diff --git a/splint-check.sh b/splint-check.sh
index fd1313225f..e574b81cd1 100755
--- a/splint-check.sh
+++ b/splint-check.sh
@@ -1,25 +1,12 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-#  Copyright (C) CFEngine AS
-#
-#  This file is part of CFEngine 3 - written and maintained by CFEngine AS.
-#
-#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-#  Free Software Foundation; version 3.
-#
-#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA
-#
-# To the extent this program is licensed as part of the Enterprise
-# versions of CFEngine, the applicable Commercial Open Source License
-# (COSL) may apply to this file if you as a licensee so wish it. See
-# included file COSL.txt.
-#
-splint -I. -I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -I../nova/src -D__gnuc_va_list=va_list -warnposix +weak $*
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Unfortunately splint is crashing in system libraries, so it's not that useful
+
+# Other possibly useful flags:
+#   +weak -warnposixheaders -unrecog
+
+splint  \
+    +posixstrictlib +unixlib +gnuextensions  \
+    -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -Ilibutils/ \
+    -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D__linux__ -D__gnuc_va_list=va_list \
+    libutils/*.[ch]