diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/abort.c b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/abort.c
index 7252cd8a..a833a1a8 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/abort.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/abort.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  */
 
 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
-static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: abort.c,v 1.10 2002/11/03 23:58:39 marc Exp $";
+static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: abort.c,v 1.11 2002/11/05 22:19:55 marc Exp $";
 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
 
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -55,11 +55,7 @@ abort()
 	 * any errors -- X311J doesn't allow abort to return anyway.
 	 */
 	sigdelset(&mask, SIGABRT);
-#ifdef _THREAD_SAFE
 	(void)_thread_sys_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, (sigset_t *)NULL);
-#else  /* _THREAD_SAFE */
-	(void)sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, (sigset_t *)NULL);
-#endif /* _THREAD_SAFE */
 
 	/*
 	 * POSIX requires we flush stdio buffers on abort
@@ -80,11 +76,7 @@ abort()
 	 * it again, only harder.
 	 */
 	(void)signal(SIGABRT, SIG_DFL);
-#ifdef _THREAD_SAFE
 	(void)_thread_sys_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, (sigset_t *)NULL);
-#else  /* _THREAD_SAFE */
-	(void)sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, (sigset_t *)NULL);
-#endif /* _THREAD_SAFE */
 	(void)kill(getpid(), SIGABRT);
 	exit(1);
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
index 2ebc1eff..3cdacc59 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
-static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: malloc.c,v 1.50 2002/11/03 23:58:39 marc Exp $";
+static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: malloc.c,v 1.51 2002/11/05 22:19:55 marc Exp $";
 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
 
 /*
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: malloc.c,v 1.50 2002/11/03 23:58:39 marc Exp $"
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
+#include "thread_private.h"
+
 /*
  * The basic parameters you can tweak.
  *
@@ -67,39 +69,6 @@ static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: malloc.c,v 1.50 2002/11/03 23:58:39 marc Exp $"
 #   define    malloc_pageshift	13U
 #endif /* __OpenBSD__ */
 
-#ifdef _THREAD_SAFE
-# include "thread_private.h"
-# if 0
-   /* kernel threads */
-#  include <pthread.h>
-   static pthread_mutex_t malloc_lock;
-#  define THREAD_LOCK()		pthread_mutex_lock(&malloc_lock)
-#  define THREAD_UNLOCK()	pthread_mutex_unlock(&malloc_lock)
-#  define THREAD_LOCK_INIT()	pthread_mutex_init(&malloc_lock, 0);
-# else
-   /* user threads */
-#  include "spinlock.h"
-   static spinlock_t malloc_lock = _SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER;
-#  define THREAD_LOCK()		if (__isthreaded) _SPINLOCK(&malloc_lock)
-#  define THREAD_UNLOCK()	if (__isthreaded) _SPINUNLOCK(&malloc_lock)
-#  define THREAD_LOCK_INIT()
-   /*
-    * Malloc can't use the wrapped write() if it fails very early, so
-    * we use the unwrapped syscall _thread_sys_write()
-    */
-#  define write _thread_sys_write
-   ssize_t write(int, const void *, size_t);
-#   undef malloc
-#   undef realloc
-#   undef free
-# endif
-#else
-  /* no threads */
-# define THREAD_LOCK()
-# define THREAD_UNLOCK()
-# define THREAD_LOCK_INIT()
-#endif
-
 /*
  * No user serviceable parts behind this point.
  *
@@ -494,7 +463,7 @@ malloc_init ()
     int i, j;
     int save_errno = errno;
 
-    THREAD_LOCK_INIT();
+    _MALLOC_LOCK_INIT();
 
     INIT_MMAP();
 
@@ -1244,17 +1213,17 @@ malloc(size_t size)
     register void *r;
 
     malloc_func = " in malloc():";
-    THREAD_LOCK();
+    _MALLOC_LOCK();
     if (malloc_active++) {
 	wrtwarning("recursive call.\n");
         malloc_active--;
-	THREAD_UNLOCK();
+	_MALLOC_UNLOCK();
 	return (0);
     }
     r = imalloc(size);
     UTRACE(0, size, r);
     malloc_active--;
-    THREAD_UNLOCK();
+    _MALLOC_UNLOCK();
     if (malloc_xmalloc && !r)
 	wrterror("out of memory.\n");
     return (r);
@@ -1264,17 +1233,17 @@ void
 free(void *ptr)
 {
     malloc_func = " in free():";
-    THREAD_LOCK();
+    _MALLOC_LOCK();
     if (malloc_active++) {
 	wrtwarning("recursive call.\n");
         malloc_active--;
-	THREAD_UNLOCK();
+	_MALLOC_UNLOCK();
 	return;
     }
     ifree(ptr);
     UTRACE(ptr, 0, 0);
     malloc_active--;
-    THREAD_UNLOCK();
+    _MALLOC_UNLOCK();
     return;
 }
 
@@ -1284,11 +1253,11 @@ realloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
     register void *r;
 
     malloc_func = " in realloc():";
-    THREAD_LOCK();
+    _MALLOC_LOCK();
     if (malloc_active++) {
 	wrtwarning("recursive call.\n");
         malloc_active--;
-	THREAD_UNLOCK();
+	_MALLOC_UNLOCK();
 	return (0);
     }
     if (!ptr) {
@@ -1298,7 +1267,7 @@ realloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
     }
     UTRACE(ptr, size, r);
     malloc_active--;
-    THREAD_UNLOCK();
+    _MALLOC_UNLOCK();
     if (malloc_xmalloc && !r)
 	wrterror("out of memory.\n");
     return (r);