diff --git a/BACKLOG.md b/BACKLOG.md
index fe45946..dde1df8 100644
--- a/BACKLOG.md
+++ b/BACKLOG.md
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@
 * Eliminate bs_test().
 * Make it easy to run a single case, or a single set.
 * Use bs_test_case_init(), bs_test_case_fini() for the overloaded prepare/report.
+
+## c2x_compat
+
+* Eliminate this. C function overwrites cause build failures :-/
diff --git a/src/c2x_compat.c b/src/c2x_compat.c
index 16cf4ed..e7344b9 100644
--- a/src/c2x_compat.c
+++ b/src/c2x_compat.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <libbase/c2x_compat.h>
-#include <libbase/log_wrappers.h>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 char *strdup(const char *str) {
     size_t len = strlen(str);
-    char *new_ptr = logged_malloc(len + 1);
+    char *new_ptr = malloc(len + 1);
     if (NULL == new_ptr) return NULL;
     new_ptr[len] = '\0';
     memcpy(new_ptr, str, len);