--- libev/ev.c	2012/06/11 12:50:50	1.446
+++ libev/ev.c	2012/06/19 12:29:43	1.447
@@ -1193,12 +1193,11 @@
 static void *
 ev_realloc_emul (void *ptr, long size) EV_THROW
 {
-#if __GLIBC__
-  return realloc (ptr, size);
-#else
   /* some systems, notably openbsd and darwin, fail to properly
    * implement realloc (x, 0) (as required by both ansi c-89 and
    * the single unix specification, so work around them here.
+   * recently, also (at least) fedora and debian started breaking it,
+   * despite documenting it otherwise.
    */
 
   if (size)
@@ -1206,7 +1205,6 @@
 
   free (ptr);
   return 0;
-#endif
 }
 
 static void *(*alloc)(void *ptr, long size) EV_THROW = ev_realloc_emul;