diff --git a/archival/gzip.c b/archival/gzip.c
index ad2c24d..7c18154 100644
--- a/archival/gzip.c
+++ b/archival/gzip.c
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@
 				inFileNum = STDIN_FILENO;
 				outFileNum = STDOUT_FILENO;
 			} else {
-				inFileNum = xopen3(argv[i], O_RDONLY, 0);
+				inFileNum = xopen(argv[i], O_RDONLY);
 				if (fstat(inFileNum, &statBuf) < 0)
 					bb_perror_msg_and_die("%s", argv[i]);
 				time_stamp = statBuf.st_ctime;
diff --git a/archival/unzip.c b/archival/unzip.c
index 709ebf8..1b80aea 100644
--- a/archival/unzip.c
+++ b/archival/unzip.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
 			overwrite = o_always;
 		case 'y': /* Open file and fall into unzip */
 			unzip_create_leading_dirs(dst_fn);
-			dst_fd = xopen3(dst_fn, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0777);
+			dst_fd = xopen(dst_fn, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC);
 		case -1: /* Unzip */
 			if (verbosity == v_normal) {
 				printf("  inflating: %s\n", dst_fn);