diff --git a/bin/varnishd/cache/cache_main.c b/bin/varnishd/cache/cache_main.c
index 91fbdf6b38..c71a6a108c 100644
--- a/bin/varnishd/cache/cache_main.c
+++ b/bin/varnishd/cache/cache_main.c
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ THR_GetWorker(void)
 
 static pthread_key_t name_key;
 
+#if defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP) && !defined(__APPLE__) &&	\
+    !defined(__NetBSD__)
 static void
 thr_setname_generic(const char *name)
 {
@@ -146,22 +148,21 @@ thr_setname_generic(const char *name)
 	//lint --e{438} Last value assigned not used
 	PTOK(pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), name));
 }
+#endif
 
 void
 THR_SetName(const char *name)
 {
 
 	PTOK(pthread_setspecific(name_key, name));
-#if defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP)
-	pthread_set_name_np(pthread_self(), name);
-#elif defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP)
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
+#if defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP)
+#  if defined(__APPLE__)
 	(void)pthread_setname_np(name);
-#elif defined(__NetBSD__)
+#  elif defined(__NetBSD__)
 	(void)pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "%s", (char *)(uintptr_t)name);
-#else
+#  else
 	thr_setname_generic(name);
-#endif
+#  endif
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 54b8c9f3ae..3f7b252571 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([fnmatch], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([fnmatch(3) is required])])
 
 save_LIBS="${LIBS}"
 LIBS="${PTHREAD_LIBS}"
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_set_name_np])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_setname_np])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_mutex_isowned_np])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_getattr_np])