diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
index a137db96bd56..ba647aede0d6 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ INSTALL ?= install
 RM ?= rm -f
 
 FEATURE_USER = .bpftool
-FEATURE_TESTS = libbfd disassembler-four-args reallocarray zlib libcap \
+FEATURE_TESTS = libbfd disassembler-four-args zlib libcap \
 	clang-bpf-co-re
 FEATURE_DISPLAY = libbfd disassembler-four-args zlib libcap \
 	clang-bpf-co-re
@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@ ifeq ($(feature-disassembler-four-args), 1)
 CFLAGS += -DDISASM_FOUR_ARGS_SIGNATURE
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(feature-reallocarray), 0)
-CFLAGS += -DCOMPAT_NEED_REALLOCARRAY
-endif
-
 LIBS = $(LIBBPF) -lelf -lz
 LIBS_BOOTSTRAP = $(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP) -lelf -lz
 ifeq ($(feature-libcap), 1)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
index 0c3840596b5a..0468e5b24bd4 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 #undef GCC_VERSION
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <tools/libc_compat.h>
 
 #include <bpf/hashmap.h>
 #include <bpf/libbpf.h>
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
index 92a6f679ef7d..8a52eed19fa2 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <bpf/btf.h>
 #include <bpf/hashmap.h>
 #include <bpf/libbpf.h>
+#include <bpf/libbpf_internal.h>
 #include <bpf/skel_internal.h>
 
 #include "cfg.h"
@@ -1558,9 +1559,9 @@ static int load_with_options(int argc, char **argv, bool first_prog_only)
 			if (fd < 0)
 				goto err_free_reuse_maps;
 
-			new_map_replace = reallocarray(map_replace,
-						       old_map_fds + 1,
-						       sizeof(*map_replace));
+			new_map_replace = libbpf_reallocarray(map_replace,
+							      old_map_fds + 1,
+							      sizeof(*map_replace));
 			if (!new_map_replace) {
 				p_err("mem alloc failed");
 				goto err_free_reuse_maps;
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.c
index f1f32e21d5cd..2d9cd6a7b3c8 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <bpf/libbpf.h>
+#include <bpf/libbpf_internal.h>
 
 #include "disasm.h"
 #include "json_writer.h"
@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ void kernel_syms_load(struct dump_data *dd)
 		return;
 
 	while (fgets(buff, sizeof(buff), fp)) {
-		tmp = reallocarray(dd->sym_mapping, dd->sym_count + 1,
-				   sizeof(*dd->sym_mapping));
+		tmp = libbpf_reallocarray(dd->sym_mapping, dd->sym_count + 1,
+					  sizeof(*dd->sym_mapping));
 		if (!tmp) {
 out:
 			free(dd->sym_mapping);