diff --git a/libc/stdio/fopen.c b/libc/stdio/fopen.c
index a6cddd3..6d2d882 100644
--- a/libc/stdio/fopen.c
+++ b/libc/stdio/fopen.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
+#define __USE_BSD
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
diff --git a/libc/stdio/freopen.c b/libc/stdio/freopen.c
index da3a674..f0386e9 100644
--- a/libc/stdio/freopen.c
+++ b/libc/stdio/freopen.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
+#define __USE_BSD
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
diff --git a/libc/stdio/local.h b/libc/stdio/local.h
index 6b2111a..664cec1 100644
--- a/libc/stdio/local.h
+++ b/libc/stdio/local.h
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
 #include "wcio.h"
 #include "fileext.h"
 
-#ifndef DEFFILEMODE
-#define DEFFILEMODE  (S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IWGRP|S_IROTH|S_IWOTH)
-#endif
-
 
 /*
  * Information local to this implementation of stdio,