diff --git a/insmod.c b/insmod.c
index 9daedf938..cd75e2416 100644
--- a/insmod.c
+++ b/insmod.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 #ifndef MODUTILS_MODULE_H
 #define MODUTILS_MODULE_H 1
 
-#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.18 2000/07/16 20:57:15 kraai Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.19 2000/07/19 17:35:54 andersen Exp $"
 
 /* This file contains the structures used by the 2.0 and 2.1 kernels.
    We do not use the kernel headers directly because we do not wish
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ int delete_module(const char *);
 #ifndef MODUTILS_OBJ_H
 #define MODUTILS_OBJ_H 1
 
-#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.18 2000/07/16 20:57:15 kraai Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.19 2000/07/19 17:35:54 andersen Exp $"
 
 /* The relocatable object is manipulated using elfin types.  */
 
@@ -563,16 +563,6 @@ static char m_fullName[BUFSIZ + 1] = "\0";
 
 /*======================================================================*/
 
-void *xrealloc(void *old, size_t size)
-{
-	void *ptr = realloc(old, size);
-	if (!ptr) {
-		perror("Out of memory");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-	return ptr;
-}
-
 
 static int findNamedModule(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf,
 						   void *userDate)
diff --git a/internal.h b/internal.h
index 5cf72d6d3..52419e34e 100644
--- a/internal.h
+++ b/internal.h
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 
 #include "busybox.def.h"
 
+#ifdef DMALLOC
+#include "dmalloc.h"
+#endif
+
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -360,8 +364,11 @@ extern char process_escape_sequence(char **ptr);
 extern char *get_last_path_component(char *path);
 extern void xregcomp(regex_t *preg, const char *regex, int cflags);
 
+#ifndef DMALLOC 
 extern void *xmalloc (size_t size);
+extern void *xrealloc(void *old, size_t size)
 extern char *xstrdup (const char *s);
+#endif
 extern char *xstrndup (const char *s, int n);
 
 
diff --git a/modutils/insmod.c b/modutils/insmod.c
index 9daedf938..cd75e2416 100644
--- a/modutils/insmod.c
+++ b/modutils/insmod.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 #ifndef MODUTILS_MODULE_H
 #define MODUTILS_MODULE_H 1
 
-#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.18 2000/07/16 20:57:15 kraai Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.19 2000/07/19 17:35:54 andersen Exp $"
 
 /* This file contains the structures used by the 2.0 and 2.1 kernels.
    We do not use the kernel headers directly because we do not wish
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ int delete_module(const char *);
 #ifndef MODUTILS_OBJ_H
 #define MODUTILS_OBJ_H 1
 
-#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.18 2000/07/16 20:57:15 kraai Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: insmod.c,v 1.19 2000/07/19 17:35:54 andersen Exp $"
 
 /* The relocatable object is manipulated using elfin types.  */
 
@@ -563,16 +563,6 @@ static char m_fullName[BUFSIZ + 1] = "\0";
 
 /*======================================================================*/
 
-void *xrealloc(void *old, size_t size)
-{
-	void *ptr = realloc(old, size);
-	if (!ptr) {
-		perror("Out of memory");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-	return ptr;
-}
-
 
 static int findNamedModule(const char *fileName, struct stat *statbuf,
 						   void *userDate)
diff --git a/utility.c b/utility.c
index 18d3c1440..50f497ff6 100644
--- a/utility.c
+++ b/utility.c
@@ -1454,17 +1454,28 @@ extern pid_t* findPidByName( char* pidName)
 #endif							/* BB_FEATURE_USE_DEVPS_PATCH */
 #endif							/* BB_KILLALL || ( BB_FEATURE_LINUXRC && ( BB_HALT || BB_REBOOT || BB_POWEROFF )) */
 
+#ifndef DMALLOC
 /* this should really be farmed out to libbusybox.a */
 extern void *xmalloc(size_t size)
 {
-	void *cp = malloc(size);
+	void *ptr = malloc(size);
 
-	if (cp == NULL)
+	if (!ptr)
 		fatalError(memory_exhausted);
-	return cp;
+	return ptr;
 }
 
+void *xrealloc(void *old, size_t size)
+{
+	void *ptr = realloc(old, size);
+	if (!ptr)
+		fatalError(memory_exhausted);
+	return ptr;
+}
+#endif
+
 #if defined BB_FEATURE_NFSMOUNT
+# ifndef DMALLOC
 extern char * xstrdup (const char *s) {
 	char *t;
 
@@ -1478,6 +1489,7 @@ extern char * xstrdup (const char *s) {
 
 	return t;
 }
+# endif
 
 extern char * xstrndup (const char *s, int n) {
 	char *t;