diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 7e8af148ac..279f0f081a 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -312,8 +312,7 @@ extern char *optarg;
 extern int	optind,
 			opterr;
 
-/* If not HAVE_GETOPT, we are using src/port/getopt.c, which has optreset */
-#if defined(HAVE_INT_OPTRESET) || !defined(HAVE_GETOPT)
+#ifdef HAVE_INT_OPTRESET
 extern int	optreset;			/* might not be declared by system headers */
 #endif
 
@@ -751,7 +750,7 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 * getopt(3) library so that it will work correctly in subprocesses.
 	 */
 	optind = 1;
-#if defined(HAVE_INT_OPTRESET) || !defined(HAVE_GETOPT)
+#ifdef HAVE_INT_OPTRESET
 	optreset = 1;				/* some systems need this too */
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
index 052b256557..62adaca217 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@
 extern char *optarg;
 extern int	optind;
 
-/* If not HAVE_GETOPT, we are using src/port/getopt.c, which has optreset */
-#if defined(HAVE_INT_OPTRESET) || !defined(HAVE_GETOPT)
+#ifdef HAVE_INT_OPTRESET
 extern int	optreset;			/* might not be declared by system headers */
 #endif
 
@@ -3440,7 +3439,7 @@ process_postgres_switches(int argc, char *argv[], GucContext ctx)
 	 * or when this function is called a second time with another array.
 	 */
 	optind = 1;
-#if defined(HAVE_INT_OPTRESET) || !defined(HAVE_GETOPT)
+#ifdef HAVE_INT_OPTRESET
 	optreset = 1;				/* some systems need this too */
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/include/getopt_long.h b/src/include/getopt_long.h
index 5c3bdd332c..8038f14ba1 100644
--- a/src/include/getopt_long.h
+++ b/src/include/getopt_long.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ extern int	opterr;
 extern int	optind;
 extern int	optopt;
 extern char *optarg;
-extern int	optreset;
 
 #ifndef HAVE_STRUCT_OPTION
 
diff --git a/src/port/getopt.c b/src/port/getopt.c
index ed7f421a47..b759d53f0a 100644
--- a/src/port/getopt.c
+++ b/src/port/getopt.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)getopt.c	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/27/95";
  * On some versions of Solaris, opterr and friends are defined in core libc
  * rather than in a separate getopt module.  Define these variables only
  * if configure found they aren't there by default.  (We assume that testing
- * opterr is sufficient for all of these except optreset.)
+ * opterr is sufficient for all of these.)
  */
 #ifndef HAVE_INT_OPTERR
 
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@ extern int	optopt;
 extern char *optarg;
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_INT_OPTRESET
-int			optreset;			/* reset getopt */
-#else
-extern int	optreset;
-#endif
-
 #define BADCH	(int)'?'
 #define BADARG	(int)':'
 #define EMSG	""
@@ -70,6 +64,12 @@ extern int	optreset;
 /*
  * getopt
  *	Parse argc/argv argument vector.
+ *
+ * This implementation does not use optreset.  Instead, we guarantee that
+ * it can be restarted on a new argv array after a previous call returned -1,
+ * if the caller resets optind to 1 before the first call of the new series.
+ * (Internally, this means we must be sure to reset "place" to EMSG before
+ * returning -1.)
  */
 int
 getopt(nargc, nargv, ostr)
@@ -80,9 +80,8 @@ const char *ostr;
 	static char *place = EMSG;	/* option letter processing */
 	char	   *oli;			/* option letter list index */
 
-	if (optreset || !*place)
+	if (!*place)
 	{							/* update scanning pointer */
-		optreset = 0;
 		if (optind >= nargc || *(place = nargv[optind]) != '-')
 		{
 			place = EMSG;
@@ -102,7 +101,10 @@ const char *ostr;
 		 * if the user didn't specify '-' as an option, assume it means -1.
 		 */
 		if (optopt == (int) '-')
+		{
+			place = EMSG;
 			return -1;
+		}
 		if (!*place)
 			++optind;
 		if (opterr && *ostr != ':')
diff --git a/src/port/getopt_long.c b/src/port/getopt_long.c
index 9433b56827..1127803024 100644
--- a/src/port/getopt_long.c
+++ b/src/port/getopt_long.c
@@ -38,17 +38,21 @@
 
 #include "getopt_long.h"
 
-#ifndef HAVE_INT_OPTRESET
-int			optreset;
-
-/* else the "extern" was provided by getopt_long.h */
-#endif
-
 #define BADCH	'?'
 #define BADARG	':'
 #define EMSG	""
 
 
+/*
+ * getopt_long
+ *	Parse argc/argv argument vector, with long options.
+ *
+ * This implementation does not use optreset.  Instead, we guarantee that
+ * it can be restarted on a new argv array after a previous call returned -1,
+ * if the caller resets optind to 1 before the first call of the new series.
+ * (Internally, this means we must be sure to reset "place" to EMSG before
+ * returning -1.)
+ */
 int
 getopt_long(int argc, char *const argv[],
 			const char *optstring,
@@ -57,10 +61,8 @@ getopt_long(int argc, char *const argv[],
 	static char *place = EMSG;	/* option letter processing */
 	char	   *oli;			/* option letter list index */
 
-	if (optreset || !*place)
+	if (!*place)
 	{							/* update scanning pointer */
-		optreset = 0;
-
 		if (optind >= argc)
 		{
 			place = EMSG;