diff --git a/minadbd/fdevent.c b/minadbd/fdevent.c
index 5c374a7..b627817 100644
--- a/minadbd/fdevent.c
+++ b/minadbd/fdevent.c
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@
 static fdevent **fd_table = 0;
 static int fd_table_max = 0;
 
-#ifdef CRAPTASTIC
-//HAVE_EPOLL
+#ifdef __linux__
 
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 
@@ -111,32 +110,16 @@
 
 static void fdevent_init()
 {
-        /* XXX: what's a good size for the passed in hint? */
-    epoll_fd = epoll_create(256);
-
-    if(epoll_fd < 0) {
+    epoll_fd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
+    if(epoll_fd == -1) {
         perror("epoll_create() failed");
         exit(1);
     }
-
-        /* mark for close-on-exec */
-    fcntl(epoll_fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
 }
 
 static void fdevent_connect(fdevent *fde)
 {
-    struct epoll_event ev;
-
-    memset(&ev, 0, sizeof(ev));
-    ev.events = 0;
-    ev.data.ptr = fde;
-
-#if 0
-    if(epoll_ctl(epoll_fd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fde->fd, &ev)) {
-        perror("epoll_ctl() failed\n");
-        exit(1);
-    }
-#endif
+    // Nothing to do here. fdevent_update will handle the EPOLL_CTL_ADD.
 }
 
 static void fdevent_disconnect(fdevent *fde)