diff --git a/aucat/sock.c b/aucat/sock.c
index 2f8387a..29f861f 100644
--- a/aucat/sock.c
+++ b/aucat/sock.c
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #include "dbg.h"
 #endif
-#ifdef COMPAT_GETPEEREID
-#include "bsd-compat.h"
-#endif
 
 void sock_attach(struct sock *, int);
 int sock_read(struct sock *);
diff --git a/bsd-compat/bsd-compat.h b/bsd-compat/bsd-compat.h
index 1cf9a43..d2282a5 100644
--- a/bsd-compat/bsd-compat.h
+++ b/bsd-compat/bsd-compat.h
@@ -32,4 +32,3 @@
 long long strtonum(const char *, long long, long long, const char **);
 size_t strlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
 int issetugid(void);
-int getpeereid(int, uid_t *, gid_t *);
diff --git a/bsd-compat/getpeereid.c b/bsd-compat/getpeereid.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0509fe2..0000000
--- a/bsd-compat/getpeereid.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#ifdef COMPAT_GETPEEREID
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-
-int
-getpeereid(int s, uid_t *ruid, gid_t *rgid)
-{
-	struct ucred cr;
-	socklen_t len = sizeof(cr);
-
-	if (getsockopt(s, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PEERCRED, &cr, &len) < 0)
-		return -1;
-	*ruid = cr.uid;
-	*rgid = cr.gid;
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1e4e0dc..8ed00a5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ case `uname` in
 		alsa=yes
 		ldadd="-lrt"
 		so="$so libsndio.so.\${MAJ} libsndio.so"
-		defs='-DCOMPAT_GETPEEREID -DCOMPAT_ISSETUGID \\\
+		defs='-DCOMPAT_ISSETUGID \\\
 		-DCOMPAT_STRLCAT -DCOMPAT_STRLCPY -DCOMPAT_STRTONUM \\\
 		-DCOMPAT_LETOH -DCOMPAT_PACKED -DDEV_RANDOM=\\"/dev/urandom\\"'
 		;;
diff --git a/libsndio/Makefile.in b/libsndio/Makefile.in
index 7b5aa5c..4e2d3b5 100644
--- a/libsndio/Makefile.in
+++ b/libsndio/Makefile.in
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ clean:
 #
 OBJS = debug.o aucat.o \
 mio.o mio_rmidi.o mio_aucat.o sio.o sio_alsa.o sio_aucat.o sio_sun.o \
-getpeereid.o issetugid.o strlcat.o strlcpy.o strtonum.o
+issetugid.o strlcat.o strlcpy.o strtonum.o
 
 .c.o:
 		${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${SO_CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE} ${DEFS} -o $@ -c $<
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ libsndio.so.${MAJ}:
 libsndio.so:
 		ln -sf libsndio.so.${MAJ} libsndio.so
 
-getpeereid.o:	../bsd-compat/getpeereid.c
-		${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${SO_CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE} ${DEFS} -c -o getpeereid.o ../bsd-compat/getpeereid.c
-
 issetugid.o:	../bsd-compat/issetugid.c
 		${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${SO_CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE} ${DEFS} -c -o issetugid.o ../bsd-compat/issetugid.c