diff --git a/usr.bin/ftp/extern.h b/usr.bin/ftp/extern.h
index 5b5acab7bfe3..a7961a5b2e92 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ftp/extern.h
+++ b/usr.bin/ftp/extern.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: extern.h,v 1.81 2019/02/04 04:09:13 mrg Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: extern.h,v 1.82 2019/06/22 23:40:53 christos Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1996-2009 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -243,7 +243,14 @@ void	user(int, char **);
 int	ftp_connect(int, const struct sockaddr *, socklen_t, int);
 int	ftp_listen(int, int);
 int	ftp_poll(struct pollfd *, int, int);
+#ifndef SMALL
 void   *ftp_malloc(size_t);
 StringList *ftp_sl_init(void);
 void	ftp_sl_add(StringList *, char *);
 char   *ftp_strdup(const char *);
+#else
+#define	ftp_malloc(a)	malloc(a);
+#define ftp_sl_init()	sl_init()
+#define ftp_sl_add(a, b)	sl_add((a), (b))
+#define ftp_strdup(a)	strdup(a)
+#endif
diff --git a/usr.bin/ftp/util.c b/usr.bin/ftp/util.c
index ae3a286aaa4e..621f2b0f5c85 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ftp/util.c
+++ b/usr.bin/ftp/util.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: util.c,v 1.159 2017/11/20 21:11:36 kre Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: util.c,v 1.160 2019/06/22 23:40:53 christos Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #ifndef lint
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: util.c,v 1.159 2017/11/20 21:11:36 kre Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: util.c,v 1.160 2019/06/22 23:40:53 christos Exp $");
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 /*
@@ -1491,6 +1491,7 @@ ftp_poll(struct pollfd *fds, int nfds, int timeout)
 	return poll(fds, nfds, timeout);
 }
 
+#ifndef SMALL
 /*
  * malloc() with inbuilt error checking
  */
@@ -1545,3 +1546,4 @@ ftp_strdup(const char *str)
 		err(1, "Unable to allocate memory for string copy");
 	return (s);
 }
+#endif