const char *, const char *);
+int	 crypt_newhash(const char *, const char *, char *, size_t);
 int	 des_cipher(const char *, char *, int32_t, int);
 int	 des_setkey(const char *);
 void	 endusershell(void);
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/crypt/crypt_checkpass.3 b/src/lib/libc/crypt/crypt_checkpass.3
index 3a360fb8..479a7864 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/crypt/crypt_checkpass.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/crypt/crypt_checkpass.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: crypt_checkpass.3,v 1.1 2014/11/20 19:18:25 tedu Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: crypt_checkpass.3,v 1.2 2014/11/21 05:13:44 tedu Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) Ted Unangst <tedu@openbsd.org>
 .\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 20 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 21 2014 $
 .Dt CRYPT_CHECKPASS 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@
 .In unistd.h
 .Ft int
 .Fn crypt_checkpass "const char *password" "const char *hash"
-.In login_cap.h
 .Ft int
-.Fn crypt_newhash "const char *password" "login_cap_t *lc" "char *hash" "size_t hashsize"
+.Fn crypt_newhash "const char *password" "const char *pref" "char *hash" "size_t hashsize"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn crypt_checkpass
@@ -47,9 +46,9 @@ The provided
 .Fa password
 is randomly salted and hashed and stored in
 .Fa hash .
-The login class argument
-.Fa lc
-is used to identify the preferred hashing algorithm and parameters.
+The
+.Fa pref
+argument identifies the preferred hashing algorithm and parameters.
 Refer to
 .Xr login.conf 5 .
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/crypt/cryptutil.c b/src/lib/libc/crypt/cryptutil.c
index 4a8c46be..f9045ed6 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/crypt/cryptutil.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/crypt/cryptutil.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: cryptutil.c,v 1.2 2014/11/17 16:47:28 tedu Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: cryptutil.c,v 1.3 2014/11/21 05:13:44 tedu Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014 Ted Unangst <tedu@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -55,16 +55,14 @@ fail:
 }
 
 int
-crypt_newhash(const char *pass, login_cap_t *lc, char *hash, size_t hashlen)
+crypt_newhash(const char *pass, const char *pref, char *hash, size_t hashlen)
 {
 	int rv = -1;
-	char *pref;
-	char *defaultpref = "blowfish,8";
+	const char *defaultpref = "blowfish,8";
 	const char *errstr;
 	int rounds;
 
-	if (lc == NULL ||
-	    (pref = login_getcapstr(lc, "localcipher", NULL, NULL)) == NULL)
+	if (pref == NULL)
 		pref = defaultpref;
 	if (strncmp(pref, "blowfish,", 9) != 0) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
@@ -76,7 +74,5 @@ crypt_newhash(const char *pass, login_cap_t *lc, char *hash, size_t hashlen)
 	rv = bcrypt_newhash(pass, rounds, hash, hashlen);
 
 err:
-	if (pref != defaultpref)
-		free(pref);
 	return rv;
 }