diff --git a/libmisc/limits.c b/libmisc/limits.c
index 846dd54a..bdee60a6 100644
--- a/libmisc/limits.c
+++ b/libmisc/limits.c
@@ -239,13 +239,11 @@ static int do_user_limits (const char *buf, const char *name)
 
 	while ('\0' != *pp) {
 		switch (*pp++) {
-#ifdef RLIMIT_AS
 		case 'a':
 		case 'A':
 			/* RLIMIT_AS - max address space (KB) */
 			retval |= setrlimit_value (RLIMIT_AS, pp, 1024);
 			break;
-#endif
 		case 'c':
 		case 'C':
 			/* RLIMIT_CORE - max core file size (KB) */
diff --git a/libmisc/pwd_init.c b/libmisc/pwd_init.c
index eb2bddf1..439361ac 100644
--- a/libmisc/pwd_init.c
+++ b/libmisc/pwd_init.c
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ void pwd_init (void)
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim);
 
 	rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
-#ifdef RLIMIT_AS
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_AS, &rlim);
-#endif
+
 #ifdef RLIMIT_CPU
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_CPU, &rlim);
 #endif