diff --git a/libi2cdev/access.c b/libi2cdev/access.c
index 62a3f59..2e77659 100644
--- a/libi2cdev/access.c
+++ b/libi2cdev/access.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 #include "busses.h"
 #include "data.h"
-#include "error.h"
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 #include "i2cdiscov.h"
diff --git a/libi2cdev/i2c-bus-parser.c b/libi2cdev/i2c-bus-parser.c
index c4b8688..8c760e0 100644
--- a/libi2cdev/i2c-bus-parser.c
+++ b/libi2cdev/i2c-bus-parser.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <error.h>
 #include <alloca.h>
 #include <search.h>
 
diff --git a/libi2cdev/i2c-dev-path.c b/libi2cdev/i2c-dev-path.c
index b156db7..361761c 100644
--- a/libi2cdev/i2c-dev-path.c
+++ b/libi2cdev/i2c-dev-path.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <error.h>
 
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 
diff --git a/libi2cdev/i2c-error.c b/libi2cdev/i2c-error.c
index f92fb6b..540c112 100644
--- a/libi2cdev/i2c-error.c
+++ b/libi2cdev/i2c-error.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <error.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
diff --git a/libi2cdev/init.c b/libi2cdev/init.c
index 99a7edd..dfc4090 100644
--- a/libi2cdev/init.c
+++ b/libi2cdev/init.c
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <error.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <error.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
diff --git a/libi2cdev/sysfs.c b/libi2cdev/sysfs.c
index 2811500..a7e13a8 100644
--- a/libi2cdev/sysfs.c
+++ b/libi2cdev/sysfs.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <error.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/lsi2c/lsi2c.c b/lsi2c/lsi2c.c
index 7af5313..34c6225 100644
--- a/lsi2c/lsi2c.c
+++ b/lsi2c/lsi2c.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <error.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
@@ -205,7 +204,8 @@ static int read_config_file(const char *config_file_name)
         if (err < 0) {
             err = -err;
         }
-        error(0, err, "Failed to initialize i2cdevices");
+        fflush(stdout);
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to initialize i2cdevices: %s", strerror(err));
         if (config_file) {
             fclose(config_file);
         }