On Android bzero() is a macro. diff -u -r ../openssh-7.4p1/openbsd-compat/explicit_bzero.c ./openbsd-compat/explicit_bzero.c --- ../openssh-7.4p1/openbsd-compat/explicit_bzero.c 2016-12-18 23:59:41.000000000 -0500 +++ ./openbsd-compat/explicit_bzero.c 2016-12-20 19:57:24.595833810 -0500 @@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ #else /* HAVE_MEMSET_S */ -/* - * Indirect bzero through a volatile pointer to hopefully avoid - * dead-store optimisation eliminating the call. - */ -static void (* volatile ssh_bzero)(void *, size_t) = bzero; - void explicit_bzero(void *p, size_t n) { @@ -45,7 +39,7 @@ # endif #endif - ssh_bzero(p, n); + bzero(p, n); } #endif /* HAVE_MEMSET_S */