diff --git a/libbb/Kbuild.src b/libbb/Kbuild.src
index cb1f8e9..5c56700 100644
--- a/libbb/Kbuild.src
+++ b/libbb/Kbuild.src
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 lib-y += default_error_retval.o
 lib-y += device_open.o
 lib-y += dump.o
-lib-y += error_msg.o
-lib-y += error_msg_and_die.o
 lib-y += execable.o
 lib-y += fclose_nonstdin.o
 lib-y += fflush_stdout_and_exit.o
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@
 lib-y += getpty.o
 lib-y += get_volsize.o
 lib-y += herror_msg.o
-lib-y += herror_msg_and_die.o
 lib-y += human_readable.o
 lib-y += inet_common.o
 lib-y += info_msg.o
@@ -72,7 +69,6 @@
 lib-y += parse_mode.o
 lib-y += parse_config.o
 lib-y += perror_msg.o
-lib-y += perror_msg_and_die.o
 lib-y += perror_nomsg.o
 lib-y += perror_nomsg_and_die.o
 lib-y += pidfile.o
diff --git a/libbb/error_msg.c b/libbb/error_msg.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 802fd57..0000000
--- a/libbb/error_msg.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
-/*
- * Utility routines.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
- *
- * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
- */
-
-#include "libbb.h"
-
-void FAST_FUNC bb_error_msg(const char *s, ...)
-{
-	va_list p;
-
-	va_start(p, s);
-	bb_verror_msg(s, p, NULL);
-	va_end(p);
-}
diff --git a/libbb/error_msg_and_die.c b/libbb/error_msg_and_die.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 243433b..0000000
--- a/libbb/error_msg_and_die.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
-/*
- * Utility routines.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
- *
- * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
- */
-
-#include "libbb.h"
-
-void FAST_FUNC bb_error_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
-{
-	va_list p;
-
-	va_start(p, s);
-	bb_verror_msg(s, p, NULL);
-	va_end(p);
-	xfunc_die();
-}
diff --git a/libbb/herror_msg.c b/libbb/herror_msg.c
index 7e4f640..ca9274c 100644
--- a/libbb/herror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/herror_msg.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  *
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
-
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 void FAST_FUNC bb_herror_msg(const char *s, ...)
@@ -17,3 +16,13 @@
 	bb_verror_msg(s, p, hstrerror(h_errno));
 	va_end(p);
 }
+
+void FAST_FUNC bb_herror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
+{
+	va_list p;
+
+	va_start(p, s);
+	bb_verror_msg(s, p, hstrerror(h_errno));
+	va_end(p);
+	xfunc_die();
+}
diff --git a/libbb/herror_msg_and_die.c b/libbb/herror_msg_and_die.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 230fe64..0000000
--- a/libbb/herror_msg_and_die.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
-/*
- * Utility routines.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
- *
- * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
- */
-
-#include "libbb.h"
-
-void FAST_FUNC bb_herror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
-{
-	va_list p;
-
-	va_start(p, s);
-	bb_verror_msg(s, p, hstrerror(h_errno));
-	va_end(p);
-	xfunc_die();
-}
diff --git a/libbb/perror_msg.c b/libbb/perror_msg.c
index 6c8e1b5..cbba805 100644
--- a/libbb/perror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/perror_msg.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  *
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
-
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 void FAST_FUNC bb_perror_msg(const char *s, ...)
@@ -19,7 +18,23 @@
 	va_end(p);
 }
 
+void FAST_FUNC bb_perror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
+{
+	va_list p;
+
+	va_start(p, s);
+	/* Guard against "<error message>: Success" */
+	bb_verror_msg(s, p, errno ? strerror(errno) : NULL);
+	va_end(p);
+	xfunc_die();
+}
+
 void FAST_FUNC bb_simple_perror_msg(const char *s)
 {
 	bb_perror_msg("%s", s);
 }
+
+void FAST_FUNC bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(const char *s)
+{
+	bb_perror_msg_and_die("%s", s);
+}
diff --git a/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c b/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 15615fa..0000000
--- a/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
-/*
- * Utility routines.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
- *
- * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
- */
-
-#include "libbb.h"
-
-void FAST_FUNC bb_perror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
-{
-	va_list p;
-
-	va_start(p, s);
-	/* Guard against "<error message>: Success" */
-	bb_verror_msg(s, p, errno ? strerror(errno) : NULL);
-	va_end(p);
-	xfunc_die();
-}
-
-void FAST_FUNC bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(const char *s)
-{
-	bb_perror_msg_and_die("%s", s);
-}
diff --git a/libbb/verror_msg.c b/libbb/verror_msg.c
index 6134329..c5fbc38 100644
--- a/libbb/verror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/verror_msg.c
@@ -76,12 +76,9 @@
 	free(msg);
 }
 
-
 #ifdef VERSION_WITH_WRITEV
-
 /* Code size is approximately the same, but currently it's the only user
  * of writev in entire bbox. __libc_writev in uclibc is ~50 bytes. */
-
 void FAST_FUNC bb_verror_msg(const char *s, va_list p, const char* strerr)
 {
 	int strerr_len, msgeol_len;
@@ -139,3 +136,23 @@
 	free(msgc);
 }
 #endif
+
+
+void FAST_FUNC bb_error_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
+{
+	va_list p;
+
+	va_start(p, s);
+	bb_verror_msg(s, p, NULL);
+	va_end(p);
+	xfunc_die();
+}
+
+void FAST_FUNC bb_error_msg(const char *s, ...)
+{
+	va_list p;
+
+	va_start(p, s);
+	bb_verror_msg(s, p, NULL);
+	va_end(p);
+}