diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/fastfind.c b/usr.bin/locate/locate/fastfind.c
--- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/fastfind.c
+++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/fastfind.c
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@
 #define _LOCATE_STATISTIC_
 
 void 
-statistic (fp, path_fcodes)
-	FILE *fp;               /* open database */
-	char *path_fcodes;  	/* for error message */
+statistic (FILE *fp, char *path_fcodes)
 {
 	long lines, chars, size, size_nbg, big, zwerg, umlaut;
 	u_char *p, *s;
@@ -128,11 +126,7 @@
 #else
 fastfind_mmap
 #endif /* FF_ICASE */
-(pathpart, paddr, len, database)
-	char *pathpart; 	/* search string */
-	caddr_t paddr;  	/* mmap pointer */
-	off_t len;        	/* length of database */
-	char *database; 	/* for error message */
+(char *pathpart, caddr_t paddr, off_t len, char *database)
 
 
 #else /* MMAP */
@@ -144,10 +138,7 @@
 fastfind
 #endif /* FF_ICASE */
 
-(fp, pathpart, database)
-	FILE *fp;               /* open database */
-	char *pathpart;		/* search string */
-	char *database;		/* for error message */
+(FILE *fp, char *pathpart, char *database)
 
 
 #endif /* MMAP */
diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/util.c b/usr.bin/locate/locate/util.c
--- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/util.c
+++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/util.c
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
  * or the database is obviously not a locate database.
  */
 int
-check_bigram_char(ch)
-	int ch;
+check_bigram_char(int ch)
 {
 	/* legal bigram: 0, ASCII_MIN ... ASCII_MAX */
 	if (ch == 0 ||
@@ -138,8 +137,7 @@
 static char globfree[100];
 
 char *
-patprep(name)
-	char *name;
+patprep(char *name)
 {
 	char *endmark, *p, *subp;
 
@@ -192,8 +190,7 @@
 
 /* tolower word */
 u_char *
-tolower_word(word)
-	u_char *word;
+tolower_word(u_char *word)
 {
 	u_char *p;
 
@@ -215,8 +212,7 @@
  */
 
 int
-getwm(p)
-	caddr_t p;
+getwm(caddr_t p)
 {
 	union {
 		char buf[INTSIZE];
@@ -252,8 +248,7 @@
  */
 
 int
-getwf(fp)
-	FILE *fp;
+getwf(FILE *fp)
 {
 	int word, hword;
         int i_max = LOCATE_PATH_MAX + OFFSET;