diff --git a/include/pr-syslog.h b/include/pr-syslog.h
index 3eea2be..774a3b0 100644
--- a/include/pr-syslog.h
+++ b/include/pr-syslog.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 #elif defined(__hpux)
 # define PR_PATH_LOG	"/dev/log.un"
 #else
-# define PR_PATH_LOG	"/dev/log"
+# define PR_PATH_LOG	"/dev/conslog"
 #endif
 
 /* Close desriptor used to write to system logger. */
diff --git a/lib/pr-syslog.c b/lib/pr-syslog.c
index 3a62956..2b3d747 100644
--- a/lib/pr-syslog.c
+++ b/lib/pr-syslog.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static void pr_vsyslog(int sockfd, int pri, register const char *fmt,
   send(sockfd, logbuf, buflen, 0);
 #else
 
-  /* Prepare the structs for use by putmsg(). As /dev/log is a STREAMS
+  /* Prepare the structs for use by putmsg(). As /dev/conslog is a STREAMS
    * device on Solaris (and possibly other platforms?), putmsg() is
    * used so that syslog facility and level are properly honored; write()
    * does not seem to work as desired.
@@ -347,22 +347,11 @@ int pr_openlog(const char *ident, int opts, int facility) {
   }
 #else
   sockfd = open(PR_PATH_LOG, O_WRONLY);
-
-# ifdef SOLARIS2
-  /* Workaround for a /dev/log bug (SunSolve bug #4817079) on Solaris. */
-  if (sockfd >= 0) {
-    struct strioctl ic;
-
-    ic.ic_cmd = I_ERRLOG;
-    ic.ic_timout = 0;
-    ic.ic_len = 0;
-    ic.ic_dp = NULL;
-
-    if (ioctl(sockfd, I_STR, &ic) < 0)
-      fprintf(stderr, "error setting I_ERRLOG on " PR_PATH_LOG ": %s\n",
-        strerror(errno));
+  if (sockfd < 0) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "failed to open %s: %d, %s\n",
+      PR_PATH_LOG, errno, strerror(errno));
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
-# endif /* SOLARIS2 */
 #endif
 
   return sockfd;