diff --git a/ext/lxc/lxc.c b/ext/lxc/lxc.c
index b0ec634..ce14c37 100644
--- a/ext/lxc/lxc.c
+++ b/ext/lxc/lxc.c
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ extern void *rb_thread_call_without_gvl(void *(*func)(void *), void *data1,
 #define RELEASING_GVL2(func, arg, killfunc, killarg) func(arg)
 #endif
 
-extern int lxc_wait_for_pid_status(pid_t pid);
-extern long lxc_config_parse_arch(const char *arch);
-
 static VALUE Container;
 static VALUE Error;
 
@@ -90,33 +87,6 @@ free_c_string_array(char **arr)
  * container-specific methods are contained in the +LXC::Container+ class.
  */
 
-/*
- * call-seq:
- *   LXC.arch_to_personality(arch)
- *
- * Converts an architecture string (x86, i686, x86_64 or amd64) to a
- * "personality", either +:linux32+ or +:linux+, for the 32-bit and 64-bit
- * architectures, respectively.
- */
-static VALUE
-lxc_arch_to_personality(VALUE self, VALUE rb_arch)
-{
-    int ret;
-    char *arch;
-
-    arch = StringValuePtr(rb_arch);
-    ret = lxc_config_parse_arch(arch);
-
-    switch (ret) {
-    case PER_LINUX32:
-        return SYMBOL("linux32");
-    case PER_LINUX:
-        return SYMBOL("linux");
-    default:
-        rb_raise(Error, "unknown personality");
-    }
-}
-
 /*
  * call-seq:
  *   LXC.run_command(command)
@@ -705,10 +675,30 @@ lxc_attach_parse_options(VALUE rb_opts)
         return NULL;
 }
 
+static int
+wait_for_pid_status(pid_t pid)
+{
+    int status, ret;
+
+again:
+    ret = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+            if (errno == EINTR)
+                    goto again;
+
+            return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (ret != pid)
+            goto again;
+
+    return status;
+}
+
 static RETURN_WITHOUT_GVL_TYPE
-lxc_wait_for_pid_status_without_gvl(void *pid)
+wait_for_pid_status_without_gvl(void *pid)
 {
-    RETURN_WITHOUT_GVL(lxc_wait_for_pid_status(*(pid_t*)pid));
+    RETURN_WITHOUT_GVL(wait_for_pid_status(*(pid_t*)pid));
 }
 
 #if defined(HAVE_RB_THREAD_CALL_WITHOUT_GVL) || defined(HAVE_RB_THREAD_BLOCKING_REGION)
@@ -776,7 +766,7 @@ container_attach(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
         goto out;
 
     if (wait) {
-        ret = RELEASING_GVL2(lxc_wait_for_pid_status_without_gvl, &pid,
+        ret = RELEASING_GVL2(wait_for_pid_status_without_gvl, &pid,
                              kill_pid_without_gvl, &pid);
         /* handle case where attach fails */
         if (WIFEXITED(ret) && WEXITSTATUS(ret) == 255)
@@ -2127,8 +2117,6 @@ Init_lxc(void)
 {
     VALUE LXC = rb_define_module("LXC");
 
-    rb_define_singleton_method(LXC, "arch_to_personality",
-                               lxc_arch_to_personality, 1);
     rb_define_singleton_method(LXC, "run_command", lxc_run_command, 1);
     rb_define_singleton_method(LXC, "run_shell", lxc_run_shell, 0);
     rb_define_singleton_method(LXC, "global_config_item",
diff --git a/test/test_lxc_class_methods.rb b/test/test_lxc_class_methods.rb
index 8ff41b3..ead95d0 100644
--- a/test/test_lxc_class_methods.rb
+++ b/test/test_lxc_class_methods.rb
@@ -17,9 +17,4 @@ def setup
   def test_list_containers
     assert(LXC.list_containers.include?('test'))
   end
-
-  def test_arch_to_personality
-    assert_equal(:linux32, LXC.arch_to_personality('x86'))
-    assert_equal(:linux, LXC.arch_to_personality('x86_64'))
-  end
 end