diff --git a/tests/sbd-testbed.c b/tests/sbd-testbed.c
index 91920f2..205ccbc 100644
--- a/tests/sbd-testbed.c
+++ b/tests/sbd-testbed.c
@@ -154,17 +154,11 @@ init (void)
         orig_fopen        = (orig_fopen_f_type)dlsym_fatal(RTLD_NEXT,"fopen");
         orig_fclose       = (orig_fclose_f_type)dlsym_fatal(RTLD_NEXT,"fclose");
 
-        handle = dlopen("libaio.so.1",  RTLD_NOW);
-        if (!handle) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Failed opening libaio.so.1\n");
-            exit(1);
-        }
-        orig_io_setup     = (orig_io_setup_f_type)dlsym_fatal(handle,"io_setup");
-        orig_io_destroy   = (orig_io_destroy_f_type)dlsym_fatal(handle,"io_destroy");
-        orig_io_submit    = (orig_io_submit_f_type)dlsym_fatal(handle,"io_submit");
-        orig_io_getevents = (orig_io_getevents_f_type)dlsym_fatal(handle,"io_getevents");
-        orig_io_cancel    = (orig_io_cancel_f_type)dlsym_fatal(handle,"io_cancel");
-        dlclose(handle);
+        orig_io_setup     = (orig_io_setup_f_type)dlsym_fatal(RTLD_NEXT,"io_setup");
+        orig_io_destroy   = (orig_io_destroy_f_type)dlsym_fatal(RTLD_NEXT,"io_destroy");
+        orig_io_submit    = (orig_io_submit_f_type)dlsym_fatal(RTLD_NEXT,"io_submit");
+        orig_io_getevents = (orig_io_getevents_f_type)dlsym_fatal(RTLD_NEXT,"io_getevents");
+        orig_io_cancel    = (orig_io_cancel_f_type)dlsym_fatal(RTLD_NEXT,"io_cancel");
 
         value = getenv("SBD_PRELOAD_LOG");
         if (value) {