diff --git a/slirp/misc.c b/slirp/misc.c
index 1aeb401082d5955f11692787c2f198dd9276b3c6..19dbec491f032a5e2eb9144241d6c34ac21d41cc 100644
--- a/slirp/misc.c
+++ b/slirp/misc.c
@@ -264,48 +264,6 @@ void lprint(const char *format, ...)
     va_end(args);
 }
 
-#ifdef BAD_SPRINTF
-
-#undef vsprintf
-#undef sprintf
-
-/*
- * Some BSD-derived systems have a sprintf which returns char *
- */
-
-int
-vsprintf_len(string, format, args)
-	char *string;
-	const char *format;
-	va_list args;
-{
-	vsprintf(string, format, args);
-	return strlen(string);
-}
-
-int
-#ifdef __STDC__
-sprintf_len(char *string, const char *format, ...)
-#else
-sprintf_len(va_alist) va_dcl
-#endif
-{
-	va_list args;
-#ifdef __STDC__
-	va_start(args, format);
-#else
-	char *string;
-	char *format;
-	va_start(args);
-	string = va_arg(args, char *);
-	format = va_arg(args, char *);
-#endif
-	vsprintf(string, format, args);
-	return strlen(string);
-}
-
-#endif
-
 void
 u_sleep(int usec)
 {
diff --git a/slirp/slirp.h b/slirp/slirp.h
index 462292d57748388461301741307955b3eb09a983..dfd977aa0c1672fd97cb4fed5fb12961c0d3afd3 100644
--- a/slirp/slirp.h
+++ b/slirp/slirp.h
@@ -237,20 +237,6 @@ void if_start(Slirp *);
 void if_start(struct ttys *);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef BAD_SPRINTF
-# define vsprintf vsprintf_len
-# define sprintf sprintf_len
- extern int vsprintf_len(char *, const char *, va_list);
- extern int sprintf_len(char *, const char *, ...);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef DECLARE_SPRINTF
-# ifndef BAD_SPRINTF
- extern int vsprintf(char *, const char *, va_list);
-# endif
- extern int vfprintf(FILE *, const char *, va_list);
-#endif
-
 #ifndef HAVE_STRERROR
  extern char *strerror(int error);
 #endif
diff --git a/slirp/slirp_config.h b/slirp/slirp_config.h
index f19c7034caea47bc2fbdd95819a2b6bbe39417fb..18db45c8e42eb57d84bf47991890c36fc913975e 100644
--- a/slirp/slirp_config.h
+++ b/slirp/slirp_config.h
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@
 /* Define if the machine is big endian */
 //#undef HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 
-/* Define if your sprintf returns char * instead of int */
-#undef BAD_SPRINTF
-
 /* Define if you have readv */
 #undef HAVE_READV
 
@@ -97,9 +94,6 @@
 #define DECLARE_IOVEC
 #endif
 
-/* Define if a declaration of sprintf/fprintf is needed */
-#undef DECLARE_SPRINTF
-
 /* Define if you have a POSIX.1 sys/wait.h */
 #undef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H