diff --git a/basename.c b/basename.c
index bb5eaa4..4a6ac2a 100644
--- a/basename.c
+++ b/basename.c
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	ssize_t off;
 	char *p;
 
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (argc != 1 && argc != 2)
 		usage();
diff --git a/chroot.c b/chroot.c
index beec628..0b797cc 100644
--- a/chroot.c
+++ b/chroot.c
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *shell[] = { "/bin/sh", "-i", NULL }, *aux, *cmd;
 	int savederrno;
 
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (!argc)
 		usage();
diff --git a/cksum.c b/cksum.c
index b2a95b4..581af7a 100644
--- a/cksum.c
+++ b/cksum.c
@@ -84,22 +84,13 @@ cksum(FILE *fp, const char *s)
 	putchar('\n');
 }
 
-static void
-usage(void)
-{
-	eprintf("usage: %s [file ...]\n", argv0);
-}
-
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	FILE *fp;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (!argc) {
 		cksum(stdin, NULL);
diff --git a/dirname.c b/dirname.c
index 4542199..4bef9a4 100644
--- a/dirname.c
+++ b/dirname.c
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ usage(void)
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (argc != 1)
 		usage();
diff --git a/echo.c b/echo.c
index 1906133..23bc55f 100644
--- a/echo.c
+++ b/echo.c
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int nflag = 0;
 
-	if (*++argv && !strcmp(*argv, "-n")) {
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
+
+	if (*argv && !strcmp(*argv, "-n")) {
 		nflag = 1;
 		argc--, argv++;
 	}
diff --git a/hostname.c b/hostname.c
index dff32af..a0e3969 100644
--- a/hostname.c
+++ b/hostname.c
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char host[HOST_NAME_MAX + 1];
 
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (!argc) {
 		if (gethostname(host, sizeof(host)) < 0)
diff --git a/link.c b/link.c
index 6af7544..e169f0a 100644
--- a/link.c
+++ b/link.c
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ usage(void)
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (argc != 2)
 		usage();
diff --git a/nohup.c b/nohup.c
index 59970cb..080b210 100644
--- a/nohup.c
+++ b/nohup.c
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int fd, savederrno;
 
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (!argc)
 		usage();
diff --git a/printenv.c b/printenv.c
index f88e4d2..2c1e711 100644
--- a/printenv.c
+++ b/printenv.c
@@ -6,22 +6,13 @@
 
 extern char **environ;
 
-static void
-usage(void)
-{
-	eprintf("usage: %s [var ...]\n", argv0);
-}
-
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char *var;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (!argc) {
 		for (; *environ; environ++)
diff --git a/setsid.c b/setsid.c
index 98acaae..4c885a4 100644
--- a/setsid.c
+++ b/setsid.c
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int savederrno;
 
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (!argc)
 		usage();
diff --git a/sleep.c b/sleep.c
index ce20858..b1028ed 100644
--- a/sleep.c
+++ b/sleep.c
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	unsigned seconds;
 
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (argc != 1)
 		usage();
diff --git a/sponge.c b/sponge.c
index ee1d338..a2861a0 100644
--- a/sponge.c
+++ b/sponge.c
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	FILE *fp, *tmpfp;
 
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (argc != 1)
 		usage();
diff --git a/sync.c b/sync.c
index 5d92233..15e53f4 100644
--- a/sync.c
+++ b/sync.c
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ usage(void)
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (argc)
 		usage();
diff --git a/tty.c b/tty.c
index 6b580d3..5afec79 100644
--- a/tty.c
+++ b/tty.c
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char *tty;
 
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (argc)
 		usage();
diff --git a/unlink.c b/unlink.c
index 797d18a..bdc6061 100644
--- a/unlink.c
+++ b/unlink.c
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ usage(void)
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	if (argc != 1)
 		usage();
diff --git a/yes.c b/yes.c
index 000f367..cbd81dc 100644
--- a/yes.c
+++ b/yes.c
@@ -3,21 +3,12 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 
-static void
-usage(void)
-{
-	eprintf("usage: %s [string ...]\n", argv0);
-}
-
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char **p;
 
-	ARGBEGIN {
-	default:
-		usage();
-	} ARGEND;
+	argv0 = argv[0], argc--, argv++;
 
 	for (p = argv; ; p = (*p && *(p + 1)) ? p + 1 : argv) {
 		fputs(*p ? *p : "y", stdout);