diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index c5913e09e..1429e8e70 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-11-19  Ralf Corsepius  <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* libc/posix/runetype.h: Add include of stddef.h and remove
+	defining standard types: size_t and wchar_t.
+
 2008-11-19  Ralf Corsepius  <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* libc/include/pthread.h: Remove prototypes for
diff --git a/newlib/libc/posix/runetype.h b/newlib/libc/posix/runetype.h
index 6957ab04b..4562521b9 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/posix/runetype.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/posix/runetype.h
@@ -36,26 +36,15 @@
 #ifndef	_RUNETYPE_H_
 #define	_RUNETYPE_H_
 
+#include <stddef.h>
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include <machine/ansi.h>
 
 #ifdef	_BSD_RUNE_T_
 typedef	_BSD_RUNE_T_	rune_t;
 #undef	_BSD_RUNE_T_
-#endif
-
+#else
 typedef int rune_t;
-
-#ifdef	_BSD_SIZE_T_
-typedef	_BSD_SIZE_T_	size_t;
-#undef	_BSD_SIZE_T_
-#endif
-
-typedef unsigned int size_t;
-
-#ifdef	_BSD_WCHAR_T_
-typedef	_BSD_WCHAR_T_	wchar_t;
-#undef	_BSD_WCHAR_T_
 #endif
 
 #define	_CACHED_RUNES	(1 <<8 )	/* Must be a power of 2 */