diff --git a/tests/regressions.sh b/tests/regressions.sh
index d131b70..cd900ce 100755
--- a/tests/regressions.sh
+++ b/tests/regressions.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 : ${SBD_TRANSLATE_AIO:= "no"}
 
 sbd() {
-	LD_PRELOAD=${SBD_PRELOAD} SBD_DEVICE="${SBD_DEVICE}" SBD_PRELOAD_LOG=${SBD_PRELOAD_LOG} SBD_WATCHDOG_DEV=/dev/watchdog setsid ${SBD_BINARY} -p ${SBD_PIDFILE} "$@"
+	LD_BIND_NOW=yes LD_PRELOAD=${SBD_PRELOAD} SBD_DEVICE="${SBD_DEVICE}" SBD_PRELOAD_LOG=${SBD_PRELOAD_LOG} SBD_WATCHDOG_DEV=/dev/watchdog setsid ${SBD_BINARY} -p ${SBD_PIDFILE} "$@"
 }
 
 sbd_sleep() {
diff --git a/tests/sbd-testbed.c b/tests/sbd-testbed.c
index 91920f2..12f068a 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) {
@@ -203,7 +197,7 @@ init (void)
     }
 }
 
-// ***** end - handling of watchdog & block-devices ****
+// ***** handling of watchdog & block-devices ****
 
 static gboolean
 watchdog_timeout_notify(gpointer data)