diff --git a/src/shared/plugin.c b/src/shared/plugin.c
index f13387883..5cdfba8a3 100644
--- a/src/shared/plugin.c
+++ b/src/shared/plugin.c
@@ -46,20 +46,6 @@ typedef struct plugin
 } PLUGIN;
 TAILQ_HEAD(, plugin) plugins;
 
-#ifndef __FreeBSD__
-dlfunc_t
-dlfunc(void * __restrict handle, const char * __restrict symbol)
-{
-	union {
-		void *d;
-		dlfunc_t f;
-	} rv;
-
-	rv.d = dlsym(handle, symbol);
-	return rv.f;
-}
-#endif
-
 void
 rc_plugin_load(void)
 {
@@ -68,7 +54,10 @@ rc_plugin_load(void)
 	PLUGIN *plugin;
 	char *file = NULL;
 	void *h;
-	int (*fptr)(RC_HOOK, const char *);
+	union {
+		void *sym;
+		int (*func)(RC_HOOK, const char *);
+	} fptr;
 
 	/* Don't load plugins if we're in one */
 	if (rc_in_plugin)
@@ -91,9 +80,8 @@ rc_plugin_load(void)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		fptr = (int (*)(RC_HOOK, const char *))
-		    dlfunc(h, RC_PLUGIN_HOOK);
-		if (fptr == NULL) {
+		fptr.sym = dlsym(h, RC_PLUGIN_HOOK);
+		if (fptr.func == NULL) {
 			eerror("%s: cannot find symbol `%s'",
 			    d->d_name, RC_PLUGIN_HOOK);
 			dlclose(h);
@@ -101,7 +89,7 @@ rc_plugin_load(void)
 			plugin = xmalloc(sizeof(*plugin));
 			plugin->name = xstrdup(d->d_name);
 			plugin->handle = h;
-			plugin->hook = fptr;
+			plugin->hook = fptr.func;
 			TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&plugins, plugin, entries);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/shared/plugin.h b/src/shared/plugin.h
index 3e458e23a..b77f0ddc6 100644
--- a/src/shared/plugin.h
+++ b/src/shared/plugin.h
@@ -32,15 +32,4 @@ void rc_plugin_load(void);
 void rc_plugin_unload(void);
 void rc_plugin_run(RC_HOOK, const char *value);
 
-/* dlfunc defines needed to avoid ISO errors. FreeBSD has this right :) */
-#if !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__DragonFly__)
-struct __dlfunc_arg {
-	int	__dlfunc_dummy;
-};
-
-typedef	void (*dlfunc_t)(struct __dlfunc_arg);
-
-dlfunc_t dlfunc (void * __restrict handle, const char * __restrict symbol);
-#endif
-
 #endif