diff --git a/src/kits/network/libnet/Jamfile b/src/kits/network/libnet/Jamfile
index c435dc5f44..19ceb09ca3 100644
--- a/src/kits/network/libnet/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kits/network/libnet/Jamfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ UsePrivateHeaders net ;
 
 {
 # Default libs include BeOS R5 libnet.so, something we don't want here!
-LINKFLAGS on libnet.so = [ on libnet.so return $(LINKFLAGS) ] -nostdlib ;
+LINKFLAGS on libnet.so = [ on libnet.so return $(LINKFLAGS) ] -nodefaultlibs ;
 }
 
 Depends libnet.so : install_network_etc_files ;
diff --git a/src/kits/network/libnet/compat.c b/src/kits/network/libnet/compat.c
index c983687bad..adf9f379ae 100644
--- a/src/kits/network/libnet/compat.c
+++ b/src/kits/network/libnet/compat.c
@@ -29,22 +29,9 @@ int _socket_interrupt(void);
 int _netconfig_find(void);
 
 
-/* These should probably be moved to a seperate file as they
- * are unique to the library as a whole...
- */
-
-_EXPORT void _init()
-{
-	h_errno_tls = tls_allocate();
-}
-
-_EXPORT void _fini()
-{
-}
-
-
 _EXPORT void initialize_before(void)
 {
+	h_errno_tls = tls_allocate();
 }
 
 _EXPORT void terminate_after(void)