diff --git a/libmisc/limits.c b/libmisc/limits.c
index 372a8c3b..846dd54a 100644
--- a/libmisc/limits.c
+++ b/libmisc/limits.c
@@ -246,13 +246,11 @@ static int do_user_limits (const char *buf, const char *name)
 			retval |= setrlimit_value (RLIMIT_AS, pp, 1024);
 			break;
 #endif
-#ifdef RLIMIT_CORE
 		case 'c':
 		case 'C':
 			/* RLIMIT_CORE - max core file size (KB) */
 			retval |= setrlimit_value (RLIMIT_CORE, pp, 1024);
 			break;
-#endif
 #ifdef RLIMIT_DATA
 		case 'd':
 		case 'D':
diff --git a/libmisc/pwd_init.c b/libmisc/pwd_init.c
index 3c3d96e7..eb2bddf1 100644
--- a/libmisc/pwd_init.c
+++ b/libmisc/pwd_init.c
@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ void pwd_init (void)
 {
 	struct rlimit rlim;
 
-#ifdef RLIMIT_CORE
 	rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = 0;
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim);
-#endif
+
 	rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
 #ifdef RLIMIT_AS
 	setrlimit (RLIMIT_AS, &rlim);