diff --git a/libc/include/sys/_errdefs.h b/libc/include/sys/_errdefs.h
index 51d921b..3eeadf4 100644
--- a/libc/include/sys/_errdefs.h
+++ b/libc/include/sys/_errdefs.h
@@ -167,7 +167,4 @@
 __BIONIC_ERRDEF( EOWNERDEAD     , 130, "Owner died" )
 __BIONIC_ERRDEF( ENOTRECOVERABLE, 131, "State not recoverable" )
 
-/* the following is not defined by Linux but needed for the BSD portions of the C library */
-__BIONIC_ERRDEF( EFTYPE, 1000, "Stupid C library hack !!" )
-
 #undef __BIONIC_ERRDEF
diff --git a/libc/string/strerror_r.c b/libc/string/strerror_r.c
index 2f26f17..30841f3 100644
--- a/libc/string/strerror_r.c
+++ b/libc/string/strerror_r.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 static const CodeString  _sys_error_strings[] =
 {
-#define  __BIONIC_ERRDEF(x,y,z)  { y, z },
+#define  __BIONIC_ERRDEF(x,y,z)  { x, z },
 #include <sys/_errdefs.h>
     { 0, NULL }
 };