diff --git a/libbb/Kbuild b/libbb/Kbuild
index b82f03c56..2c8830f99 100644
--- a/libbb/Kbuild
+++ b/libbb/Kbuild
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ lib-y += xrealloc_vector.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP) += loop.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_LOSETUP) += loop.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT) += mtab.o
-lib-$(CONFIG_PASSWD) += pw_encrypt.o crypt_make_salt.o update_passwd.o
-lib-$(CONFIG_CHPASSWD) += pw_encrypt.o crypt_make_salt.o update_passwd.o
-lib-$(CONFIG_CRYPTPW) += pw_encrypt.o crypt_make_salt.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_PASSWD) += pw_encrypt.o update_passwd.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_CHPASSWD) += pw_encrypt.o update_passwd.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_CRYPTPW) += pw_encrypt.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_SULOGIN) += pw_encrypt.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_AUTH_MD5) += pw_encrypt.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_VLOCK) += pw_encrypt.o correct_password.o
diff --git a/libbb/crypt_make_salt.c b/libbb/crypt_make_salt.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 14bb0ddc9..000000000
--- a/libbb/crypt_make_salt.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
-/*
- * crypt_make_salt
- *
- * i64c was also put here, this is the only function that uses it.
- *
- * Lifted from loginutils/passwd.c by Thomas Lundquist <thomasez@zelow.no>
- *
- * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
- */
-
-#include "libbb.h"
-
-static int i64c(int i)
-{
-	i &= 0x3f;
-	if (i == 0)
-		return '.';
-	if (i == 1)
-		return '/';
-	if (i < 12)
-		return ('0' - 2 + i);
-	if (i < 38)
-		return ('A' - 12 + i);
-	return ('a' - 38 + i);
-}
-
-int FAST_FUNC crypt_make_salt(char *p, int cnt, int x)
-{
-	x += getpid() + time(NULL);
-	do {
-		/* x = (x*1664525 + 1013904223) % 2^32 generator is lame
-		 * (low-order bit is not "random", etc...),
-		 * but for our purposes it is good enough */
-		x = x*1664525 + 1013904223;
-		/* BTW, Park and Miller's "minimal standard generator" is
-		 * x = x*16807 % ((2^31)-1)
-		 * It has no problem with visibly alternating lowest bit
-		 * but is also weak in cryptographic sense + needs div,
-		 * which needs more code (and slower) on many CPUs */
-		*p++ = i64c(x >> 16);
-		*p++ = i64c(x >> 22);
-	} while (--cnt);
-	*p = '\0';
-	return x;
-}
diff --git a/libbb/pw_encrypt.c b/libbb/pw_encrypt.c
index 572591ea9..6fc0ba87c 100644
--- a/libbb/pw_encrypt.c
+++ b/libbb/pw_encrypt.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
- * Utility routine.
+ * Utility routines.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
@@ -9,25 +9,62 @@
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 
+/* static const uint8_t ascii64[] =
+ * "./0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+ */
+
+static int i64c(int i)
+{
+	i &= 0x3f;
+	if (i == 0)
+		return '.';
+	if (i == 1)
+		return '/';
+	if (i < 12)
+		return ('0' - 2 + i);
+	if (i < 38)
+		return ('A' - 12 + i);
+	return ('a' - 38 + i);
+}
+
+int FAST_FUNC crypt_make_salt(char *p, int cnt, int x)
+{
+	x += getpid() + time(NULL);
+	do {
+		/* x = (x*1664525 + 1013904223) % 2^32 generator is lame
+		 * (low-order bit is not "random", etc...),
+		 * but for our purposes it is good enough */
+		x = x*1664525 + 1013904223;
+		/* BTW, Park and Miller's "minimal standard generator" is
+		 * x = x*16807 % ((2^31)-1)
+		 * It has no problem with visibly alternating lowest bit
+		 * but is also weak in cryptographic sense + needs div,
+		 * which needs more code (and slower) on many CPUs */
+		*p++ = i64c(x >> 16);
+		*p++ = i64c(x >> 22);
+	} while (--cnt);
+	*p = '\0';
+	return x;
+}
+
 #if ENABLE_USE_BB_CRYPT
 
+static char*
+to64(char *s, unsigned v, int n)
+{
+	while (--n >= 0) {
+		/* *s++ = ascii64[v & 0x3f]; */
+		*s++ = i64c(v);
+		v >>= 6;
+	}
+	return s;
+}
+
 /*
  * DES and MD5 crypt implementations are taken from uclibc.
  * They were modified to not use static buffers.
  */
 
-/* Used by pw_encrypt_XXX.c */
-static const uint8_t ascii64[] = "./0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
-static char*
-to64(char *s, unsigned v, int n)
-{
-	while (--n >= 0) {
-		*s++ = ascii64[v & 0x3f];
-		v >>= 6;
-	}
-	return s;
-}
-
 #include "pw_encrypt_des.c"
 #include "pw_encrypt_md5.c"
 #if ENABLE_USE_BB_CRYPT_SHA
diff --git a/libbb/pw_encrypt_des.c b/libbb/pw_encrypt_des.c
index 4e506f498..52548d623 100644
--- a/libbb/pw_encrypt_des.c
+++ b/libbb/pw_encrypt_des.c
@@ -699,10 +699,16 @@ do_des(struct des_ctx *ctx, /*uint32_t l_in, uint32_t r_in,*/ uint32_t *l_out, u
 static void
 to64_msb_first(char *s, unsigned v)
 {
+#if 0
 	*s++ = ascii64[(v >> 18) & 0x3f]; /* bits 23..18 */
 	*s++ = ascii64[(v >> 12) & 0x3f]; /* bits 17..12 */
 	*s++ = ascii64[(v >> 6) & 0x3f]; /* bits 11..6 */
-	*s = ascii64[v & 0x3f]; /* bits 5..0 */
+	*s   = ascii64[v & 0x3f]; /* bits 5..0 */
+#endif
+	*s++ = i64c(v >> 18); /* bits 23..18 */
+	*s++ = i64c(v >> 12); /* bits 17..12 */
+	*s++ = i64c(v >> 6); /* bits 11..6 */
+	*s   = i64c(v); /* bits 5..0 */
 }
 
 static char *