diff --git a/ncat/ncat_connect.c b/ncat/ncat_connect.c
index a0b851e58..0289882c8 100644
--- a/ncat/ncat_connect.c
+++ b/ncat/ncat_connect.c
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ int ncat_connect(void)
             if (srcaddr.storage.ss_family != AF_UNIX) {
                 char *tmp_name = NULL;
                 /* If no source socket was specified, we have to create temporary one. */
-                if ((tmp_name = tempfile(NULL, "ncat.")) == NULL)
-                    bye("Failed to create name for temporary DGRAM source Unix domain socket (mkstemp).");
+                if ((tmp_name = tempnam(NULL, "ncat.")) == NULL)
+                    bye("Failed to create name for temporary DGRAM source Unix domain socket (tempnam).");
 
                 srcaddr.un.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
                 strncpy(srcaddr.un.sun_path, tmp_name, sizeof(srcaddr.un.sun_path));
diff --git a/ncat/ncat_core.h b/ncat/ncat_core.h
index 9e8408857..b19e43652 100644
--- a/ncat/ncat_core.h
+++ b/ncat/ncat_core.h
@@ -267,5 +267,3 @@ extern void set_lf_mode(void);
 
 extern int setenv_portable(const char *name, const char *value);
 extern void setup_environment(struct fdinfo *fdinfo);
-
-extern char *tempfile(const char *dir, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/ncat/ncat_posix.c b/ncat/ncat_posix.c
index aaadfcc0e..44c6f5254 100644
--- a/ncat/ncat_posix.c
+++ b/ncat/ncat_posix.c
@@ -436,36 +436,3 @@ int setenv_portable(const char *name, const char *value)
 {
     return setenv(name, value, 1);
 }
-
-/* Create a name temporary file. This function aims to emulate tempnam, with the
-   exception that it creates the file like mkstemp does.
-   The directories tried are, in order,
-     * $TMPDIR
-     * dir
-     * /tmp
-*/
-char *tempfile(const char *dir, const char *prefix)
-{
-    const char *SUFFIX = "XXXXXXXXXX";
-    const char *tmpdir;
-    char *namebuf;
-    size_t namelen;
-    int n;
-
-    tmpdir = NULL;
-    if ((getuid() == geteuid()) && (getgid() == getegid()))
-        tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
-    if (tmpdir == NULL)
-        tmpdir = dir;
-    if (tmpdir == NULL)
-        tmpdir = "/tmp";
-    namelen = strlen(tmpdir) + 1 + strlen(prefix) + strlen(SUFFIX);
-    namebuf = malloc(namelen + 1);
-    n = Snprintf(namebuf, namelen + 1, "%s/%s%s", tmpdir, prefix, SUFFIX);
-    ncat_assert(n >= 0 && n <= namelen);
-    n = mkstemp(namebuf);
-    if (n == -1)
-        return NULL;
-
-    return namebuf;
-}
diff --git a/ncat/ncat_win.c b/ncat/ncat_win.c
index 5515ad2d5..e7ca35d79 100644
--- a/ncat/ncat_win.c
+++ b/ncat/ncat_win.c
@@ -178,8 +178,3 @@ int ssl_load_default_ca_certs(SSL_CTX *ctx)
     return rc == 1 ? 0 : -1;
 }
 #endif
-
-char *tempfile(const char *dir, const char *prefix)
-{
-    return tempnam(dir, prefix);
-}
diff --git a/nsock/src/nsock_connect.c b/nsock/src/nsock_connect.c
index a313bd8a2..9fd396ae7 100644
--- a/nsock/src/nsock_connect.c
+++ b/nsock/src/nsock_connect.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 
 
 static int mksock_bind_addr(mspool *ms, msiod *iod) {
-  const char *path;
   int rc;
   int one = 1;
 
@@ -79,15 +78,13 @@ static int mksock_bind_addr(mspool *ms, msiod *iod) {
                     socket_strerror(err), err);
   }
 
-  path = get_localaddr_string(iod);
-  unlink(path);
-  nsock_log_info(ms, "Binding to %s (IOD #%li)", path, iod->id);
+  nsock_log_info(ms, "Binding to %s (IOD #%li)", get_localaddr_string(iod), iod->id);
   rc = bind(iod->sd, (struct sockaddr *)&iod->local, (int) iod->locallen);
   if (rc == -1) {
     int err = socket_errno();
 
     nsock_log_error(ms, "Bind to %s failed (IOD #%li): %s (%d)",
-                    path, iod->id,
+                    get_localaddr_string(iod), iod->id,
                     socket_strerror(err), err);
   }
   return 0;