diff --git a/include/unistd.h b/include/unistd.h
index cfc8ce4635b3..53efe498b681 100644
--- a/include/unistd.h
+++ b/include/unistd.h
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ int	 execlp(const char *, const char *, ...);
 int	 execv(const char *, char * const *);
 int	 execve(const char *, char * const *, char * const *);
 int	 execvp(const char *, char * const *);
-int	 execvpe(const char *, char * const *, char * const *);
 pid_t	 fork(void);
 long	 fpathconf(int, int);
 char	*getcwd(char *, size_t);
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/Makefile.inc b/lib/libc/gen/Makefile.inc
index 30a8b8f24bd3..c050fc79d32d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/Makefile.inc
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/Makefile.inc
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ MLINKS+=err.3 err_set_exit.3 err.3 err_set_file.3 err.3 errc.3 err.3 errx.3 \
 	err.3 verr.3 err.3 verrc.3 err.3 verrx.3 err.3 vwarn.3 err.3 vwarnc.3 \
 	err.3 vwarnx.3 err.3 warnc.3 err.3 warn.3 err.3 warnx.3
 MLINKS+=exec.3 execl.3 exec.3 execle.3 exec.3 execlp.3 exec.3 exect.3 \
-	exec.3 execv.3 exec.3 execvP.3 exec.3 execvp.3 exec.3 execvpe.3
+	exec.3 execv.3 exec.3 execvP.3 exec.3 execvp.3
 MLINKS+=fpclassify.3 finite.3 fpclassify.3 finitef.3 \
 	fpclassify.3 isfinite.3 fpclassify.3 isinf.3 fpclassify.3 isnan.3 \
 	fpclassify.3 isnormal.3
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/Symbol.map b/lib/libc/gen/Symbol.map
index 4970bcb789e7..b69a7432e84e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/Symbol.map
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/Symbol.map
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ FBSD_1.0 {
 };
 
 FBSD_1.1 {
- 	execvpe;
 	fdopendir;
 	fts_open;
 	fts_close;
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/exec.3 b/lib/libc/gen/exec.3
index 448a1b9fd423..daeccd10bf47 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/exec.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/exec.3
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 .Nm exect ,
 .Nm execv ,
 .Nm execvp ,
-.Nm execvpe ,
 .Nm execvP
 .Nd execute a file
 .Sh LIBRARY
@@ -65,8 +64,6 @@
 .Ft int
 .Fn execvp "const char *file" "char *const argv[]"
 .Ft int
-.Fn execvpe "const char *file" "char *const argv[]" "char *const envp[]"
-.Ft int
 .Fn execvP "const char *file" "const char *search_path" "char *const argv[]"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
@@ -121,10 +118,9 @@ be terminated by a
 pointer.
 .Pp
 The
-.Fn execle ,
-.Fn exect
+.Fn execle
 and
-.Fn execvpe
+.Fn exect
 functions also specify the environment of the executed process by following
 the
 .Dv NULL
@@ -146,7 +142,6 @@ Some of these functions have special semantics.
 The functions
 .Fn execlp ,
 .Fn execvp ,
-.Fn execvpe ,
 and
 .Fn execvP
 will duplicate the actions of the shell in searching for an executable file
@@ -157,7 +152,6 @@ For
 .Fn execlp
 and
 .Fn execvp ,
-.Fn execvpe ,
 search path is the path specified in the environment by
 .Dq Ev PATH
 variable.
@@ -283,8 +277,7 @@ The
 .Fn execl ,
 .Fn execle ,
 .Fn execlp ,
-.Fn execvp ,
-.Fn execvpe
+.Fn execvp
 and
 .Fn execvP
 functions
@@ -326,7 +319,3 @@ The
 .Fn execvP
 function first appeared in
 .Fx 5.2 .
-The
-.Fn execvpe
-function first appeared in
-.Fx 8.0 .
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/exec.c b/lib/libc/gen/exec.c
index 4525ce210286..985a09a4fcf7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/exec.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/exec.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include "un-namespace.h"
+#include "libc_private.h"
 
 extern char **environ;
 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ execv(name, argv)
 int
 execvp(const char *name, char * const *argv)
 {
-	return (execvpe(name, argv, environ));
+	return (_execvpe(name, argv, environ));
 }
 
 static int
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ execvP(const char *name, const char *path, char * const argv[])
 }
 
 int
-execvpe(const char *name, char * const argv[], char * const envp[])
+_execvpe(const char *name, char * const argv[], char * const envp[])
 {
 	const char *path;
 
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/posix_spawn.c b/lib/libc/gen/posix_spawn.c
index a587d9ec53c0..8e4e0a44ebf0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/posix_spawn.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/posix_spawn.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "un-namespace.h"
+#include "libc_private.h"
 
 extern char **environ;
 
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ do_posix_spawn(pid_t *pid, const char *path,
 				_exit(127);
 		}
 		if (use_env_path)
-			execvpe(path, argv, envp != NULL ? envp : environ);
+			_execvpe(path, argv, envp != NULL ? envp : environ);
 		else
 			_execve(path, argv, envp != NULL ? envp : environ);
 		error = errno;
diff --git a/lib/libc/include/libc_private.h b/lib/libc/include/libc_private.h
index 40a93bc1f50f..70e1ef81014c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/include/libc_private.h
+++ b/lib/libc/include/libc_private.h
@@ -195,4 +195,7 @@ extern void *	__sys_freebsd6_mmap(void *, __size_t, int, int, int, int, __off_t)
 /* Without back-compat translation */
 extern int	__sys_fcntl(int, int, ...);
 
+/* execve() with PATH processing to implement posix_spawnp() */
+int _execvpe(const char *, char * const *, char * const *);
+
 #endif /* _LIBC_PRIVATE_H_ */