diff --git a/sysdeps/gnu/bits/struct_utmpx.h b/bits/struct_utmpx.h
similarity index 100%
rename from sysdeps/gnu/bits/struct_utmpx.h
rename to bits/struct_utmpx.h
diff --git a/sysdeps/gnu/bits/utmpx.h b/bits/utmpx.h
similarity index 100%
rename from sysdeps/gnu/bits/utmpx.h
rename to bits/utmpx.h
diff --git a/include/utmpx.h b/include/utmpx.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfe9b7c054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/utmpx.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include <login/utmpx.h>
diff --git a/login/getutmp.c b/login/getutmp.c
index e9a5fe69a5..3058a93d1b 100644
--- a/login/getutmp.c
+++ b/login/getutmp.c
@@ -17,17 +17,47 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <utmp.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#define getutmpx __redirect_getutmpx
 #include <utmpx.h>
+#undef getutmpx
+
+#define CHECK_SIZE_AND_OFFSET(field) \
+  _Static_assert (sizeof ((struct utmp){0}.field)		\
+		  == sizeof ((struct utmpx){0}.field),		\
+		  "sizeof ((struct utmp){0}." #field " != "	\
+		  "sizeof ((struct utmpx){0}" #field);	\
+  _Static_assert (offsetof (struct utmp, field)			\
+		  == offsetof (struct utmpx, field),		\
+		  "offsetof (struct utmp, " #field ") != "	\
+		  "offsetof (struct utmpx, " #field ")");
+
+/* This ensure the getutmp to getutmpx alias is valid.  */
+_Static_assert (sizeof (struct utmp) == sizeof (struct utmpx),
+		"sizeof (struct utmp) != sizeof (struct utmpx)");
+CHECK_SIZE_AND_OFFSET (ut_type)
+CHECK_SIZE_AND_OFFSET (ut_pid)
+CHECK_SIZE_AND_OFFSET (ut_line)
+CHECK_SIZE_AND_OFFSET (ut_user)
+CHECK_SIZE_AND_OFFSET (ut_id)
+CHECK_SIZE_AND_OFFSET (ut_host)
+CHECK_SIZE_AND_OFFSET (ut_tv)
+
 
 /* Copy the information in UTMPX to UTMP. */
 void
-getutmp (const struct utmpx *utmpx, struct utmp *utmp)
+__getutmp (const struct utmpx *utmpx, struct utmp *utmp)
 {
+  memset (utmp, 0, sizeof (struct utmpx));
   utmp->ut_type = utmpx->ut_type;
   utmp->ut_pid = utmpx->ut_pid;
   memcpy (utmp->ut_line, utmpx->ut_line, sizeof (utmp->ut_line));
   memcpy (utmp->ut_user, utmpx->ut_user, sizeof (utmp->ut_user));
   memcpy (utmp->ut_id, utmpx->ut_id, sizeof (utmp->ut_id));
   memcpy (utmp->ut_host, utmpx->ut_host, sizeof (utmp->ut_host));
-  utmp->ut_tv = utmpx->ut_tv;
+  utmp->ut_tv.tv_sec = utmpx->ut_tv.tv_sec;
+  utmp->ut_tv.tv_usec = utmpx->ut_tv.tv_usec;
 }
+
+weak_alias (__getutmp, getutmp)
+strong_alias (__getutmp, getutmpx)
diff --git a/login/getutmpx.c b/login/getutmpx.c
index 250a355235..839eb6826e 100644
--- a/login/getutmpx.c
+++ b/login/getutmpx.c
@@ -1,34 +1 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1999-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <string.h>
-#include <utmp.h>
-#include <utmpx.h>
-
-/* Copy the information in UTMP to UTMPX. */
-void
-getutmpx (const struct utmp *utmp, struct utmpx *utmpx)
-{
-  memset (utmpx, 0, sizeof (struct utmpx));
-  utmpx->ut_type = utmp->ut_type;
-  utmpx->ut_pid = utmp->ut_pid;
-  memcpy (utmpx->ut_line, utmp->ut_line, sizeof (utmp->ut_line));
-  memcpy (utmpx->ut_user, utmp->ut_user, sizeof (utmp->ut_user));
-  memcpy (utmpx->ut_id, utmp->ut_id, sizeof (utmp->ut_id));
-  memcpy (utmpx->ut_host, utmp->ut_host, sizeof (utmp->ut_host));
-  utmpx->ut_tv = utmp->ut_tv;
-}
+/* Implemented by getutmp.c. */
diff --git a/login/updwtmp.c b/login/updwtmp.c
index f6cd515ac4..489c28b553 100644
--- a/login/updwtmp.c
+++ b/login/updwtmp.c
@@ -17,11 +17,20 @@
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 #include <utmp.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "utmp-private.h"
 
 #ifndef TRANSFORM_UTMP_FILE_NAME
-# define TRANSFORM_UTMP_FILE_NAME(file_name) (file_name)
+# define TRANSFORM_UTMP_FILE_NAME(file_name)	\
+  ((strcmp (file_name, _PATH_UTMP "x") == 0	\
+    && __access (_PATH_UTMP "x", F_OK) != 0)	\
+   ? _PATH_UTMP					\
+   : ((strcmp (file_name, _PATH_WTMP "x") == 0	\
+       && __access (_PATH_WTMP "x", F_OK) != 0)	\
+      ? _PATH_WTMP				\
+      : file_name))
 #endif
 
 void
diff --git a/sysdeps/gnu/utmpx.h b/login/utmpx.h
similarity index 100%
rename from sysdeps/gnu/utmpx.h
rename to login/utmpx.h
diff --git a/sysdeps/gnu/getutmp.c b/sysdeps/gnu/getutmp.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 95a9a4b354..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/gnu/getutmp.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1999-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <utmp.h>
-#ifndef _UTMPX_H
-/* This is an ugly hack but we must not see the getutmpx declaration.  */
-# define getutmpx XXXgetutmpx
-# include <utmpx.h>
-# undef getutmpx
-#endif
-
-void
-getutmp (const struct utmpx *utmpx, struct utmp *utmp)
-{
-  assert (sizeof (struct utmp) == sizeof (struct utmpx));
-  memcpy (utmp, utmpx, sizeof (struct utmp));
-}
-strong_alias (getutmp, getutmpx)
diff --git a/sysdeps/gnu/getutmpx.c b/sysdeps/gnu/getutmpx.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f393734a63..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/gnu/getutmpx.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/* We don't need a separate version.  it is the same as getutmp().  */
diff --git a/sysdeps/gnu/updwtmp.c b/sysdeps/gnu/updwtmp.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 044091b77c..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/gnu/updwtmp.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1998-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@phys.uva.nl>, 1998.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#define TRANSFORM_UTMP_FILE_NAME(file_name)	\
-  ((strcmp (file_name, _PATH_UTMP "x") == 0	\
-    && __access (_PATH_UTMP "x", F_OK) != 0)	\
-   ? _PATH_UTMP					\
-   : ((strcmp (file_name, _PATH_WTMP "x") == 0	\
-       && __access (_PATH_WTMP "x", F_OK) != 0)	\
-      ? _PATH_WTMP				\
-      : file_name))
-
-#include <login/updwtmp.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/getutmp.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/getutmp.c
index 6380ae2a82..50ce8c4f5c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/getutmp.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/getutmp.c
@@ -16,22 +16,15 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-#include <string.h>
-#include <utmp.h>
-/* This is an ugly hack but we must not see the getutmpx declaration.  */
-#define getutmpx XXXgetutmpx
-#include <utmpx.h>
-#undef getutmpx
+#undef weak_alias
+#define weak_alias(a, b)
+#undef strong_alias
+#define strong_alias(a, b)
 
-#include "utmp-compat.h"
+#include <login/getutmp.c>
 
-#undef weak_alias
-#define weak_alias(n,a)
-#define getutmp __getutmp
-#define getutmpx __getutmpx
-#include "sysdeps/gnu/getutmp.c"
-#undef getutmp
-#undef getutmpx
+#include "utmp-compat.h"
 
 default_symbol_version (__getutmp, getutmp, UTMP_COMPAT_BASE);
+_strong_alias (__getutmp, __getutmpx)
 default_symbol_version (__getutmpx, getutmpx, UTMP_COMPAT_BASE);
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/updwtmp.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/updwtmp.c
index dcd334e5a9..2079571cc1 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/updwtmp.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/updwtmp.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # undef weak_alias
 # define weak_alias(n,a)
 #endif
-#include "sysdeps/gnu/updwtmp.c"
+#include <login/updwtmp.c>
 
 #if defined SHARED
 default_symbol_version (__updwtmp, updwtmp, UTMP_COMPAT_BASE);
