diff --git a/conf/conf.c b/conf/conf.c
index 0c355be4..58abcde1 100644
--- a/conf/conf.c
+++ b/conf/conf.c
@@ -524,7 +524,6 @@ order_shutdown(int gr)
   c->gr_down = gr;
 
   config_commit(c, RECONFIG_HARD, 0);
-  random_close();
   shutting_down = 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ded258d3..64181d29 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ fi
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getrandom)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getentropy)
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/random.h)
 
 if test "$enable_debug" = yes ; then
   AC_DEFINE([DEBUGGING], [1], [Define to 1 if debugging is enabled])
diff --git a/lib/birdlib.h b/lib/birdlib.h
index 61098f92..fd20ef3a 100644
--- a/lib/birdlib.h
+++ b/lib/birdlib.h
@@ -192,8 +192,7 @@ asm(
 /* Pseudorandom numbers */
 
 u32 random_u32(void);
-int random_bytes(char *buf, size_t size);
-void random_close(void);
 void random_init(void);
+void random_bytes(void *buf, size_t size);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/sysdep/unix/random.c b/sysdep/unix/random.c
index de81f3ca..4e64e56b 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/random.c
+++ b/sysdep/unix/random.c
@@ -8,23 +8,19 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "sysdep/config.h"
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
-#  include <sys/stat.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_RANDOM_H
-#  include <linux/random.h>
-#endif
-#if defined(HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H) && (defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM) || defined(HAVE_GETENTROPY))
-#    include <sys/random.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "nest/bird.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM
+#include <sys/random.h>
+#endif
+
+
 u32
 random_u32(void)
 {
@@ -35,75 +31,65 @@ random_u32(void)
   return (rand_low & 0xffff) | ((rand_high & 0xffff) << 16);
 }
 
-void
-random_init()
-{
-  char buf;
-  /* get a single random byte to trip any errors early */
-  random_bytes(&buf, sizeof(buf));
-}
 
-#if defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM) || defined(HAVE_GENTROPY)
-int
-random_bytes(char *buf, size_t size)
-{
-  int n;
-  int flags = 0;
-  while (0 < size) {
-#if defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM)
-    n = getrandom(buf, size, flags);
-#else
-    n = getentropy(buf, size);
-#endif
-    if (n < 0) {
-      if (errno == EINTR)
-        continue;
-      die("Couldn't get random bytes: %m");
-    }
-    buf += n;
-    size -= n;
-  }
-
-  return 0;
-}
-
-void random_close(void) {}
-
-#else
+/* If there is no getrandom() / getentropy(), use /dev/urandom */
+#if !defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM) && !defined(HAVE_GETENTROPY)
 
+#define HAVE_URANDOM_FD 1
 static int urandom_fd = -1;
-int random_bytes(char *buf, size_t size)
-{
-  int n;
 
+int
+read_urandom_fd(void *buf, uint count)
+{
   if (urandom_fd < 0)
   {
     urandom_fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
     if (urandom_fd < 0)
-      die("Couldn't open /dev/urandom: %m");
+      die("Cannot open /dev/urandom: %m");
   }
 
-  do
-  {
-    n = read(urandom_fd, buf, size);
-    if (n <= 0) {
-      if (errno == EINTR)
-        continue;
-      die("Couldn't read from /dev/urandom: %m");
-    }
-    buf += n;
-    size -= n;
-  } while (size > 0);
+  return read(urandom_fd, buf, count);
+}
+#endif
 
-  return 0;
+
+void
+random_init(void)
+{
+  uint seed;
+
+  /* Get random bytes to trip any errors early and to seed random() */
+  random_bytes(&seed, sizeof(seed));
+
+  srandom(seed);
 }
 
 void
-random_close(void)
+random_bytes(void *buf, size_t count)
 {
-  if (urandom_fd >= 0) {
-    close(urandom_fd);
-    urandom_fd = -1;
+  ASSERT(count <= 256);
+
+  while (count > 0)
+  {
+    int n = -1;
+
+#if defined(HAVE_GETRANDOM)
+    n = getrandom(buf, count, 0);
+#elif defined(HAVE_GETENTROPY)
+    n = getentropy(buf, count);
+    n = !n ? (int) count : n;
+#elif defined(HAVE_URANDOM_FD)
+    n = read_urandom_fd(buf, count);
+#endif
+
+    if (n < 0)
+    {
+      if (errno == EINTR)
+        continue;
+      die("Cannot get random bytes: %m");
+    }
+
+    buf += n;
+    count -= n;
   }
 }
-#endif