diff --git a/inc/byteswapdefs.h b/inc/byteswapdefs.h
index 9c9d1ac..83cc6d1 100644
--- a/inc/byteswapdefs.h
+++ b/inc/byteswapdefs.h
@@ -10,16 +10,6 @@ static inline unsigned int swapx(unsigned int word) {
   return (((word >> 16) & 0xffff) | ((word & 0xffff) << 16));
 }
 
-/****************************************************************/
-/*                                                              */
-/*                 Byte-swap a single 2-byte word               */
-/*                                                              */
-/****************************************************************/
-static inline unsigned short byte_swap_word(unsigned short word) {
-  return ((word >> 8) | (unsigned short)((word & 0xff) << 8));
-}
-
-void byte_swap_page(unsigned short *page, int wordcount);
 void word_swap_page(unsigned short *page, int longwordcount);
 void bit_reverse_region(unsigned short *top, int width, int height, int rasterwidth);
 #ifdef RESWAPPEDCODESTREAM
diff --git a/src/byteswap.c b/src/byteswap.c
index 51f7c2c..ae52456 100644
--- a/src/byteswap.c
+++ b/src/byteswap.c
@@ -19,33 +19,18 @@
 /*                                                                         */
 /***************************************************************************/
 
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include "byteswapdefs.h"
 #include "lsptypes.h"
 
-/****************************************************************/
-/*                                                              */
-/*            Byte-swap a region wordcount words long           */
-/*            This does NOT swap words in a long-word!          */
-/*                                                              */
-/****************************************************************/
-void byte_swap_page(unsigned short *page, int wordcount) {
-  int i;
-  for (i = 0; i < wordcount; i++) { *(page + i) = byte_swap_word(*(page + i)); }
-}
-
 /****************************************************************/
 /*                                                              */
 /*     Byte- & word-swap a region wordcount long-words long     */
 /*                                                              */
 /****************************************************************/
 void word_swap_page(unsigned short *page, int longwordcount) {
-  int i;
-  unsigned int *longpage;
-  longpage = (unsigned int *)page;
-  for (i = 0; i < (longwordcount + longwordcount); i++) {
-    *(page + i) = byte_swap_word(*(page + i));
-  }
-  for (i = 0; i < longwordcount; i++) { *(longpage + i) = swapx(*(longpage + i)); }
+  unsigned int *longpage = (unsigned int *)page;
+  for (int i = 0; i < longwordcount; i++) { *(longpage + i) = ntohl(*(longpage + i)); }
 }
 
 /****************************************************************/