diff --git a/openbsc/src/libmsc/mncc_sock.c b/openbsc/src/libmsc/mncc_sock.c
index 6da1c56..0efe3a1 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/libmsc/mncc_sock.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/libmsc/mncc_sock.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #include <osmocom/core/talloc.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/select.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/socket.h>
 #include <osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_04_08.h>
 
 #include <openbsc/debug.h>
@@ -76,9 +77,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* FIXME: move this to libosmocore */
-int osmo_unixsock_listen(struct osmo_fd *bfd, int type, const char *path);
-
 static void mncc_sock_close(struct mncc_sock_state *state)
 {
 	struct osmo_fd *bfd = &state->conn_bfd;
@@ -292,12 +290,13 @@
 
 	bfd = &state->listen_bfd;
 
-	rc = osmo_unixsock_listen(bfd, SOCK_SEQPACKET, sock_path);
-	if (rc < 0) {
+	bfd->fd = osmo_sock_unix_init(SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0, sock_path,
+		OSMO_SOCK_F_BIND);
+	if (bfd->fd < 0) {
 		LOGP(DMNCC, LOGL_ERROR, "Could not create unix socket: %s: %s\n",
 		     sock_path, strerror(errno));
 		talloc_free(state);
-		return rc;
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	bfd->when = BSC_FD_READ;
@@ -317,49 +316,3 @@
 	LOGP(DMNCC, LOGL_NOTICE, "MNCC socket at %s\n", sock_path);
 	return 0;
 }
-
-/* FIXME: move this to libosmocore */
-int osmo_unixsock_listen(struct osmo_fd *bfd, int type, const char *path)
-{
-	struct sockaddr_un local;
-	unsigned int namelen;
-	int rc;
-
-	bfd->fd = socket(AF_UNIX, type, 0);
-
-	if (bfd->fd < 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create Unix Domain Socket.\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	local.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-	strncpy(local.sun_path, path, sizeof(local.sun_path));
-	local.sun_path[sizeof(local.sun_path) - 1] = '\0';
-	unlink(local.sun_path);
-
-	/* we use the same magic that X11 uses in Xtranssock.c for
-	 * calculating the proper length of the sockaddr */
-#if defined(BSD44SOCKETS) || defined(__UNIXWARE__)
-	local.sun_len = strlen(local.sun_path);
-#endif
-#if defined(BSD44SOCKETS) || defined(SUN_LEN)
-	namelen = SUN_LEN(&local);
-#else
-	namelen = strlen(local.sun_path) +
-		  offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path);
-#endif
-
-	rc = bind(bfd->fd, (struct sockaddr *) &local, namelen);
-	if (rc != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to bind the unix domain socket. '%s'\n",
-			local.sun_path);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (listen(bfd->fd, 0) != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to listen.\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}