diff --git a/libweston/weston-launch.c b/libweston/weston-launch.c
index 140fde1..84f7d60 100644
--- a/libweston/weston-launch.c
+++ b/libweston/weston-launch.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include <error.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -112,6 +111,25 @@ struct weston_launch {
 
 union cmsg_data { unsigned char b[4]; int fd; };
 
+static void
+error(int status, int errnum, const char *msg, ...)
+{
+   va_list args;
+
+   fputs("weston-launch: ", stderr);
+   va_start(args, msg);
+   vfprintf(stderr, msg, args);
+   va_end(args);
+
+   if (errnum)
+       fprintf(stderr, ": %s\n", strerror(errnum));
+   else
+       fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+   if (status)
+       exit(status);
+}
+
 static gid_t *
 read_groups(void)
 {
-- 
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