diff --git a/include/string.h b/include/string.h
index e145bfd..749e691 100644
--- a/include/string.h
+++ b/include/string.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ extern void *__memrchr (const void *__s, int __c, size_t __n)
 extern void *__memchr (const void *__s, int __c, size_t __n)
      __attribute_pure__;
 
+extern void __bzero (void *__s, size_t __n) __THROW __nonnull ((1));
+
 extern int __ffs (int __i) __attribute__ ((const));
 
 extern char *__strerror_r (int __errnum, char *__buf, size_t __buflen);
diff --git a/string/string.h b/string/string.h
index b103e64..ca22cd0 100644
--- a/string/string.h
+++ b/string/string.h
@@ -440,110 +440,8 @@ extern char *strerror_r (int __errnum, char *__buf, size_t __buflen)
 extern char *strerror_l (int __errnum, __locale_t __l) __THROW;
 #endif
 
-
-/* We define this function always since `bzero' is sometimes needed when
-   the namespace rules does not allow this.  */
-extern void __bzero (void *__s, size_t __n) __THROW __nonnull ((1));
-
 #ifdef __USE_MISC
-/* Copy N bytes of SRC to DEST (like memmove, but args reversed).  */
-extern void bcopy (const void *__src, void *__dest, size_t __n)
-     __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2));
-
-/* Set N bytes of S to 0.  */
-extern void bzero (void *__s, size_t __n) __THROW __nonnull ((1));
-
-/* Compare N bytes of S1 and S2 (same as memcmp).  */
-extern int bcmp (const void *__s1, const void *__s2, size_t __n)
-     __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1, 2));
-
-/* Find the first occurrence of C in S (same as strchr).  */
-# ifdef __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRING_H_PROTO
-extern "C++"
-{
-extern char *index (char *__s, int __c)
-     __THROW __asm ("index") __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1));
-extern const char *index (const char *__s, int __c)
-     __THROW __asm ("index") __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1));
-
-#  if defined __OPTIMIZE__ && !defined __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRINGS_H_PROTO
-__extern_always_inline char *
-index (char *__s, int __c) __THROW
-{
-  return __builtin_index (__s, __c);
-}
-
-__extern_always_inline const char *
-index (const char *__s, int __c) __THROW
-{
-  return __builtin_index (__s, __c);
-}
-#  endif
-}
-# else
-extern char *index (const char *__s, int __c)
-     __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1));
-# endif
-
-/* Find the last occurrence of C in S (same as strrchr).  */
-# ifdef __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRING_H_PROTO
-extern "C++"
-{
-extern char *rindex (char *__s, int __c)
-     __THROW __asm ("rindex") __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1));
-extern const char *rindex (const char *__s, int __c)
-     __THROW __asm ("rindex") __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1));
-
-#  if defined __OPTIMIZE__ && !defined __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRINGS_H_PROTO
-__extern_always_inline char *
-rindex (char *__s, int __c) __THROW
-{
-  return __builtin_rindex (__s, __c);
-}
-
-__extern_always_inline const char *
-rindex (const char *__s, int __c) __THROW
-{
-  return __builtin_rindex (__s, __c);
-}
-#endif
-}
-# else
-extern char *rindex (const char *__s, int __c)
-     __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1));
-# endif
-
-/* Return the position of the first bit set in I, or 0 if none are set.
-   The least-significant bit is position 1, the most-significant 32.  */
-extern int ffs (int __i) __THROW __attribute__ ((__const__));
-
-/* The following two functions are non-standard but necessary for non-32 bit
-   platforms.  */
-# ifdef	__USE_GNU
-extern int ffsl (long int __l) __THROW __attribute__ ((__const__));
-__extension__ extern int ffsll (long long int __ll)
-     __THROW __attribute__ ((__const__));
-# endif
-
-/* Compare S1 and S2, ignoring case.  */
-extern int strcasecmp (const char *__s1, const char *__s2)
-     __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1, 2));
-
-/* Compare no more than N chars of S1 and S2, ignoring case.  */
-extern int strncasecmp (const char *__s1, const char *__s2, size_t __n)
-     __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1, 2));
-#endif /* Use misc.  */
-
-#ifdef	__USE_GNU
-/* Again versions of a few functions which use the given locale instead
-   of the global one.  */
-extern int strcasecmp_l (const char *__s1, const char *__s2,
-			 __locale_t __loc)
-     __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1, 2, 3));
-
-extern int strncasecmp_l (const char *__s1, const char *__s2,
-			  size_t __n, __locale_t __loc)
-     __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1, 2, 4));
+# include <strings.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifdef	__USE_MISC
diff --git a/string/strings.h b/string/strings.h
index e372a33..f78eca5 100644
--- a/string/strings.h
+++ b/string/strings.h
@@ -18,35 +18,31 @@
 #ifndef	_STRINGS_H
 #define	_STRINGS_H	1
 
-/* We don't need and should not read this file if <string.h> was already
-   read. The one exception being that if __USE_MISC isn't defined, then
-   these aren't defined in string.h, so we need to define them here.  */
-#if !defined _STRING_H || !defined __USE_MISC
-
-# include <features.h>
-# define __need_size_t
-# include <stddef.h>
+#include <features.h>
+#define __need_size_t
+#include <stddef.h>
 
 /* Tell the caller that we provide correct C++ prototypes.  */
-# if defined __cplusplus && __GNUC_PREREQ (4, 4)
-#  define __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRINGS_H_PROTO
-# endif
+#if defined __cplusplus && __GNUC_PREREQ (4, 4)
+# define __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRINGS_H_PROTO
+#endif
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS
 
-# if defined __USE_MISC || !defined __USE_XOPEN2K8
+#if defined __USE_MISC || !defined __USE_XOPEN2K8
 /* Compare N bytes of S1 and S2 (same as memcmp).  */
 extern int bcmp (const void *__s1, const void *__s2, size_t __n)
-     __THROW __attribute_pure__;
+     __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1, 2));
 
 /* Copy N bytes of SRC to DEST (like memmove, but args reversed).  */
-extern void bcopy (const void *__src, void *__dest, size_t __n) __THROW;
+extern void bcopy (const void *__src, void *__dest, size_t __n)
+  __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2));
 
 /* Set N bytes of S to 0.  */
-extern void bzero (void *__s, size_t __n) __THROW;
+extern void bzero (void *__s, size_t __n) __THROW __nonnull ((1));
 
 /* Find the first occurrence of C in S (same as strchr).  */
-#  ifdef __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRINGS_H_PROTO
+# ifdef __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRINGS_H_PROTO
 extern "C++"
 {
 extern char *index (char *__s, int __c)
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@ extern char *index (char *__s, int __c)
 extern const char *index (const char *__s, int __c)
      __THROW __asm ("index") __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1));
 
-#   if defined __OPTIMIZE__ && !defined __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRING_H_PROTO
+#  if defined __OPTIMIZE__
 __extern_always_inline char *
 index (char *__s, int __c) __THROW
 {
@@ -66,15 +62,15 @@ index (const char *__s, int __c) __THROW
 {
   return __builtin_index (__s, __c);
 }
-#   endif
+#  endif
 }
-#  else
+# else
 extern char *index (const char *__s, int __c)
      __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1));
-#  endif
+# endif
 
 /* Find the last occurrence of C in S (same as strrchr).  */
-#  ifdef __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRINGS_H_PROTO
+# ifdef __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRINGS_H_PROTO
 extern "C++"
 {
 extern char *rindex (char *__s, int __c)
@@ -82,7 +78,7 @@ extern char *rindex (char *__s, int __c)
 extern const char *rindex (const char *__s, int __c)
      __THROW __asm ("rindex") __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1));
 
-#   if defined __OPTIMIZE__ && !defined __CORRECT_ISO_CPP_STRING_H_PROTO
+#  if defined __OPTIMIZE__
 __extern_always_inline char *
 rindex (char *__s, int __c) __THROW
 {
@@ -94,39 +90,45 @@ rindex (const char *__s, int __c) __THROW
 {
   return __builtin_rindex (__s, __c);
 }
-#   endif
+#  endif
 }
-#  else
+# else
 extern char *rindex (const char *__s, int __c)
      __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1));
-#  endif
 # endif
+#endif
 
 #if defined __USE_MISC || !defined __USE_XOPEN2K8 || defined __USE_XOPEN2K8XSI
 /* Return the position of the first bit set in I, or 0 if none are set.
    The least-significant bit is position 1, the most-significant 32.  */
-extern int ffs (int __i) __THROW __attribute__ ((const));
+extern int ffs (int __i) __THROW __attribute_const__;
 #endif
 
+/* The following two functions are non-standard but necessary for non-32 bit
+   platforms.  */
+# ifdef	__USE_GNU
+extern int ffsl (long int __l) __THROW __attribute_const__;
+__extension__ extern int ffsll (long long int __ll)
+     __THROW __attribute_const__;
+# endif
+
 /* Compare S1 and S2, ignoring case.  */
 extern int strcasecmp (const char *__s1, const char *__s2)
-     __THROW __attribute_pure__;
+     __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1, 2));
 
 /* Compare no more than N chars of S1 and S2, ignoring case.  */
 extern int strncasecmp (const char *__s1, const char *__s2, size_t __n)
-     __THROW __attribute_pure__;
+     __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1, 2));
 
 #ifdef	__USE_XOPEN2K8
-/* The following functions are equivalent to the both above but they
-   take the locale they use for the collation as an extra argument.
-   This is not standardsized but something like will come.  */
 # include <xlocale.h>
 
-/* Again versions of a few functions which use the given locale instead
-   of the global one.  */
+/* Compare S1 and S2, ignoring case, using collation rules from LOC.  */
 extern int strcasecmp_l (const char *__s1, const char *__s2, __locale_t __loc)
      __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1, 2, 3));
 
+/* Compare no more than N chars of S1 and S2, ignoring case, using
+   collation rules from LOC.  */
 extern int strncasecmp_l (const char *__s1, const char *__s2,
 			  size_t __n, __locale_t __loc)
      __THROW __attribute_pure__ __nonnull ((1, 2, 4));
@@ -134,6 +136,4 @@ extern int strncasecmp_l (const char *__s1, const char *__s2,
 
 __END_DECLS
 
-#endif	/* string.h  */
-
 #endif	/* strings.h  */
