diff --git a/src/posix/close_handles.cpp b/src/posix/close_handles.cpp
index 0da2b755..5795a3b1 100644
--- a/src/posix/close_handles.cpp
+++ b/src/posix/close_handles.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void close_all(const std::vector<int> & whitelist, error_code & ec)
         return ;
     }
 
-    auto dir_fd = ::dirfd(dir.get());
+    auto dir_fd = dirfd(dir.get());
     if (dir_fd == -1)
     {
         ec = BOOST_PROCESS_V2_NAMESPACE::detail::get_last_error();
diff --git a/test/v1/limit_fd.cpp b/test/v1/limit_fd.cpp
index df76b975..4844cb5f 100644
--- a/test/v1/limit_fd.cpp
+++ b/test/v1/limit_fd.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(leak_test, *boost::unit_test::timeout(5))
     BOOST_CHECK(!bt::is_stream_handle(event_fd , ec)); BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(!ec, ec.message());
 #endif
     auto od = ::opendir(".");
-    int dir_fd = ::dirfd(od);
+    int dir_fd = dirfd(od);
     BOOST_CHECK(!bt::is_stream_handle(dir_fd , ec)); BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(!ec, ec.message());
 #endif