diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/open_transformer.c b/archival/libunarchive/open_transformer.c
index 757a2a3..d6f5e62 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/open_transformer.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/open_transformer.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 	if (pid == 0) {
 		/* child process */
-		close(fd_pipe[0]); /* We don't wan't to read from the parent */
+		close(fd_pipe[0]); /* We don't want to read from the parent */
 		// FIXME: error check?
 #if BB_MMU
 		transformer(src_fd, fd_pipe[1]);
diff --git a/coreutils/env.c b/coreutils/env.c
index b45cbcc..7273d39 100644
--- a/coreutils/env.c
+++ b/coreutils/env.c
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h> /* struct option */
-extern char **environ;
-
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_ENV_LONG_OPTIONS
diff --git a/coreutils/printenv.c b/coreutils/printenv.c
index bac77e2..06d68d0 100644
--- a/coreutils/printenv.c
+++ b/coreutils/printenv.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "libbb.h"
-extern char **environ;
 
 int printenv_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int printenv_main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index da3401b..983b311 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include "xregex.h"
 #include <math.h>
-extern char **environ;
 
 /* This is a NOEXEC applet. Be very careful! */
 
diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index 9d70e70..c5b6859 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 #include "shadow_.h"
 #endif
 
+/* Some libc's don't declare it, help them */
+extern char **environ;
+
 #if defined(__GLIBC__) && __GLIBC__ < 2
 int vdprintf(int d, const char *format, va_list ap);
 #endif
diff --git a/networking/inetd.c b/networking/inetd.c
index d643dc6..a7259f3 100644
--- a/networking/inetd.c
+++ b/networking/inetd.c
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@
 #include <rpc/pmap_clnt.h>
 #endif
 
-extern char **environ;
-
-
 #define _PATH_INETDPID  "/var/run/inetd.pid"
 
 #define CNT_INTVL       60              /* servers in CNT_INTVL sec. */
diff --git a/runit/runsv.c b/runit/runsv.c
index 84f5193..e9a0745 100644
--- a/runit/runsv.c
+++ b/runit/runsv.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 					warn_cannot("setup stdout for control/?");
 				prog[0] = a;
 				prog[1] = NULL;
-				execve(a, prog, environ);
+				execv(a, prog);
 				fatal_cannot("run control/?");
 			}
 			while (safe_waitpid(pid, &w, 0) == -1) {
diff --git a/runit/svlogd.c b/runit/svlogd.c
index 1d679c9..9c169da 100644
--- a/runit/svlogd.c
+++ b/runit/svlogd.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
 		prog[1] = (char*)"-c";
 		prog[2] = ld->processor;
 		prog[3] = NULL;
-		execve("/bin/sh", prog, environ);
+		execv("/bin/sh", prog);
 		bb_perror_msg_and_die(FATAL"cannot %s processor %s", "run", ld->name);
 	}
 	ld->ppid = pid;
diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 96563bf..2a9e96a 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 #if JOBS || ENABLE_ASH_READ_NCHARS
 #include <termios.h>
 #endif
-extern char **environ;
 
 #if defined(__uClinux__)
 #error "Do not even bother, ash will not run on uClinux"
diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 9dc85d0..a754076 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@
 #include <getopt.h>    /* should be pretty obvious */
 /* #include <dmalloc.h> */
 
-extern char **environ; /* This is in <unistd.h>, but protected with __USE_GNU */
-
 #include "busybox.h" /* for APPLET_IS_NOFORK/NOEXEC */
 
 
diff --git a/shell/msh.c b/shell/msh.c
index 9e9b798..7371120 100644
--- a/shell/msh.c
+++ b/shell/msh.c
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
 }
 #else
 # include "busybox.h" /* for applet_names */
-extern char **environ;
 #endif
 
 /*#define MSHDEBUG 1*/
@@ -2825,11 +2824,13 @@
 
 	if (pin != NULL) {
 		xmove_fd(pin[0], 0);
-		if (pin[1] != 0) close(pin[1]);
+		if (pin[1] != 0)
+			close(pin[1]);
 	}
 	if (pout != NULL) {
 		xmove_fd(pout[1], 1);
-		if (pout[1] != 1) close(pout[0]);
+		if (pout[1] != 1)
+			close(pout[0]);
 	}
 
 	iopp = t->ioact;
@@ -4181,7 +4182,8 @@
 	 *  echo "$files" >zz
 	 */
 	xmove_fd(pf[1], 1);
-	if (pf[0] != 1) close(pf[0]);
+	if (pf[0] != 1)
+		close(pf[0]);
 
 	argument_list[0] = (char *) DEFAULT_SHELL;
 	argument_list[1] = (char *) "-c";