diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index 33d9a82..99f647d 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ int redisContextConnectUnix(redisContext *c, const char *path, const struct time
     struct sockaddr_un sa;
     long timeout_msec = -1;
 
-    if (redisCreateSocket(c,AF_LOCAL) < 0)
+    if (redisCreateSocket(c,AF_UNIX) < 0)
         return REDIS_ERR;
     if (redisSetBlocking(c,0) != REDIS_OK)
         return REDIS_ERR;
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ int redisContextConnectUnix(redisContext *c, const char *path, const struct time
     if (redisContextTimeoutMsec(c,&timeout_msec) != REDIS_OK)
         return REDIS_ERR;
 
-    sa.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
+    sa.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     strncpy(sa.sun_path,path,sizeof(sa.sun_path)-1);
     if (connect(c->fd, (struct sockaddr*)&sa, sizeof(sa)) == -1) {
         if (errno == EINPROGRESS && !blocking) {
diff --git a/net.h b/net.h
index fc8ddd3..d9dc362 100644
--- a/net.h
+++ b/net.h
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 
 #include "hiredis.h"
 
-#if defined(__sun) || defined(AIX)
-#define AF_LOCAL AF_UNIX
-#endif
-
 int redisCheckSocketError(redisContext *c);
 int redisContextSetTimeout(redisContext *c, const struct timeval tv);
 int redisContextConnectTcp(redisContext *c, const char *addr, int port, const struct timeval *timeout);