diff --git a/loader/Makefile.in b/loader/Makefile.in
index 23bf99e..1c882c6 100644
--- a/loader/Makefile.in
+++ b/loader/Makefile.in
@@ -5,28 +5,18 @@
 MODULE    = wine
 
 C_SRCS = \
-	freebsd.c \
-	glibc.c \
 	main.c \
 	preloader.c \
 	pthread.c
 
-PTHREAD_OBJS = pthread.o main.o
+MAIN_OBJS = pthread.o main.o
 
-MAIN_BINARY    = @MAIN_BINARY@
 EXTRA_BINARIES = @EXTRA_BINARIES@
-WINE_BINARIES  = $(MAIN_BINARY) $(EXTRA_BINARIES)
 
 PROGRAMS = \
 	wine \
-	wine-freebsd \
-	wine-freebsd-installed \
-	wine-glibc \
-	wine-glibc-installed \
-	wine-preloader \
-	wine-preloader-installed \
-	wine-pthread \
-	wine-pthread-installed
+	wine-installed \
+	wine-preloader
 
 MANPAGES = \
 	wine.man \
@@ -39,50 +29,31 @@
 	$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/de.UTF-8/man$(prog_manext) \
 	$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/fr.UTF-8/man$(prog_manext)
 
-all: $(WINE_BINARIES) $(WINE_BINARIES:%=%-installed) $(MODULE) $(MANPAGES)
+all: wine wine-installed $(EXTRA_BINARIES) $(MANPAGES)
 
 @MAKE_RULES@
 
 LIBPTHREAD  = @LIBPTHREAD@
 LDEXECFLAGS = @LDEXECFLAGS@
 
-wine-freebsd: freebsd.o Makefile.in
-	$(CC) -o $@ freebsd.o $(LIBWINE) $(LIBPORT) $(LIBPTHREAD) $(EXTRALIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDRPATH_LOCAL)
-
-wine-freebsd-installed: freebsd.o Makefile.in
-	$(CC) -o $@ freebsd.o $(LIBWINE) $(LIBPORT) $(LIBPTHREAD) $(EXTRALIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDRPATH_INSTALL)
-
-wine-glibc: glibc.o Makefile.in
-	$(CC) -o $@ glibc.o $(LIBWINE) $(LIBPORT) $(LIBPTHREAD) $(EXTRALIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDRPATH_LOCAL)
-
-wine-glibc-installed: glibc.o Makefile.in
-	$(CC) -o $@ glibc.o $(LIBWINE) $(LIBPORT) $(LIBPTHREAD) $(EXTRALIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDRPATH_INSTALL)
-
-wine-preloader wine-preloader-installed: preloader.o Makefile.in
+wine-preloader: preloader.o Makefile.in
 	$(CC) -o $@ -static -nostartfiles -nodefaultlibs -Wl,-Ttext=0x7c000000 preloader.o $(LIBPORT) $(LDFLAGS)
 
-wine-pthread: $(PTHREAD_OBJS) Makefile.in
-	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDEXECFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_OBJS) $(LIBWINE) $(LIBPORT) $(LIBPTHREAD) $(EXTRALIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDRPATH_LOCAL)
+wine: $(MAIN_OBJS) Makefile.in
+	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDEXECFLAGS) $(MAIN_OBJS) $(LIBWINE) $(LIBPORT) $(LIBPTHREAD) $(EXTRALIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDRPATH_LOCAL)
 
-wine-pthread-installed: $(PTHREAD_OBJS) Makefile.in
-	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDEXECFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_OBJS) $(LIBWINE) $(LIBPORT) $(LIBPTHREAD) $(EXTRALIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDRPATH_INSTALL)
+wine-installed: $(MAIN_OBJS) Makefile.in
+	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDEXECFLAGS) $(MAIN_OBJS) $(LIBWINE) $(LIBPORT) $(LIBPTHREAD) $(EXTRALIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDRPATH_INSTALL)
 
-$(MODULE): $(MAIN_BINARY)
-	$(RM) $(MODULE) && $(LN_S) $(MAIN_BINARY) $(MODULE)
-
-install install-lib:: $(WINE_BINARIES:%=%-installed) $(MANPAGES) $(INSTALLDIRS)
-	for f in $(WINE_BINARIES); do \
-	  if [ "$(MAIN_BINARY)" = "$$f" ]; \
-	  then $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $$f-installed $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(MODULE); \
-	  else $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $$f-installed $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$f; \
-	  fi; \
-	done
+install install-lib:: wine-installed $(EXTRA_BINARIES) $(MANPAGES) $(INSTALLDIRS)
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) wine-installed $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(MODULE)
+	for f in $(EXTRA_BINARIES); do $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $$f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$f; done
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) wine.man $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man$(prog_manext)/wine.$(prog_manext)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) wine.de.man $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/de.UTF-8/man$(prog_manext)/wine.$(prog_manext)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) wine.fr.man $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/fr.UTF-8/man$(prog_manext)/wine.$(prog_manext)
 
 uninstall::
-	-cd $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) && $(RM) $(WINE_BINARIES) $(MODULE)
+	-cd $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) && $(RM) $(EXTRA_BINARIES) $(MODULE)
 	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man$(prog_manext)/wine.$(prog_manext)
 	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/de.UTF-8/man$(prog_manext)/wine.$(prog_manext)
 	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/fr.UTF-8/man$(prog_manext)/wine.$(prog_manext)
diff --git a/loader/freebsd.c b/loader/freebsd.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d0eb57..0000000
--- a/loader/freebsd.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * FreeBSD loader
- *
- * Copyright 2007 Alexandre Julliard
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
- */
-
-#include "config.h"
-#include "wine/port.h"
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
-# include <sys/resource.h>
-#endif
-
-#include "wine/library.h"
-
-/* build a new full path from the specified path and name */
-static const char *build_new_path( const char *path, const char *name )
-{
-    const char *p;
-    char *ret;
-
-    if (!(p = strrchr( path, '/' ))) return name;
-    p++;
-    ret = malloc( (p - path) + strlen(name) + 1 );
-    memcpy( ret, path, p - path );
-    strcpy( ret + (p - path), name );
-    return ret;
-}
-
-/**********************************************************************
- *           main
- */
-int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
-{
-    const char *new_argv0 = build_new_path( argv[0], "wine-pthread" );
-    struct rlimit rl;
-    rl.rlim_cur = 0x02000000;
-    rl.rlim_max = 0x02000000;
-    setrlimit( RLIMIT_DATA, &rl );
-    wine_init_argv0_path( new_argv0 );
-    wine_exec_wine_binary( NULL, argv, NULL );
-    fprintf( stderr, "wine: could not exec %s\n", new_argv0 );
-    exit(1);
-}
diff --git a/loader/glibc.c b/loader/glibc.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a18296..0000000
--- a/loader/glibc.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * glibc threading support
- *
- * Copyright 2003 Alexandre Julliard
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
- */
-
-#include "config.h"
-#include "wine/port.h"
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H
-# include <sys/mman.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
-# include <sys/resource.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
-# include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
-# include <pthread.h>
-#endif
-
-#include "wine/library.h"
-
-/* malloc wrapper */
-static void *xmalloc( size_t size )
-{
-    void *res;
-
-    if (!size) size = 1;
-    if (!(res = malloc( size )))
-    {
-        fprintf( stderr, "wine: virtual memory exhausted\n" );
-        exit(1);
-    }
-    return res;
-}
-
-/* separate thread to check for NPTL and TLS features */
-static void *needs_pthread( void *arg )
-{
-    pid_t tid = gettid();
-    /* check for NPTL */
-    if (tid != -1 && tid != getpid()) return (void *)1;
-    /* check for TLS glibc */
-    if (wine_get_gs() != 0) return (void *)1;
-    /* check for exported epoll_create to detect new glibc versions without TLS */
-    if (wine_dlsym( RTLD_DEFAULT, "epoll_create", NULL, 0 ))
-        fprintf( stderr,
-                 "wine: glibc >= 2.3 without NPTL or TLS is not a supported combination.\n"
-                 "      Please upgrade to a glibc with NPTL support.\n" );
-    else
-        fprintf( stderr,
-                 "wine: Your C library is too old. You need at least glibc 2.3 with NPTL support.\n" );
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/* check if we support the glibc threading model */
-static void check_threading(void)
-{
-    pthread_t id;
-    void *ret;
-
-    pthread_create( &id, NULL, needs_pthread, NULL );
-    pthread_join( id, &ret );
-    if (!ret) exit(1);
-}
-
-/* build a new full path from the specified path and name */
-static const char *build_new_path( const char *path, const char *name )
-{
-    const char *p;
-    char *ret;
-
-    if (!(p = strrchr( path, '/' ))) return name;
-    p++;
-    ret = xmalloc( (p - path) + strlen(name) + 1 );
-    memcpy( ret, path, p - path );
-    strcpy( ret + (p - path), name );
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static void check_vmsplit( void *stack )
-{
-    if (stack < (void *)0x80000000)
-    {
-        /* if the stack is below 0x80000000, assume we can safely try a munmap there */
-        if (munmap( (void *)0x80000000, 1 ) == -1 && errno == EINVAL)
-            fprintf( stderr,
-                     "Warning: memory above 0x80000000 doesn't seem to be accessible.\n"
-                     "Wine requires a 3G/1G user/kernel memory split to work properly.\n" );
-    }
-}
-
-static void set_max_limit( int limit )
-{
-    struct rlimit rlimit;
-
-    if (!getrlimit( limit, &rlimit ))
-    {
-        rlimit.rlim_cur = rlimit.rlim_max;
-        setrlimit( limit, &rlimit );
-    }
-}
-
-
-/**********************************************************************
- *           main
- */
-int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
-{
-    const char *loader = getenv( "WINELOADER" );
-    const char *new_argv0 = build_new_path( argv[0], "wine-pthread" );
-
-    wine_init_argv0_path( new_argv0 );
-
-    /* set the address space limit before starting the preloader */
-    set_max_limit( RLIMIT_AS );
-
-    if (loader)
-    {
-        /* update WINELOADER with the new name */
-        const char *new_name = build_new_path( loader, "wine-pthread" );
-        char *new_loader = xmalloc( sizeof("WINELOADER=") + strlen(new_name) );
-        strcpy( new_loader, "WINELOADER=" );
-        strcat( new_loader, new_name );
-        putenv( new_loader );
-        loader = new_name;
-    }
-
-    check_threading();
-    check_vmsplit( &argc );
-    wine_exec_wine_binary( NULL, argv, loader );
-    fprintf( stderr, "wine: could not exec wine-pthread\n" );
-    exit(1);
-}
diff --git a/loader/main.c b/loader/main.c
index 314398d..4c2cb50 100644
--- a/loader/main.c
+++ b/loader/main.c
@@ -21,10 +21,20 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "wine/port.h"
 
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H
-#include <sys/mman.h>
+# include <sys/mman.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
+# include <sys/resource.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+# include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
+# include <pthread.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "wine/library.h"
@@ -91,6 +101,93 @@
 }
 
 
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__i386__)
+
+/* separate thread to check for NPTL and TLS features */
+static void *needs_pthread( void *arg )
+{
+    pid_t tid = gettid();
+    /* check for NPTL */
+    if (tid != -1 && tid != getpid()) return (void *)1;
+    /* check for TLS glibc */
+    if (wine_get_gs() != 0) return (void *)1;
+    /* check for exported epoll_create to detect new glibc versions without TLS */
+    if (wine_dlsym( RTLD_DEFAULT, "epoll_create", NULL, 0 ))
+        fprintf( stderr,
+                 "wine: glibc >= 2.3 without NPTL or TLS is not a supported combination.\n"
+                 "      Please upgrade to a glibc with NPTL support.\n" );
+    else
+        fprintf( stderr,
+                 "wine: Your C library is too old. You need at least glibc 2.3 with NPTL support.\n" );
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* check if we support the glibc threading model */
+static void check_threading(void)
+{
+    pthread_t id;
+    void *ret;
+
+    pthread_create( &id, NULL, needs_pthread, NULL );
+    pthread_join( id, &ret );
+    if (!ret) exit(1);
+}
+
+static void check_vmsplit( void *stack )
+{
+    if (stack < (void *)0x80000000)
+    {
+        /* if the stack is below 0x80000000, assume we can safely try a munmap there */
+        if (munmap( (void *)0x80000000, 1 ) == -1 && errno == EINVAL)
+            fprintf( stderr,
+                     "Warning: memory above 0x80000000 doesn't seem to be accessible.\n"
+                     "Wine requires a 3G/1G user/kernel memory split to work properly.\n" );
+    }
+}
+
+static void set_max_limit( int limit )
+{
+    struct rlimit rlimit;
+
+    if (!getrlimit( limit, &rlimit ))
+    {
+        rlimit.rlim_cur = rlimit.rlim_max;
+        setrlimit( limit, &rlimit );
+    }
+}
+
+static int pre_exec(void)
+{
+    int temp;
+
+    check_threading();
+    check_vmsplit( &temp );
+    set_max_limit( RLIMIT_AS );
+    return 1;
+}
+
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__) && defined(__i386__)
+
+static int pre_exec(void)
+{
+    struct rlimit rl;
+
+    rl.rlim_cur = 0x02000000;
+    rl.rlim_max = 0x02000000;
+    setrlimit( RLIMIT_DATA, &rl );
+    return 1;
+}
+
+#else
+
+static int pre_exec(void)
+{
+    return 0;  /* no exec needed */
+}
+
+#endif
+
+
 /**********************************************************************
  *           main
  */
@@ -99,7 +196,21 @@
     char error[1024];
     int i;
 
-    check_command_line( argc, argv );
+    if (!getenv( "WINELOADERNOEXEC" ))  /* first time around */
+    {
+        static char noexec[] = "WINELOADERNOEXEC=1";
+
+        putenv( noexec );
+        check_command_line( argc, argv );
+        if (pre_exec())
+        {
+            wine_init_argv0_path( argv[0] );
+            wine_exec_wine_binary( NULL, argv, getenv( "WINELOADER" ));
+            fprintf( stderr, "wine: could not exec the wine loader\n" );
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
     if (wine_main_preload_info)
     {
         for (i = 0; wine_main_preload_info[i].size; i++)