diff --git a/arch/arm/bits/fcntl.h b/arch/arm/bits/fcntl.h
index 4518fdc5119c563e74404336a5a71e94c678ca2a..4cb1753b76733e7b74b080d39e016f5af6fdc865 100644
--- a/arch/arm/bits/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/arm/bits/fcntl.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #define O_TMPFILE 020040000
 #define O_NDELAY O_NONBLOCK
 
-#define O_ELFFILE 040
-
 #define F_DUPFD  0
 #define F_GETFD  1
 #define F_SETFD  2
diff --git a/kernel/arch/arm/bits/fcntl.h b/kernel/arch/arm/bits/fcntl.h
index 86766cebab44c2f33d0eb027e0ded022015bbef4..472cd519454c1c1f48334865463fc91561189e9d 100644
--- a/kernel/arch/arm/bits/fcntl.h
+++ b/kernel/arch/arm/bits/fcntl.h
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 
 #define O_EXECVE 040000000
 
-#define O_ELFFILE 040
-
 #define F_DUPFD  0
 #define F_GETFD  1
 #define F_SETFD  2
diff --git a/ldso/dynlink.c b/ldso/dynlink.c
index 37e080a213fded85dccd9bca4da530ffd2930846..e938fce0a14d6e62c317ae2ce71154c65553d97d 100644
--- a/ldso/dynlink.c
+++ b/ldso/dynlink.c
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ static int path_open(const char *name, const char *s, char *buf, size_t buf_size
 		l = strcspn(s, ":\n");
 		if (l-1 >= INT_MAX) return -1;
 		if (snprintf(buf, buf_size, "%.*s/%s", (int)l, s, name) < buf_size) {
-			if ((fd = open(buf, O_RDONLY | O_ELFFILE))>=0) return fd; // open(buf, O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC)
+			if ((fd = open(buf, O_RDONLY))>=0) return fd; // open(buf, O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC)
 			switch (errno) {
 			case ENOENT:
 			case ENOTDIR:
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ static struct dso *load_library(const char *name, struct dso *needed_by)
 	}
 	if (strchr(name, '/')) {
 		pathname = name;
-		fd = open(name, O_RDONLY | O_ELFFILE); // open(name, O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC);
+		fd = open(name, O_RDONLY); // open(name, O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC);
 	} else {
 		/* Search for the name to see if it's already loaded */
 		for (p=head->next; p; p=p->next) {