diff --git a/lib/commands/toolcontext.c b/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
index 296618686..96343eeb7 100644
--- a/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
+++ b/lib/commands/toolcontext.c
@@ -1619,7 +1619,7 @@ struct cmd_context *create_toolcontext(unsigned is_clvmd,
 	/* FIXME Make this configurable? */
 	reset_lvm_errno(1);
 
-#ifndef VALGRIND_POOL
+#if !defined(VALGRIND_POOL) && defined(__GLIBC__)
 	/* Set in/out stream buffering before glibc */
 	if (set_buffering
 #ifdef SYS_gettid
@@ -2006,7 +2006,7 @@ void destroy_toolcontext(struct cmd_context *cmd)
 
 	if (cmd->pending_delete_mem)
 		dm_pool_destroy(cmd->pending_delete_mem);
-#ifndef VALGRIND_POOL
+#if !defined(VALGRIND_POOL) && defined(__GLIBC__)
 	if (cmd->linebuffer) {
 		/* Reset stream buffering to defaults */
 		if (is_valid_fd(STDIN_FILENO) &&
diff --git a/tools/lvmcmdline.c b/tools/lvmcmdline.c
index d97ff5720..bbbda82bd 100644
--- a/tools/lvmcmdline.c
+++ b/tools/lvmcmdline.c
@@ -3342,7 +3342,7 @@ static int _check_standard_fds(void)
 	int err = is_valid_fd(STDERR_FILENO);
 
 	if (!is_valid_fd(STDIN_FILENO) &&
-	    !(stdin = fopen(_PATH_DEVNULL, "r"))) {
+	    !freopen(_PATH_DEVNULL, "r", stdin)) {
 		if (err)
 			perror("stdin stream open");
 		else
@@ -3352,7 +3352,7 @@ static int _check_standard_fds(void)
 	}
 
 	if (!is_valid_fd(STDOUT_FILENO) &&
-	    !(stdout = fopen(_PATH_DEVNULL, "w"))) {
+	    !freopen(_PATH_DEVNULL, "w", stdout)) {
 		if (err)
 			perror("stdout stream open");
 		/* else no stdout */
@@ -3360,7 +3360,7 @@ static int _check_standard_fds(void)
 	}
 
 	if (!is_valid_fd(STDERR_FILENO) &&
-	    !(stderr = fopen(_PATH_DEVNULL, "w"))) {
+	    !freopen(_PATH_DEVNULL, "w", stderr)) {
 		printf("stderr stream open: %s\n",
 		       strerror(errno));
 		return 0;