diff --git a/include/os.h b/include/os.h
index bb3348b18..7db24088f 100644
--- a/include/os.h
+++ b/include/os.h
@@ -50,16 +50,13 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #include "misc.h"
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#if defined(HAVE_REALLOCARRAY)
+#include <stdlib.h>       /* for reallocarray */
+#endif
 #include <string.h>
 #ifdef MONOTONIC_CLOCK
 #include <time.h>
 #endif
-#if defined(HAVE_LIBBSD) && defined(HAVE_REALLOCARRAY)
-#include <bsd/stdlib.h>       /* for reallocarray */
-#endif
-#if defined(HAVE_LIBBSD) && defined(HAVE_STRLCPY)
-#include <bsd/string.h>       /* for strlcpy, strlcat */
-#endif
 
 #define SCREEN_SAVER_ON   0
 #define SCREEN_SAVER_OFF  1
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 515cc44ea..0279ea211 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ xshmfence_dep = dependency('xshmfence', version: '>= 1.1', required: false)
 xwaylandproto_dep = dependency('xwaylandproto', version: '>= 1.0', fallback: ['xorgproto', 'ext_xorgproto'], required: false)
 
 pixman_dep = dependency('pixman-1')
-libbsd_dep = dependency('libbsd', required: false)
+libbsd_dep = dependency('libbsd-overlay', required: false)
 xkbcomp_dep = dependency('xkbcomp', required: false)
 xkbfile_dep = dependency('xkbfile')
 xfont2_dep = dependency('xfont2', version: '>= 2.0')
diff --git a/os/auth.c b/os/auth.c
index 611e4efb1..243d3c5a8 100644
--- a/os/auth.c
+++ b/os/auth.c
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ from The Open Group.
 #ifdef WIN32
 #include    <X11/Xw32defs.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBBSD
-#include   <bsd/stdlib.h>       /* for arc4random_buf() */
-#endif
+#include   <stdlib.h>       /* for arc4random_buf() */
 
 struct protocol {
     unsigned short name_length;