diff --git a/src/shared/dlfcn-util.h b/src/shared/dlfcn-util.h
index 7d8cb4c9ab..050f1e2da7 100644
--- a/src/shared/dlfcn-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/dlfcn-util.h
@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@
 
 #include "macro.h"
 
-DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC_FULL(void*, dlclose, NULL);
+static inline void* safe_dlclose(void *dl) {
+        if (!dl)
+                return NULL;
+
+        assert_se(dlclose(dl) == 0);
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void dlclosep(void **dlp) {
+        safe_dlclose(*dlp);
+}
 
 int dlsym_many_or_warn_sentinel(void *dl, int log_level, ...) _sentinel_;
 int dlopen_many_sym_or_warn_sentinel(void **dlp, const char *filename, int log_level, ...) _sentinel_;
@@ -29,11 +39,3 @@ int dlopen_many_sym_or_warn_sentinel(void **dlp, const char *filename, int log_l
 /* libbpf is a bit confused about type-safety and API compatibility. Provide a macro that can tape over that mess. Sad. */
 #define DLSYM_ARG_FORCE(arg) \
         &sym_##arg, STRINGIFY(arg)
-
-static inline void *safe_dlclose(void *p) {
-        if (!p)
-                return NULL;
-
-        assert_se(dlclose(p) == 0);
-        return NULL;
-}
diff --git a/src/shared/userdb.c b/src/shared/userdb.c
index 540573390c..d262c82d63 100644
--- a/src/shared/userdb.c
+++ b/src/shared/userdb.c
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ int userdb_block_nss_systemd(int b) {
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        call = (int (*)(bool b)) dlsym(dl, "_nss_systemd_block");
+        call = dlsym(dl, "_nss_systemd_block");
         if (!call)
                 /* If the file is installed but lacks the symbol we expect, things are weird, let's complain */
                 return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(ELIBBAD),