diff --git a/include/sys/syscall_lookup.h b/include/sys/syscall_lookup.h
index 5a75cb4dd07..160936be07c 100644
--- a/include/sys/syscall_lookup.h
+++ b/include/sys/syscall_lookup.h
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ SYSCALL_LOOKUP(munmap,                     2)
 /* The following are defined only if networking AND sockets are supported */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET
-  SYSCALL_LOOKUP(accept,                   3)
   SYSCALL_LOOKUP(accept4,                  4)
   SYSCALL_LOOKUP(bind,                     3)
   SYSCALL_LOOKUP(connect,                  3)
diff --git a/libs/libc/net/Make.defs b/libs/libc/net/Make.defs
index ef2e50a8b42..7a98c7b519b 100644
--- a/libs/libc/net/Make.defs
+++ b/libs/libc/net/Make.defs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CSRCS += lib_inetntop.c lib_inetpton.c lib_inetnetwork.c
 CSRCS += lib_etherntoa.c lib_etheraton.c
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_NET),y)
-CSRCS += lib_shutdown.c
+CSRCS += lib_accept.c lib_shutdown.c
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_NET_LOOPBACK),y)
diff --git a/libs/libc/net/lib_accept.c b/libs/libc/net/lib_accept.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa7c8ee0672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libc/net/lib_accept.c
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ * libs/libc/net/lib_accept.c
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Functions
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: accept
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   The accept() call is identical to accept4() with a zero flags.
+ *
+ * Input Parameters:
+ *   sockfd   The listening socket descriptor
+ *   addr     Receives the address of the connecting client
+ *   addrlen  Input: allocated size of 'addr',
+ *            Return: returned size of 'addr'
+ *
+ * Returned Value:
+ *  (see accept4)
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+int accept(int sockfd, FAR struct sockaddr *addr, FAR socklen_t *addrlen)
+{
+  return accept4(sockfd, addr, addrlen, 0);
+}
diff --git a/net/socket/accept.c b/net/socket/accept.c
index c0a2cc0eb39..5a55e041659 100644
--- a/net/socket/accept.c
+++ b/net/socket/accept.c
@@ -316,25 +316,3 @@ errout:
   _SO_SETERRNO(psock, errcode);
   return ERROR;
 }
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Name: accept
- *
- * Description:
- *   The accept() call is identical to accept4() with a zero flags.
- *
- * Input Parameters:
- *   sockfd   The listening socket descriptor
- *   addr     Receives the address of the connecting client
- *   addrlen  Input: allocated size of 'addr',
- *            Return: returned size of 'addr'
- *
- * Returned Value:
- *  (see accept4)
- *
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-int accept(int sockfd, FAR struct sockaddr *addr, FAR socklen_t *addrlen)
-{
-  return accept4(sockfd, addr, addrlen, 0);
-}
diff --git a/syscall/syscall.csv b/syscall/syscall.csv
index 042f2760602..4df02fe6f9e 100644
--- a/syscall/syscall.csv
+++ b/syscall/syscall.csv
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 "_exit","unistd.h","","noreturn","int"
 "_assert","assert.h","","void","FAR const char *","int"
-"accept","sys/socket.h","defined(CONFIG_NET)","int","int","FAR struct sockaddr *","FAR socklen_t *"
 "accept4","sys/socket.h","defined(CONFIG_NET)","int","int","FAR struct sockaddr *","FAR socklen_t *","int"
 "adjtime","sys/time.h","defined(CONFIG_CLOCK_TIMEKEEPING)","int","FAR const struct timeval *","FAR struct timeval *"
 "aio_cancel","aio.h","defined(CONFIG_FS_AIO)","int","int","FAR struct aiocb *"