diff --git a/profiles/osapi/linux.h b/profiles/osapi/linux.h
index 98dfa75..e0d436a 100644
--- a/profiles/osapi/linux.h
+++ b/profiles/osapi/linux.h
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 /* sys headers */
 #define HAVE_SYS_EPOLL_H                1
 
+/* interfaces */
+#define HAVE_EPOLL                      1
+
 /* os-specific headers */
 #define HAVE_ASM_TYPES_H                1
 #define HAVE_ALLOCA_H                   1
diff --git a/profiles/osapi/modern.h b/profiles/osapi/modern.h
index 40f5c40..de2d51d 100644
--- a/profiles/osapi/modern.h
+++ b/profiles/osapi/modern.h
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
 #define HAVE_DEV_PTMX                   1
 #define HAVE_DLOPEN                     1
 #define HAVE_DUP2                       1
-#define HAVE_EPOLL                      1
 #define HAVE_ERF                        1
 #define HAVE_ERFC                       1
 #define HAVE_EXECV                      1