diff --git a/os/Xtrans.c b/os/Xtrans.c
index 3c3e25fae4..6b4d1ddf81 100644
--- a/os/Xtrans.c
+++ b/os/Xtrans.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ int _XSERVTransRead (XtransConnInfo ciptr, char *buf, int size)
 
 ssize_t _XSERVTransWrite (XtransConnInfo ciptr, const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
-    return ciptr->transptr->Write (ciptr, buf, size);
+    return ciptr->transptr->Writev (ciptr, buf, size);
 }
 
 #if XTRANS_SEND_FDS
diff --git a/os/Xtransint.h b/os/Xtransint.h
index 1a83fb1f03..8b624e6e39 100644
--- a/os/Xtransint.h
+++ b/os/Xtransint.h
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ typedef struct _Xtransport {
 	size_t			/* size */
     );
 
-    ssize_t (*Writev)(XtransConnInfo ciptr, struct iovec *iov, size_t iovcnt);
+    ssize_t (*Writev)(XtransConnInfo ciptr, const char *buf, size_t size);
 
 #if XTRANS_SEND_FDS
     int (*SendFd)(
diff --git a/os/Xtranslcl.c b/os/Xtranslcl.c
index 0604217ee5..ae06f09816 100644
--- a/os/Xtranslcl.c
+++ b/os/Xtranslcl.c
@@ -761,11 +761,11 @@ static ssize_t _XSERVTransLocalWrite(XtransConnInfo ciptr, const char *buf, size
     return write(ciptr->fd,buf,size);
 }
 
-static ssize_t _XSERVTransLocalWritev(XtransConnInfo ciptr, struct iovec *iov, size_t iovcnt)
+static ssize_t _XSERVTransLocalWritev(XtransConnInfo ciptr, const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
     prmsg(2,"LocalWritev(%d,%p,%d)\n", ciptr->fd, (const void *) iov, iovcnt);
 
-    return _XSERVTransWriteV(ciptr,iov,iovcnt);
+    return write(ciptr->fd,buf,size);
 }
 
 static int _XSERVTransLocalDisconnect(XtransConnInfo ciptr)
diff --git a/os/Xtranssock.c b/os/Xtranssock.c
index c32cc9b792..dde731a9b1 100644
--- a/os/Xtranssock.c
+++ b/os/Xtranssock.c
@@ -1338,9 +1338,14 @@ static int _XSERVTransSocketRead (
 }
 
 static ssize_t _XSERVTransSocketWritev (
-    XtransConnInfo ciptr, struct iovec *iov, size_t iovcnt)
+    XtransConnInfo ciptr, const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
-    prmsg (2,"SocketWritev(%d,%p,%d)\n", ciptr->fd, (void *) iov, iovcnt);
+    prmsg (2,"SocketWritev(%d,%p,%ld)\n", ciptr->fd, (void *) buf, (unsigned long)size);
+
+    struct iovec iov = {
+        .iov_len = size,
+        .iov_base = (char*)buf,
+    };
 
 #if XTRANS_SEND_FDS
     if (ciptr->send_fds)
@@ -1351,8 +1356,8 @@ static ssize_t _XSERVTransSocketWritev (
         struct msghdr           msg = {
             .msg_name = NULL,
             .msg_namelen = 0,
-            .msg_iov = iov,
-            .msg_iovlen = iovcnt,
+            .msg_iov = &iov,
+            .msg_iovlen = 1,
             .msg_control = cmsgbuf.buf,
             .msg_controllen = CMSG_LEN(nfd * sizeof(int))
         };
@@ -1377,7 +1382,7 @@ static ssize_t _XSERVTransSocketWritev (
         return i;
     }
 #endif
-    return _XSERVTransWriteV(ciptr, iov, iovcnt);
+    return _XSERVTransWriteV(ciptr, &iov, 1);
 }
 
 static ssize_t _XSERVTransSocketWrite (
@@ -1395,11 +1400,7 @@ static ssize_t _XSERVTransSocketWrite (
 #if XTRANS_SEND_FDS
     if (ciptr->send_fds)
     {
-        struct iovec            iov;
-
-        iov.iov_base = (void *) buf;
-        iov.iov_len = size;
-        return _XSERVTransSocketWritev(ciptr, &iov, 1);
+        return _XSERVTransSocketWritev(ciptr, buf, size);
     }
 #endif /* XTRANS_SEND_FDS */
     return write (ciptr->fd, buf, size);