diff --git a/initd/Makemodule.am b/initd/Makemodule.am
index 8552e45..7e7fd37 100644
--- a/initd/Makemodule.am
+++ b/initd/Makemodule.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 init_SOURCES = initd/main.c initd/init.h initd/signal_linux.c initd/runsvc.c
-init_SOURCES += initd/status.c initd/supervisor.c
+init_SOURCES += initd/status.c initd/supervisor.c initd/initsock.c
 init_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
 init_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS)
 init_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/initd/init.h b/initd/init.h
index ffc7181..50f799a 100644
--- a/initd/init.h
+++ b/initd/init.h
@@ -100,4 +100,11 @@ int sigsetup(void);
 */
 void sigreset(void);
 
+/********** initsock.c **********/
+
+int init_socket_create(void);
+
+int init_socket_send_status(int fd, const void *dest_addr, size_t addrlen,
+			    E_SERVICE_STATE state, service_t *svc);
+
 #endif /* INIT_H */
diff --git a/lib/init/init_socket_send_status.c b/initd/initsock.c
similarity index 75%
rename from lib/init/init_socket_send_status.c
rename to initd/initsock.c
index 8cd5d8a..718ab61 100644
--- a/lib/init/init_socket_send_status.c
+++ b/initd/initsock.c
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC */
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#include "initsock.h"
-
+#include "init.h"
 
 static int send_retry(int fd, const void *dst, size_t addrlen,
 		      const void *buffer, size_t size)
@@ -39,6 +31,33 @@ static int send_string(int fd, const void *dst, size_t addrlen,
 	return len > 0 ? send_retry(fd, dst, addrlen, str, len) : 0;
 }
 
+int init_socket_create(void)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_un un;
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		perror("socket");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	memset(&un, 0, sizeof(un));
+	un.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+
+	strcpy(un.sun_path, INIT_SOCK_PATH);
+	unlink(INIT_SOCK_PATH);
+
+	if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&un, sizeof(un))) {
+		perror("bind: " INIT_SOCK_PATH);
+		close(fd);
+		unlink(INIT_SOCK_PATH);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return fd;
+}
+
 int init_socket_send_status(int fd, const void *dest_addr, size_t addrlen,
 			    E_SERVICE_STATE state, service_t *svc)
 {
diff --git a/lib/Makemodule.am b/lib/Makemodule.am
index 48c5767..a131463 100644
--- a/lib/Makemodule.am
+++ b/lib/Makemodule.am
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 libinit_a_SOURCES = lib/init/delsvc.c lib/init/svcmap.c lib/init/rdsvc.c
 libinit_a_SOURCES += lib/init/svcscan.c lib/init/del_svc_list.c
 libinit_a_SOURCES += lib/init/svc_tsort.c lib/include/service.h
-libinit_a_SOURCES += lib/init/init_socket_open.c lib/init/init_socket_create.c
+libinit_a_SOURCES += lib/init/init_socket_open.c
 libinit_a_SOURCES += lib/include/initsock.h lib/init/init_socket_send_request.c
-libinit_a_SOURCES += lib/init/init_socket_send_status.c
 libinit_a_SOURCES += lib/init/init_socket_recv_status.c
 libinit_a_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
 libinit_a_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/lib/include/initsock.h b/lib/include/initsock.h
index a687481..afbf861 100644
--- a/lib/include/initsock.h
+++ b/lib/include/initsock.h
@@ -47,15 +47,10 @@ typedef struct {
 	char *service_name;
 } init_status_response_t;
 
-int init_socket_create(void);
-
 int init_socket_open(const char *tmppath);
 
 int init_socket_send_request(int fd, E_INIT_REQUEST rq, ...);
 
-int init_socket_send_status(int fd, const void *dest_addr, size_t addrlen,
-			    E_SERVICE_STATE state, service_t *svc);
-
 int init_socket_recv_status(int fd, init_status_response_t *resp);
 
 #endif /* INITSOCK_H */
diff --git a/lib/init/init_socket_create.c b/lib/init/init_socket_create.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 82a528c..0000000
--- a/lib/init/init_socket_create.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC */
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-#include "initsock.h"
-
-int init_socket_create(void)
-{
-	struct sockaddr_un un;
-	int fd;
-
-	fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
-	if (fd < 0) {
-		perror("socket");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	memset(&un, 0, sizeof(un));
-	un.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-
-	strcpy(un.sun_path, INIT_SOCK_PATH);
-	unlink(INIT_SOCK_PATH);
-
-	if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&un, sizeof(un))) {
-		perror("bind: " INIT_SOCK_PATH);
-		close(fd);
-		unlink(INIT_SOCK_PATH);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	return fd;
-}