diff --git a/include/asterisk/utils.h b/include/asterisk/utils.h
index 25f7e06f41bd28102165f08d9d40ecd4b585c4f0..c09aa6e2d2e3e3a47c981d201e13aa164636720d 100755
--- a/include/asterisk/utils.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/utils.h
@@ -160,19 +160,12 @@ struct ast_realloca {
 #endif
 #define inet_ntoa __dont__use__inet_ntoa__use__ast_inet_ntoa__instead__
 
-#define AST_STACK_SIZE 128 * 1024
+#define AST_STACKSIZE 128 * 1024
 
 #ifdef __linux__
-#define ast_pthread_create pthread_create
 #define ast_strcasestr strcasestr
 #else
-/* Linux threads have a default 2MB stack size. */
-#ifndef PTHREAD_ATTR_STACKSIZE
-#define	PTHREAD_ATTR_STACKSIZE		2097152
-#endif /* PTHREAD_ATTR_STACKSIZE */
-extern int ast_pthread_create(pthread_t *thread, pthread_attr_t *attr, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *data);
 extern char *ast_strcasestr(const char *, const char *);
 #endif /* __linux__ */
-
-
+extern int ast_pthread_create(pthread_t *thread, pthread_attr_t *attr, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *data);
 #endif
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index aa23541085b24ea84a413de90e01750b3ffd85b2..6267bbbb7ab4bd317973528ee9ed5a5bf284c9fb 100755
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -389,8 +389,6 @@ int ast_utils_init(void)
 }
 
 
-#ifndef __linux__
-#undef pthread_create /* For ast_pthread_create function only */
 int ast_pthread_create(pthread_t *thread, pthread_attr_t *attr, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *data)
 {
 	pthread_attr_t lattr;
@@ -403,7 +401,6 @@ int ast_pthread_create(pthread_t *thread, pthread_attr_t *attr, void *(*start_ro
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "pthread_attr_setstacksize returned non-zero: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	return pthread_create(thread, attr, start_routine, data); /* We're in ast_pthread_create, so it's okay */
 }
-#endif /* ! LINUX */
 
 /* Case-insensitive substring matching */
 #ifndef LINUX