diff --git a/libc/bionic/flockfile.cpp b/libc/bionic/flockfile.cpp
index db68801..db53828 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/flockfile.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/flockfile.cpp
@@ -36,20 +36,12 @@
 // struct __sfileext (see fileext.h).
 
 void flockfile(FILE* fp) {
-  if (!__sdidinit) {
-    __sinit();
-  }
-
   if (fp != nullptr) {
     pthread_mutex_lock(&_FLOCK(fp));
   }
 }
 
 int ftrylockfile(FILE* fp) {
-  if (!__sdidinit) {
-    __sinit();
-  }
-
   // The specification for ftrylockfile() says it returns 0 on success,
   // or non-zero on error. So return an errno code directly on error.
   if (fp == nullptr) {
@@ -60,10 +52,6 @@
 }
 
 void funlockfile(FILE* fp) {
-  if (!__sdidinit) {
-    __sinit();
-  }
-
   if (fp != nullptr) {
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&_FLOCK(fp));
   }
diff --git a/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.cpp b/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.cpp
index 91e210e..8f210ea 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/libc_init_common.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 extern "C" int __system_properties_init(void);
 extern "C" int __set_tls(void* ptr);
 extern "C" int __set_tid_address(int* tid_address);
-extern "C" int __sinit(void);
+extern "C" int __libc_init_stdio(void);
 
 __LIBC_HIDDEN__ WriteProtected<libc_globals> __libc_globals;
 
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@
   __pthread_internal_add(main_thread);
 
   __system_properties_init(); // Requires 'environ'.
-  // Initialize stdio here to get rid of data races caused by lazy initialization.
-  // TODO: Remove other calls to __sinit().
-  __sinit();
+
+  // Initialize stdio to avoid data races caused by BSD-style lazy initialization.
+  __libc_init_stdio();
 }
 
 __noreturn static void __early_abort(int line) {
diff --git a/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp b/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp
index d6b8e8f..6609470 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/ndk_cruft.cpp
@@ -286,6 +286,12 @@
   return r.rlim_cur;
 }
 
+// A leaked BSD stdio implementation detail that's now a no-op.
+extern "C" void __sinit() {
+}
+
+extern "C" int __sdidinit = 1;
+
 // Only used by ftime, which was removed from POSIX 2008.
 struct timeb {
   time_t          time;
diff --git a/libc/stdio/findfp.c b/libc/stdio/findfp.c
index 2696cfd..4054d5f 100644
--- a/libc/stdio/findfp.c
+++ b/libc/stdio/findfp.c
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
 #define ALIGNBYTES (sizeof(uintptr_t) - 1)
 #define ALIGN(p) (((uintptr_t)(p) + ALIGNBYTES) &~ ALIGNBYTES)
 
-int	__sdidinit;
-
 #define	NDYNAMIC 10		/* add ten more whenever necessary */
 
 #define	std(flags, file) \
@@ -114,9 +112,6 @@
 	int n;
 	struct glue *g;
 
-	if (!__sdidinit)
-		__sinit();
-
 	_THREAD_PRIVATE_MUTEX_LOCK(__sfp_mutex);
 	for (g = &__sglue; g != NULL; g = g->next) {
 		for (fp = g->iobs, n = g->niobs; --n >= 0; fp++)
@@ -149,48 +144,21 @@
 	return (fp);
 }
 
-/*
- * exit() and abort() call _cleanup() through the callback registered
- * with __atexit_register_cleanup(), set whenever we open or buffer a
- * file. This chicanery is done so that programs that do not use stdio
- * need not link it all in.
- *
- * The name `_cleanup' is, alas, fairly well known outside stdio.
- */
-void
-_cleanup(void)
-{
+static void __stdio_cleanup(void) {
 	/* (void) _fwalk(fclose); */
 	(void) _fwalk(__sflush);		/* `cheating' */
 }
 
-/*
- * __sinit() is called whenever stdio's internal variables must be set up.
- */
-void
-__sinit(void)
-{
-	_THREAD_PRIVATE_MUTEX(__sinit_mutex);
-
-	_THREAD_PRIVATE_MUTEX_LOCK(__sinit_mutex);
-	if (__sdidinit) {
-		/* bail out if caller lost the race */
-		_THREAD_PRIVATE_MUTEX_UNLOCK(__sinit_mutex);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* Initialize stdin/stdout/stderr (for the recursive mutex). http://b/18208568. */
+void __libc_init_stdio(void) {
+	// Initialize stdin/stdout/stderr (for the recursive mutex). http://b/18208568.
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
 		_FILEEXT_SETUP(__sF+i, __sFext+i);
 	}
-	/* Initialize the pre-allocated (but initially unused) streams. */
+	// Initialize the pre-allocated (but initially unused) streams.
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < FOPEN_MAX - 3; ++i) {
 		_FILEEXT_SETUP(usual+i, usualext+i);
 	}
 
-	/* make sure we clean up on exit */
-	__atexit_register_cleanup(_cleanup); /* conservative */
-	__sdidinit = 1;
-
-	_THREAD_PRIVATE_MUTEX_UNLOCK(__sinit_mutex);
+	// Make sure we clean up on exit.
+	__atexit_register_cleanup(__stdio_cleanup); /* conservative */
 }
diff --git a/libc/stdio/local.h b/libc/stdio/local.h
index 3ae7059..db3068d 100644
--- a/libc/stdio/local.h
+++ b/libc/stdio/local.h
@@ -153,10 +153,8 @@
 __LIBC32_LEGACY_PUBLIC__ int __swsetup(FILE*);
 
 /* These were referenced by a couple of different pieces of middleware and the Crystax NDK. */
-__LIBC32_LEGACY_PUBLIC__ extern int __sdidinit;
 __LIBC32_LEGACY_PUBLIC__ int __sflags(const char*, int*);
 __LIBC32_LEGACY_PUBLIC__ FILE* __sfp(void);
-__LIBC32_LEGACY_PUBLIC__ void __sinit(void);
 __LIBC32_LEGACY_PUBLIC__ void __smakebuf(FILE*);
 
 /* These are referenced by the Greed for Glory franchise. */
@@ -170,7 +168,6 @@
 #pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
 
 int	__sflush_locked(FILE *);
-void	_cleanup(void);
 int	__swhatbuf(FILE *, size_t *, int *);
 wint_t __fgetwc_unlock(FILE *);
 wint_t	__ungetwc(wint_t, FILE *);
@@ -237,6 +234,10 @@
 extern int __sfvwrite(FILE *, struct __suio *);
 wint_t __fputwc_unlock(wchar_t wc, FILE *fp);
 
+/* Remove the if (!__sdidinit) __sinit() idiom from untouched upstream stdio code. */
+extern void __sinit(void); // Not actually implemented.
+#define __sdidinit 1
+
 #pragma GCC visibility pop
 
 __END_DECLS
diff --git a/libc/stdio/refill.c b/libc/stdio/refill.c
index e87c7b9..5b0811f 100644
--- a/libc/stdio/refill.c
+++ b/libc/stdio/refill.c
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@
 int
 __srefill(FILE *fp)
 {
-
-	/* make sure stdio is set up */
-	if (!__sdidinit)
-		__sinit();
-
 	fp->_r = 0;		/* largely a convenience for callers */
 
 #if !defined(__ANDROID__)