diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 7e5a64595..f3b24a448 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `chroot' function. */
 #undef HAVE_CHROOT
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the `daemon' function. */
-#undef HAVE_DAEMON
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <dlfcn.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_DLFCN_H
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bd0afe6d4..c6cdeaf2e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -24666,8 +24666,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
-
-for ac_func in tzset sigprocmask fcntl getpwnam getrlimit setsid sbrk chroot kill sleep usleep random srandom recvmsg sendmsg writev setresuid setreuid setresgid setregid daemon
+for ac_func in tzset sigprocmask fcntl getpwnam getrlimit setsid sbrk chroot kill sleep usleep random srandom recvmsg sendmsg writev setresuid setreuid setresgid setregid
 do
 as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6e008ebe7..676c96cf6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ AC_CHECK_GETADDRINFO_WITH_INCLUDES
 if test $ac_cv_func_getaddrinfo = no; then
 AC_LIBOBJ([fake-rfc2553])
 fi
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([tzset sigprocmask fcntl getpwnam getrlimit setsid sbrk chroot kill sleep usleep random srandom recvmsg sendmsg writev setresuid setreuid setresgid setregid daemon])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([tzset sigprocmask fcntl getpwnam getrlimit setsid sbrk chroot kill sleep usleep random srandom recvmsg sendmsg writev setresuid setreuid setresgid setregid])
 
 # check mkdir
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether mkdir has one arg])
diff --git a/daemon/unbound.c b/daemon/unbound.c
index b286a7212..1fb728678 100644
--- a/daemon/unbound.c
+++ b/daemon/unbound.c
@@ -287,14 +287,6 @@ checkoldpid(struct config_file* cfg)
 static void
 detach(struct config_file* cfg)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_DAEMON
-	int err;
-	if(daemon(1,0)!=0) {
-		err=errno;
-		unlink(cfg->pidfile);
-		fatal_exit("daemon(3) failed: %s", strerror(err));
-	}
-#else /* !HAVE_DAEMON */
 #ifdef HAVE_WORKING_FORK
 	int fd, err;
 	/* Take off... */
@@ -324,7 +316,6 @@ detach(struct config_file* cfg)
 #else
 	(void)cfg;
 #endif /* HAVE_WORKING_FORK */
-#endif /* HAVE_DAEMON */
 }
 
 /** daemonize, drop user priviliges and chroot if needed */
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index ef062a297..0c4c0a726 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+27 August 2008: Wouter
+	- daemon(3) is causing problems for people. Reverting the patch.
+	  bug#200, and 199 and 203 contain sideline discussion on it.
+
 26 August 2008: Wouter
 	- test for insecure zone when DLV is in use, also does negative cache.
 	- test for trustanchor when DLV is in use (the anchor works).