diff --git a/dahdi_cfg.c b/dahdi_cfg.c
index 9386e00..f8ae052 100644
--- a/dahdi_cfg.c
+++ b/dahdi_cfg.c
@@ -176,16 +176,6 @@ static const char *sigtype_to_str(const int sig)
 	}
 }
 
-int ind_ioctl(int channo, int fd, int op, void *data)
-{
-	struct dahdi_indirect_data ind;
-
-	ind.chan = channo;
-	ind.op = op;
-	ind.data = data;
-	return ioctl(fd, DAHDI_INDIRECT, &ind);
-}
-
 static void clear_fields()
 {
 
@@ -1091,6 +1081,7 @@ static int rad_chanconfig(char *keyword, char *args)
 	int res = 0;
 	int x,i,n;
 	struct dahdi_radio_param p;
+	int chanfd;
 
 	toneindex = 1;
 	bzero(chans, sizeof(chans));
@@ -1099,8 +1090,21 @@ static int rad_chanconfig(char *keyword, char *args)
 		return -1;
 	for (x=1;x<DAHDI_MAX_CHANNELS;x++) {
 		if (chans[x]) {
+			const char *CHANNEL_FILENAME = "/dev/dahdi/channel";
+			chanfd = open(CHANNEL_FILENAME, O_RDWR);
+			if (-1 == chanfd) {
+				error("Failed to open '%s'.\n", CHANNEL_FILENAME);
+				exit(-1);
+			}
+
+			res = ioctl(chanfd, DAHDI_SPECIFY, &x);
+			if (res) {
+				error("Failed to open channel %d.\n", x);
+				close(chanfd);
+				continue;
+			}
 			p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_NUMTONES;
-			if (ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_GETPARAM,&p) == -1)
+			if (ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_GETPARAM,&p) == -1)
 				n = 0;
 			else
 				n = p.data;
@@ -1108,7 +1112,7 @@ static int rad_chanconfig(char *keyword, char *args)
 			if (n)
 			{
 				p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_INITTONE;
-				if (ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1) {
+				if (ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1) {
 					error("Cannot init tones for channel %d\n",x);
 				}
 				if (!rxtones[0]) for(i = 1; i <= n; i++)
@@ -1118,7 +1122,7 @@ static int rad_chanconfig(char *keyword, char *args)
 						p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_RXTONE;
 						p.index = i;
 						p.data = rxtones[i];
-						if (ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
+						if (ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
 							error("Cannot set rxtone on channel %d\n",x);
 					}
 					if (rxtags[i])
@@ -1126,7 +1130,7 @@ static int rad_chanconfig(char *keyword, char *args)
 						p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_RXTONECLASS;
 						p.index = i;
 						p.data = rxtags[i];
-						if (ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
+						if (ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
 							error("Cannot set rxtag on channel %d\n",x);
 					}
 					if (txtones[i])
@@ -1134,7 +1138,7 @@ static int rad_chanconfig(char *keyword, char *args)
 						p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_TXTONE;
 						p.index = i;
 						p.data = txtones[i];
-						if (ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
+						if (ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
 							error("Cannot set txtone on channel %d\n",x);
 					}
 				} else { /* if we may have DCS receive */
@@ -1143,7 +1147,7 @@ static int rad_chanconfig(char *keyword, char *args)
 						p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_RXTONE;
 						p.index = 0;
 						p.data = rxtones[0];
-						if (ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
+						if (ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
 							error("Cannot set DCS rxtone on channel %d\n",x);
 					}
 				}
@@ -1152,7 +1156,7 @@ static int rad_chanconfig(char *keyword, char *args)
 					p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_TXTONE;
 					p.index = 0;
 					p.data = txtones[0];
-					if (ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
+					if (ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
 						error("Cannot set default txtone on channel %d\n",x);
 				}
 			}
@@ -1160,41 +1164,43 @@ static int rad_chanconfig(char *keyword, char *args)
 			{
 				p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_DEBOUNCETIME;
 				p.data = debouncetime;
-				if (ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
+				if (ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
 					error("Cannot set debouncetime on channel %d\n",x);
 			}
 			if (bursttime)
 			{
 				p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_BURSTTIME;
 				p.data = bursttime;
-				if (ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
+				if (ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
 					error("Cannot set bursttime on channel %d\n",x);
 			}
 			p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_DEEMP;
 			p.data = deemp;
-			ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
+			ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
 			p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_PREEMP;
 			p.data = preemp;
-			ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
+			ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
 			p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_TXGAIN;
 			p.data = txgain;
-			ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
+			ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
 			p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_RXGAIN;
 			p.data = rxgain;
-			ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
+			ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
 			p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_INVERTCOR;
 			p.data = invertcor;
-			ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
+			ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
 			p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_EXTRXTONE;
 			p.data = exttone;
-			ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
+			ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p);
 			if (corthresh)
 			{
 				p.radpar = DAHDI_RADPAR_CORTHRESH;
 				p.data = corthresh - 1;
-				if (ind_ioctl(x,fd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
+				if (ioctl(chanfd,DAHDI_RADIO_SETPARAM,&p) == -1)
 					error("Cannot set corthresh on channel %d\n",x);
 			}
+
+			close(chanfd);
 		}
 	}
 	clear_fields();