diff --git a/libs/libedit/src/unvis.c b/libs/libedit/src/unvis.c
index 31bf3e54a6..5b22184c9c 100644
--- a/libs/libedit/src/unvis.c
+++ b/libs/libedit/src/unvis.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ __RCSID("$NetBSD: unvis.c,v 1.28 2005/09/13 01:44:09 christos Exp $");
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <vis.h>
 
-#ifdef __weak_alias
+#if defined(__weak_reference) && !defined(__FreeBSD__)
 __weak_alias(strunvis,_strunvis)
 #endif
 
diff --git a/libs/libedit/src/vis.c b/libs/libedit/src/vis.c
index 0ad9c60891..b37f7141e3 100644
--- a/libs/libedit/src/vis.c
+++ b/libs/libedit/src/vis.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ __RCSID("$NetBSD: vis.c,v 1.35 2006/08/28 20:42:12 christos Exp $");
 #include <vis.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#ifdef __weak_alias
+#if defined(__weak_reference) && !defined(__FreeBSD__)
 __weak_alias(strsvis,_strsvis)
 __weak_alias(strsvisx,_strsvisx)
 __weak_alias(strvis,_strvis)