diff --git a/kike.c b/kike.c
index 1708d2c..8c77a7b 100644
--- a/kike.c
+++ b/kike.c
@@ -3061,8 +3061,8 @@ irc_try_read (struct client *c)
 	while (true)
 	{
 		str_reserve (buf, 512);
-		n_read = recv (c->socket_fd, buf->str + buf->len,
-			buf->alloc - buf->len - 1 /* null byte */, 0);
+		n_read = read (c->socket_fd, buf->str + buf->len,
+			buf->alloc - buf->len - 1 /* null byte */);
 
 		if (n_read > 0)
 		{
@@ -3137,7 +3137,7 @@ irc_try_write (struct client *c)
 
 	while (buf->len)
 	{
-		n_written = send (c->socket_fd, buf->str, buf->len, 0);
+		n_written = write (c->socket_fd, buf->str, buf->len);
 		if (n_written >= 0)
 		{
 			str_remove_slice (buf, 0, n_written);