diff --git a/redox-rt/src/lib.rs b/redox-rt/src/lib.rs
index 32ecfaa814..0db181109f 100644
--- a/redox-rt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/redox-rt/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 #![feature(core_intrinsics, int_roundings, slice_ptr_get, sync_unsafe_cell)]
 #![forbid(unreachable_patterns)]
 
-use core::{
-    cell::UnsafeCell,
-    mem::{MaybeUninit, size_of},
-};
+use core::cell::UnsafeCell;
 
 use generic_rt::{ExpectTlsFree, GenericTcb};
 use syscall::Sigcontrol;
@@ -208,12 +205,10 @@ pub unsafe fn initialize(
             pid: metadata.pid,
 
             #[cfg(feature = "proc")]
-            proc_fd: MaybeUninit::new(proc_fd),
+            proc_fd: Some(proc_fd),
 
             #[cfg(not(feature = "proc"))]
-            proc_fd: MaybeUninit::uninit(),
-
-            has_proc_fd: cfg!(feature = "proc"),
+            proc_fd: None,
         })
     };
 
@@ -232,11 +227,9 @@ pub unsafe fn initialize(
     }
 }
 
-#[repr(C)] // TODO: is repr(C) required?
 pub(crate) struct StaticProcInfo {
     pid: u32,
-    proc_fd: MaybeUninit<FdGuardUpper>,
-    has_proc_fd: bool,
+    proc_fd: Option<FdGuardUpper>,
 }
 pub struct DynamicProcInfo {
     pub pgid: u32,
@@ -267,8 +260,7 @@ pub(crate) fn static_proc_info() -> &'static StaticProcInfo {
 #[inline]
 pub fn current_proc_fd() -> &'static FdGuardUpper {
     let info = static_proc_info();
-    assert!(info.has_proc_fd);
-    unsafe { info.proc_fd.assume_init_ref() }
+    info.proc_fd.as_ref().unwrap()
 }
 #[inline]
 pub fn current_namespace_fd() -> usize {
@@ -310,8 +302,7 @@ unsafe fn child_hook_common(args: ChildHookCommonArgs) {
             .get()
             .replace(StaticProcInfo {
                 pid: metadata.pid,
-                has_proc_fd: new_proc_fd.is_some(),
-                proc_fd: new_proc_fd.map_or_else(MaybeUninit::uninit, MaybeUninit::new),
+                proc_fd: new_proc_fd,
             })
             .proc_fd
     };
diff --git a/redox-rt/src/proc.rs b/redox-rt/src/proc.rs
index 504514660b..90a7c1c168 100644
--- a/redox-rt/src/proc.rs
+++ b/redox-rt/src/proc.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-use core::{
-    cell::SyncUnsafeCell,
-    cmp,
-    fmt::Debug,
-    mem::{MaybeUninit, size_of},
-};
+use core::{cell::SyncUnsafeCell, cmp, fmt::Debug};
 
 use crate::{
     DYNAMIC_PROC_INFO, RtTcb, StaticProcInfo,
@@ -1048,11 +1043,10 @@ pub fn new_child_process(args: &ForkArgs<'_>) -> Result<NewChildProc> {
     match *args {
         ForkArgs::Managed => {
             let proc_info = crate::static_proc_info();
-            assert!(
-                proc_info.has_proc_fd,
-                "cannot use ForkArgs::Managed without an existing proc info"
-            );
-            let this_proc_fd = unsafe { proc_info.proc_fd.assume_init_ref() };
+            let this_proc_fd = proc_info
+                .proc_fd
+                .as_ref()
+                .expect("cannot use ForkArgs::Managed without an existing proc info");
             let child_proc_fd = this_proc_fd.dup(b"fork")?.to_upper()?;
             let only_thread_fd = child_proc_fd.dup(b"thread-0")?.to_upper()?;
             let meta = read_proc_meta(&child_proc_fd)?;
@@ -1118,8 +1112,7 @@ pub unsafe fn make_init(proc_cap: usize) -> (&'static FdGuardUpper, &'static FdG
     unsafe {
         STATIC_PROC_INFO.get().write(crate::StaticProcInfo {
             pid: 1,
-            proc_fd: MaybeUninit::new(proc_fd),
-            has_proc_fd: true,
+            proc_fd: Some(proc_fd),
         })
     };
     *DYNAMIC_PROC_INFO.lock() = crate::DynamicProcInfo {
@@ -1133,13 +1126,12 @@ pub unsafe fn make_init(proc_cap: usize) -> (&'static FdGuardUpper, &'static FdG
         ns_fd: None,
     };
     (
-        unsafe { (*STATIC_PROC_INFO.get()).proc_fd.assume_init_ref() },
+        unsafe { (*STATIC_PROC_INFO.get()).proc_fd.as_ref().unwrap() },
         managed_thr_fd,
     )
 }
 pub(crate) static STATIC_PROC_INFO: SyncUnsafeCell<StaticProcInfo> =
     SyncUnsafeCell::new(StaticProcInfo {
         pid: 0,
-        proc_fd: MaybeUninit::zeroed(),
-        has_proc_fd: false,
+        proc_fd: None,
     });
diff --git a/redox-rt/src/signal.rs b/redox-rt/src/signal.rs
index 391dc698c9..cb8a8ed7f1 100644
--- a/redox-rt/src/signal.rs
+++ b/redox-rt/src/signal.rs
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ fn try_claim_single(sig_idx: u32, thread_control: Option<&Sigcontrol>) -> Option
             let mut buf = [0_u8; size_of::<RtSigInfo>()];
             buf[..4].copy_from_slice(&(sig_idx - 32).to_ne_bytes());
             proc_call(
-                static_proc_info().proc_fd.assume_init_ref().as_raw_fd(),
+                static_proc_info().proc_fd.as_ref().unwrap().as_raw_fd(),
                 &mut buf,
                 CallFlags::empty(),
                 &[ProcCall::Sigdeq as u64],
diff --git a/redox-rt/src/thread.rs b/redox-rt/src/thread.rs
index 91ef61929e..9ad1d4615a 100644
--- a/redox-rt/src/thread.rs
+++ b/redox-rt/src/thread.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ use crate::{RtTcb, arch::*, proc::*, signal::tmp_disable_signals, static_proc_in
 /// Spawns a new context sharing the same address space as the current one (i.e. a new thread).
 pub unsafe fn rlct_clone_impl(stack: *mut usize, tcb: &RtTcb) -> Result<usize> {
     let proc_info = static_proc_info();
-    assert!(proc_info.has_proc_fd);
-    let cur_proc_fd = unsafe { proc_info.proc_fd.assume_init_ref() };
+    let cur_proc_fd = proc_info.proc_fd.as_ref().unwrap();
 
     let cur_thr_fd = RtTcb::current().thread_fd();
     let new_thr_fd = cur_proc_fd.dup(b"new-thread")?.to_upper().unwrap();