diff --git a/src/toolsComm/flex/main.c b/src/toolsComm/flex/main.c
index 01907adde..58630af27 100644
--- a/src/toolsComm/flex/main.c
+++ b/src/toolsComm/flex/main.c
@@ -380,11 +380,7 @@ void flexend(int status)
 	fprintf( stderr, "  %d total table entries needed\n", tblsiz );
 	}
 
-#ifndef VMS
     exit( status );
-#else
-    exit( status + 1 );
-#endif
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/toolsComm/flex/misc.c b/src/toolsComm/flex/misc.c
index d75a15113..904f881ce 100644
--- a/src/toolsComm/flex/misc.c
+++ b/src/toolsComm/flex/misc.c
@@ -375,11 +375,7 @@ void flexfatal(char *msg)
 /* include sys/types.h to use time_t and make lint happy */
 
 #ifndef MS_DOS
-#ifndef VMS
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#else
-#include <types.h>
-#endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef MS_DOS