diff --git a/src/stdio/tempnam.c b/src/stdio/tempnam.c
index 565df6b6..0c65b1f0 100644
--- a/src/stdio/tempnam.c
+++ b/src/stdio/tempnam.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "syscall.h"
-#include "kstat.h"
 
 #define MAXTRIES 100
 
@@ -37,11 +36,10 @@ char *tempnam(const char *dir, const char *pfx)
 
 	for (try=0; try<MAXTRIES; try++) {
 		__randname(s+l-6);
-#ifdef SYS_lstat
-		r = __syscall(SYS_lstat, s, &(struct kstat){0});
+#ifdef SYS_readlink
+		r = __syscall(SYS_readlink, s, (char[1]){0}, 1);
 #else
-		r = __syscall(SYS_fstatat, AT_FDCWD, s,
-			&(struct kstat){0}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+		r = __syscall(SYS_readlinkat, AT_FDCWD, s, (char[1]){0}, 1);
 #endif
 		if (r == -ENOENT) return strdup(s);
 	}
diff --git a/src/stdio/tmpnam.c b/src/stdio/tmpnam.c
index d667a836..71dc8bb1 100644
--- a/src/stdio/tmpnam.c
+++ b/src/stdio/tmpnam.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "syscall.h"
-#include "kstat.h"
 
 #define MAXTRIES 100
 
@@ -17,11 +16,10 @@ char *tmpnam(char *buf)
 	int r;
 	for (try=0; try<MAXTRIES; try++) {
 		__randname(s+12);
-#ifdef SYS_lstat
-		r = __syscall(SYS_lstat, s, &(struct kstat){0});
+#ifdef SYS_readlink
+		r = __syscall(SYS_readlink, s, (char[1]){0}, 1);
 #else
-		r = __syscall(SYS_fstatat, AT_FDCWD, s,
-			&(struct kstat){0}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+		r = __syscall(SYS_readlinkat, AT_FDCWD, s, (char[1]){0}, 1);
 #endif
 		if (r == -ENOENT) return strcpy(buf ? buf : internal, s);
 	}