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diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 752fb8f9..ba32e8bf 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2009 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
  *
  * Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
  */
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ __must_check __malloc void *para_realloc(void *p, size_t size)
  */
 __must_check __malloc void *para_malloc(size_t size)
 {
-	assert(size);
-	void *p = malloc(size);
+	void *p;
 
+	assert(size);
+	p = malloc(size);
 	if (!p) {
 		PARA_EMERG_LOG("malloc failed (size = %zu),  aborting\n",
 			size);
@@ -327,27 +328,6 @@ __must_check unsigned split_args(char *args, char *** const argv_ptr, const char
 	return n;
 }
 
-/**
- * Ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are valid.
- *
- * Common approach that opens /dev/null until it gets a file descriptor greater
- * than two.
- *
- * \sa okir's Black Hats Manual.
- */
-void valid_fd_012(void)
-{
-	while (1) {
-		int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
-		if (fd < 0)
-			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-		if (fd > 2) {
-			close(fd);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * Get the own hostname.
  *