diff --git a/lib/replace/wscript b/lib/replace/wscript
index 56e2a22d..fd06350d 100644
--- a/lib/replace/wscript
+++ b/lib/replace/wscript
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def configure(conf):
                         define = 'HAVE_BSD_STRTOLL',
                         )
     conf.CHECK_FUNCS('if_nametoindex strerror_r')
-    conf.CHECK_FUNCS('getdirentries getdents syslog')
+    conf.CHECK_FUNCS('syslog')
     conf.CHECK_FUNCS('gai_strerror get_current_dir_name')
     conf.CHECK_FUNCS('timegm getifaddrs freeifaddrs mmap setgroups syscall setsid')
     conf.CHECK_FUNCS('getgrent_r getgrgid_r getgrnam_r getgrouplist getpagesize')
diff --git a/source3/wscript b/source3/wscript
index 7b257bcb..b2a72cd3 100644
--- a/source3/wscript
+++ b/source3/wscript
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ __fchdir fchmod fchown _fcntl __fcntl fcvt fcvtl fdatasync
 _fork __fork fseeko
 _fstat __fstat fsync
 futimens futimes __fxstat getauthuid
-getcwd _getcwd __getcwd getdents __getdents getdirentries
+getcwd _getcwd __getcwd
 getgrent getgrnam getgrouplist getgrset getmntent getpagesize
 getpwanam getpwent_r getrlimit
 glob grantpt hstrerror initgroups innetgr