diff --git a/avconv.c b/avconv.c
index 2f30ebc8c1..2e420651c1 100644
--- a/avconv.c
+++ b/avconv.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static int decode_interrupt_cb(void *ctx)
 
 const AVIOInterruptCB int_cb = { decode_interrupt_cb, NULL };
 
-void exit_program(int ret)
+static void exit_program()
 {
     int i, j;
 
@@ -218,8 +218,6 @@ void exit_program(int ret)
                (int) received_sigterm);
         exit (255);
     }
-
-    exit(ret);
 }
 
 void assert_avoptions(AVDictionary *m)
@@ -227,7 +225,7 @@ void assert_avoptions(AVDictionary *m)
     AVDictionaryEntry *t;
     if ((t = av_dict_get(m, "", NULL, AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX))) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Option %s not found.\n", t->key);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 }
 
@@ -244,7 +242,7 @@ static void assert_codec_experimental(AVCodecContext *c, int encoder)
         if (!(codec->capabilities & CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL))
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Or use the non experimental %s '%s'.\n",
                    codec_string, codec->name);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 }
 
@@ -343,7 +341,7 @@ static void write_frame(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt, OutputStream *ost)
                    avctx->codec ? avctx->codec->name : "copy");
             print_error("", a);
             if (exit_on_error)
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
         }
         *pkt = new_pkt;
 
@@ -354,7 +352,7 @@ static void write_frame(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt, OutputStream *ost)
     ret = av_interleaved_write_frame(s, pkt);
     if (ret < 0) {
         print_error("av_interleaved_write_frame()", ret);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 }
 
@@ -391,7 +389,7 @@ static void do_audio_out(AVFormatContext *s, OutputStream *ost,
 
     if (avcodec_encode_audio2(enc, &pkt, frame, &got_packet) < 0) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Audio encoding failed\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     if (got_packet) {
@@ -462,7 +460,7 @@ static void do_subtitle_out(AVFormatContext *s,
     if (pts == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Subtitle packets must have a pts\n");
         if (exit_on_error)
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -494,7 +492,7 @@ static void do_subtitle_out(AVFormatContext *s,
                                                     subtitle_out_max_size, sub);
         if (subtitle_out_size < 0) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Subtitle encoding failed\n");
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
 
         av_init_packet(&pkt);
@@ -594,7 +592,7 @@ static void do_video_out(AVFormatContext *s,
         ret = avcodec_encode_video2(enc, &pkt, &big_picture, &got_packet);
         if (ret < 0) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Video encoding failed\n");
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
 
         if (got_packet) {
@@ -639,7 +637,7 @@ static void do_video_stats(AVFormatContext *os, OutputStream *ost,
         vstats_file = fopen(vstats_filename, "w");
         if (!vstats_file) {
             perror("fopen");
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     }
 
@@ -952,7 +950,7 @@ static void flush_encoders(void)
                 ret = encode(enc, &pkt, NULL, &got_packet);
                 if (ret < 0) {
                     av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "%s encoding failed\n", desc);
-                    exit_program(1);
+                    exit(1);
                 }
                 *size += ret;
                 if (ost->logfile && enc->stats_out) {
@@ -1163,7 +1161,7 @@ static int decode_audio(InputStream *ist, AVPacket *pkt, int *got_output)
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL,
                    "Audio volume adjustment on sample format %s is not supported.\n",
                    av_get_sample_fmt_name(ist->st->codec->sample_fmt));
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1180,7 +1178,7 @@ static int decode_audio(InputStream *ist, AVPacket *pkt, int *got_output)
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Unable to find default channel "
                    "layout for Input Stream #%d.%d\n", ist->file_index,
                    ist->st->index);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         decoded_frame->channel_layout = avctx->channel_layout;
 
@@ -1206,7 +1204,7 @@ static int decode_audio(InputStream *ist, AVPacket *pkt, int *got_output)
             if (ist_in_filtergraph(filtergraphs[i], ist) &&
                 configure_filtergraph(filtergraphs[i]) < 0) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error reinitializing filters!\n");
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             }
     }
 
@@ -1276,7 +1274,7 @@ static int decode_video(InputStream *ist, AVPacket *pkt, int *got_output)
             if (ist_in_filtergraph(filtergraphs[i], ist) &&
                 configure_filtergraph(filtergraphs[i]) < 0) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error reinitializing filters!\n");
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             }
     }
 
@@ -1442,7 +1440,7 @@ static void print_sdp(void)
     AVFormatContext **avc = av_malloc(sizeof(*avc) * nb_output_files);
 
     if (!avc)
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     for (i = 0; i < nb_output_files; i++)
         avc[i] = output_files[i]->ctx;
 
@@ -1530,7 +1528,7 @@ static void parse_forced_key_frames(char *kf, OutputStream *ost,
     ost->forced_kf_pts   = av_malloc(sizeof(*ost->forced_kf_pts) * n);
     if (!ost->forced_kf_pts) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Could not allocate forced key frames array.\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     p = kf;
@@ -1644,7 +1642,7 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
             case AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO:
                 if (audio_volume != 256) {
                     av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "-acodec copy and -vol are incompatible (frames are not decoded)\n");
-                    exit_program(1);
+                    exit(1);
                 }
                 codec->channel_layout     = icodec->channel_layout;
                 codec->sample_rate        = icodec->sample_rate;
@@ -1782,7 +1780,7 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
                         if (!f) {
                             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Cannot write log file '%s' for pass-1 encoding: %s\n",
                                    logfilename, strerror(errno));
-                            exit_program(1);
+                            exit(1);
                         }
                         ost->logfile = f;
                     } else {
@@ -1791,7 +1789,7 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
                         if (cmdutils_read_file(logfilename, &logbuffer, &logbuffer_size) < 0) {
                             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error reading log file '%s' for pass-2 encoding\n",
                                    logfilename);
-                            exit_program(1);
+                            exit(1);
                         }
                         codec->stats_in = logbuffer;
                     }
@@ -2184,7 +2182,7 @@ static int process_input(void)
         if (ret != AVERROR_EOF) {
             print_error(is->filename, ret);
             if (exit_on_error)
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
         }
         ifile->eof_reached = 1;
 
@@ -2252,7 +2250,7 @@ static int process_input(void)
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error while decoding stream #%d:%d\n",
                ist->file_index, ist->st->index);
         if (exit_on_error)
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
     }
 
 discard_packet:
@@ -2429,6 +2427,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     OptionsContext o = { 0 };
     int64_t ti;
 
+    atexit(exit_program);
+
     reset_options(&o);
 
     av_log_set_flags(AV_LOG_SKIP_REPEATED);
@@ -2452,24 +2452,24 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (nb_output_files <= 0 && nb_input_files == 0) {
         show_usage();
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man %s'\n", program_name);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     /* file converter / grab */
     if (nb_output_files <= 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "At least one output file must be specified\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     ti = getutime();
     if (transcode() < 0)
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     ti = getutime() - ti;
     if (do_benchmark) {
         int maxrss = getmaxrss() / 1024;
         printf("bench: utime=%0.3fs maxrss=%ikB\n", ti / 1000000.0, maxrss);
     }
 
-    exit_program(0);
+    exit(0);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/avconv_filter.c b/avconv_filter.c
index ec38957cc1..f437c52001 100644
--- a/avconv_filter.c
+++ b/avconv_filter.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static char *choose_ ## var ## s(OutputStream *ost)                            \
         int len;                                                               \
                                                                                \
         if (avio_open_dyn_buf(&s) < 0)                                         \
-            exit_program(1);                                                   \
+            exit(1);                                                           \
                                                                                \
         for (p = ost->enc->supported_list; *p != none; p++) {                  \
             get_name(*p);                                                      \
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ FilterGraph *init_simple_filtergraph(InputStream *ist, OutputStream *ost)
     FilterGraph *fg = av_mallocz(sizeof(*fg));
 
     if (!fg)
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     fg->index = nb_filtergraphs;
 
     fg->outputs = grow_array(fg->outputs, sizeof(*fg->outputs), &fg->nb_outputs,
                              fg->nb_outputs + 1);
     if (!(fg->outputs[0] = av_mallocz(sizeof(*fg->outputs[0]))))
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     fg->outputs[0]->ost   = ost;
     fg->outputs[0]->graph = fg;
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ FilterGraph *init_simple_filtergraph(InputStream *ist, OutputStream *ost)
     fg->inputs = grow_array(fg->inputs, sizeof(*fg->inputs), &fg->nb_inputs,
                             fg->nb_inputs + 1);
     if (!(fg->inputs[0] = av_mallocz(sizeof(*fg->inputs[0]))))
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     fg->inputs[0]->ist   = ist;
     fg->inputs[0]->graph = fg;
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static void init_input_filter(FilterGraph *fg, AVFilterInOut *in)
     if (type != AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO && type != AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Only video and audio filters supported "
                "currently.\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     if (in->name) {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static void init_input_filter(FilterGraph *fg, AVFilterInOut *in)
         if (file_idx < 0 || file_idx >= nb_input_files) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid file index %d in filtegraph description %s.\n",
                    file_idx, fg->graph_desc);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         s = input_files[file_idx]->ctx;
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static void init_input_filter(FilterGraph *fg, AVFilterInOut *in)
         if (!st) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Stream specifier '%s' in filtergraph description %s "
                    "matches no streams.\n", p, fg->graph_desc);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         ist = input_streams[input_files[file_idx]->ist_index + st->index];
     } else {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void init_input_filter(FilterGraph *fg, AVFilterInOut *in)
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Cannot find a matching stream for "
                    "unlabeled input pad %d on filter %s", in->pad_idx,
                    in->filter_ctx->name);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     }
     av_assert0(ist);
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static void init_input_filter(FilterGraph *fg, AVFilterInOut *in)
     fg->inputs = grow_array(fg->inputs, sizeof(*fg->inputs),
                             &fg->nb_inputs, fg->nb_inputs + 1);
     if (!(fg->inputs[fg->nb_inputs - 1] = av_mallocz(sizeof(*fg->inputs[0]))))
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     fg->inputs[fg->nb_inputs - 1]->ist   = ist;
     fg->inputs[fg->nb_inputs - 1]->graph = fg;
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int configure_output_audio_filter(FilterGraph *fg, OutputFilter *ofilter,
     AVIOContext *pb;                                               \
                                                                    \
     if (avio_open_dyn_buf(&pb) < 0)                                \
-        exit_program(1);                                           \
+        exit(1);                                                   \
                                                                    \
     avio_printf(pb, "%s", ctx->filter->name);                      \
     if (nb_pads > 1)                                               \
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ int configure_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg)
             fg->outputs = grow_array(fg->outputs, sizeof(*fg->outputs),
                                      &fg->nb_outputs, fg->nb_outputs + 1);
             if (!(fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1] = av_mallocz(sizeof(*fg->outputs[0]))))
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1]->graph   = fg;
             fg->outputs[fg->nb_outputs - 1]->out_tmp = cur;
             cur = cur->next;
diff --git a/avconv_opt.c b/avconv_opt.c
index 156073a84b..fc9bd5ab0f 100644
--- a/avconv_opt.c
+++ b/avconv_opt.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         if ((ret = check_stream_specifier(fmtctx, st, spec)) > 0)\
             outvar = o->name[i].u.type;\
         else if (ret < 0)\
-            exit_program(1);\
+            exit(1);\
     }\
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static double parse_frame_aspect_ratio(const char *arg)
 
     if (!ar) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Incorrect aspect ratio specification.\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
     return ar;
 }
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static int opt_map(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
         sync_file_idx = strtol(sync + 1, &sync, 0);
         if (sync_file_idx >= nb_input_files || sync_file_idx < 0) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid sync file index: %d.\n", sync_file_idx);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         if (*sync)
             sync++;
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static int opt_map(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
         if (i == input_files[sync_file_idx]->nb_streams) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Sync stream specification in map %s does not "
                                        "match any streams.\n", arg);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     }
 
@@ -217,13 +217,13 @@ static int opt_map(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
         m->linklabel = av_get_token(&c, "]");
         if (!m->linklabel) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid output link label: %s.\n", map);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     } else {
         file_idx = strtol(map, &p, 0);
         if (file_idx >= nb_input_files || file_idx < 0) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid input file index: %d.\n", file_idx);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         if (negative)
             /* disable some already defined maps */
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static int opt_map(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
 
     if (!m) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Stream map '%s' matches no streams.\n", arg);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     av_freep(&map);
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static void parse_meta_type(char *arg, char *type, int *index, const char **stre
         case 's':
             if (*(++arg) && *arg != ':') {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid metadata specifier %s.\n", arg);
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             }
             *stream_spec = *arg == ':' ? arg + 1 : "";
             break;
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static void parse_meta_type(char *arg, char *type, int *index, const char **stre
             break;
         default:
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid metadata type %c.\n", *arg);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     } else
         *type = 'g';
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int copy_metadata(char *outspec, char *inspec, AVFormatContext *oc, AVFor
     if ((index) < 0 || (index) >= (nb_elems)) {\
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid %s index %d while processing metadata maps.\n",\
                 (desc), (index));\
-        exit_program(1);\
+        exit(1);\
     }
 
 #define SET_DICT(type, meta, context, index)\
@@ -360,11 +360,11 @@ static int copy_metadata(char *outspec, char *inspec, AVFormatContext *oc, AVFor
                 meta_in = &ic->streams[i]->metadata;
                 break;
             } else if (ret < 0)
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
         }
         if (!meta_in) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Stream specifier %s does not match  any streams.\n", istream_spec);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     }
 
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static int copy_metadata(char *outspec, char *inspec, AVFormatContext *oc, AVFor
                 meta_out = &oc->streams[i]->metadata;
                 av_dict_copy(meta_out, *meta_in, AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE);
             } else if (ret < 0)
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
         }
     } else
         av_dict_copy(meta_out, *meta_in, AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE);
@@ -402,11 +402,11 @@ static AVCodec *find_codec_or_die(const char *name, enum AVMediaType type, int e
 
     if (!codec) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Unknown %s '%s'\n", codec_string, name);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
     if (codec->type != type) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid %s type '%s'\n", codec_string, name);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
     return codec;
 }
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static void add_input_streams(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *ic)
         char *framerate = NULL;
 
         if (!ist)
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
 
         input_streams = grow_array(input_streams, sizeof(*input_streams), &nb_input_streams, nb_input_streams + 1);
         input_streams[nb_input_streams - 1] = ist;
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static void add_input_streams(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *ic)
                                                  framerate) < 0) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error parsing framerate %s.\n",
                        framerate);
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             }
 
             break;
@@ -501,12 +501,12 @@ static void assert_file_overwrite(const char *filename)
                 fflush(stderr);
                 if (!read_yesno()) {
                     fprintf(stderr, "Not overwriting - exiting\n");
-                    exit_program(1);
+                    exit(1);
                 }
             }
             else {
                 fprintf(stderr,"File '%s' already exists. Exiting.\n", filename);
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static void dump_attachment(AVStream *st, const char *filename)
     if (!*filename) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "No filename specified and no 'filename' tag"
                "in stream #%d:%d.\n", nb_input_files - 1, st->index);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     assert_file_overwrite(filename);
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ static void dump_attachment(AVStream *st, const char *filename)
     if ((ret = avio_open2(&out, filename, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE, &int_cb, NULL)) < 0) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Could not open file %s for writing.\n",
                filename);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     avio_write(out, st->codec->extradata, st->codec->extradata_size);
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static int opt_input_file(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *filename)
     if (o->format) {
         if (!(file_iformat = av_find_input_format(o->format))) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Unknown input format: '%s'\n", o->format);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     }
 
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ static int opt_input_file(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *filename)
     ic = avformat_alloc_context();
     if (!ic) {
         print_error(filename, AVERROR(ENOMEM));
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
     if (o->nb_audio_sample_rate) {
         snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", o->audio_sample_rate[o->nb_audio_sample_rate - 1].u.i);
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int opt_input_file(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *filename)
     err = avformat_open_input(&ic, filename, file_iformat, &format_opts);
     if (err < 0) {
         print_error(filename, err);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
     assert_avoptions(format_opts);
 
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ static int opt_input_file(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *filename)
     if (ret < 0) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "%s: could not find codec parameters\n", filename);
         avformat_close_input(&ic);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     timestamp = o->start_time;
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ static int opt_input_file(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *filename)
 
     input_files = grow_array(input_files, sizeof(*input_files), &nb_input_files, nb_input_files + 1);
     if (!(input_files[nb_input_files - 1] = av_mallocz(sizeof(*input_files[0]))))
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
 
     input_files[nb_input_files - 1]->ctx        = ic;
     input_files[nb_input_files - 1]->ist_index  = nb_input_streams - ic->nb_streams;
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ static uint8_t *get_line(AVIOContext *s)
 
     if (avio_open_dyn_buf(&line) < 0) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Could not alloc buffer for reading preset.\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     while ((c = avio_r8(s)) && c != '\n')
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_output_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc, e
 
     if (!st) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Could not alloc stream.\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     if (oc->nb_streams - 1 < o->nb_streamid_map)
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_output_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc, e
     output_streams = grow_array(output_streams, sizeof(*output_streams), &nb_output_streams,
                                 nb_output_streams + 1);
     if (!(ost = av_mallocz(sizeof(*ost))))
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     output_streams[nb_output_streams - 1] = ost;
 
     ost->file_index = nb_output_files;
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_output_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc, e
             }
             if (!(arg = strchr(buf, '='))) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid line found in the preset file.\n");
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             }
             *arg++ = 0;
             av_dict_set(&ost->opts, buf, arg, AV_DICT_DONT_OVERWRITE);
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_output_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc, e
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL,
                "Preset %s specified for stream %d:%d, but could not be opened.\n",
                preset, ost->file_index, ost->index);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     ost->max_frames = INT64_MAX;
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_output_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc, e
             *next++ = 0;
         if (!(bsfc = av_bitstream_filter_init(bsf))) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Unknown bitstream filter %s\n", bsf);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         if (bsfc_prev)
             bsfc_prev->next = bsfc;
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ static void parse_matrix_coeffs(uint16_t *dest, const char *str)
         p = strchr(p, ',');
         if (!p) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Syntax error in matrix \"%s\" at coeff %d\n", str, i);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         p++;
     }
@@ -890,13 +890,13 @@ static OutputStream *new_video_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc)
         MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(frame_rates, str, frame_rate, oc, st);
         if (frame_rate && av_parse_video_rate(&ost->frame_rate, frame_rate) < 0) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid framerate value: %s\n", frame_rate);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
 
         MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(frame_sizes, str, frame_size, oc, st);
         if (frame_size && av_parse_video_size(&video_enc->width, &video_enc->height, frame_size) < 0) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid frame size: %s.\n", frame_size);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
 
         MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(frame_aspect_ratios, str, frame_aspect_ratio, oc, st);
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_video_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc)
         MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(frame_pix_fmts, str, frame_pix_fmt, oc, st);
         if (frame_pix_fmt && (video_enc->pix_fmt = av_get_pix_fmt(frame_pix_fmt)) == PIX_FMT_NONE) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Unknown pixel format requested: %s.\n", frame_pix_fmt);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         st->sample_aspect_ratio = video_enc->sample_aspect_ratio;
 
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_video_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc)
         if (intra_matrix) {
             if (!(video_enc->intra_matrix = av_mallocz(sizeof(*video_enc->intra_matrix) * 64))) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Could not allocate memory for intra matrix.\n");
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             }
             parse_matrix_coeffs(video_enc->intra_matrix, intra_matrix);
         }
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_video_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc)
         if (inter_matrix) {
             if (!(video_enc->inter_matrix = av_mallocz(sizeof(*video_enc->inter_matrix) * 64))) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Could not allocate memory for inter matrix.\n");
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             }
             parse_matrix_coeffs(video_enc->inter_matrix, inter_matrix);
         }
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_video_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc)
             int e = sscanf(p, "%d,%d,%d", &start, &end, &q);
             if (e != 3) {
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "error parsing rc_override\n");
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             }
             video_enc->rc_override =
                 av_realloc(video_enc->rc_override,
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_video_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc)
         MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(passlogfiles, str, ost->logfile_prefix, oc, st);
         if (ost->logfile_prefix &&
             !(ost->logfile_prefix = av_strdup(ost->logfile_prefix)))
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
 
         MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(forced_key_frames, str, ost->forced_keyframes, oc, st);
         if (ost->forced_keyframes)
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_audio_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc)
         if (sample_fmt &&
             (audio_enc->sample_fmt = av_get_sample_fmt(sample_fmt)) == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_NONE) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid sample format '%s'\n", sample_fmt);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
 
         MATCH_PER_STREAM_OPT(audio_sample_rate, i, audio_enc->sample_rate, oc, st);
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ static OutputStream *new_data_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc)
     ost = new_output_stream(o, oc, AVMEDIA_TYPE_DATA);
     if (!ost->stream_copy) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Data stream encoding not supported yet (only streamcopy)\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     return ost;
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ static int opt_streamid(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL,
                "Invalid value '%s' for option '%s', required syntax is 'index:value'\n",
                arg, opt);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
     *p++ = '\0';
     idx = parse_number_or_die(opt, idx_str, OPT_INT, 0, INT_MAX);
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ static void init_output_filter(OutputFilter *ofilter, OptionsContext *o,
     default:
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Only video and audio filters are supported "
                "currently.\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     ost->source_index = -1;
@@ -1145,12 +1145,12 @@ static void init_output_filter(OutputFilter *ofilter, OptionsContext *o,
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Streamcopy requested for output stream %d:%d, "
                "which is fed from a complex filtergraph. Filtering and streamcopy "
                "cannot be used together.\n", ost->file_index, ost->index);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     if (configure_output_filter(ofilter->graph, ofilter, ofilter->out_tmp) < 0) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error configuring filter.\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
     avfilter_inout_free(&ofilter->out_tmp);
 }
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ void opt_output_file(void *optctx, const char *filename)
 
     if (configure_complex_filters() < 0) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Error configuring filters.\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     if (!strcmp(filename, "-"))
@@ -1186,21 +1186,21 @@ void opt_output_file(void *optctx, const char *filename)
     oc = avformat_alloc_context();
     if (!oc) {
         print_error(filename, AVERROR(ENOMEM));
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     if (o->format) {
         file_oformat = av_guess_format(o->format, NULL, NULL);
         if (!file_oformat) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Requested output format '%s' is not a suitable output format\n", o->format);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     } else {
         file_oformat = av_guess_format(NULL, filename, NULL);
         if (!file_oformat) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Unable to find a suitable output format for '%s'\n",
                    filename);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ loop_end:
                 if (!ofilter) {
                     av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Output with label '%s' does not exist "
                            "in any defined filter graph.\n", map->linklabel);
-                    exit_program(1);
+                    exit(1);
                 }
                 init_output_filter(ofilter, o, oc);
             } else {
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ loop_end:
                 default:
                     av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Cannot map stream #%d:%d - unsupported type.\n",
                            map->file_index, map->stream_index);
-                    exit_program(1);
+                    exit(1);
                 }
 
                 ost->source_index = input_files[map->file_index]->ist_index + map->stream_index;
@@ -1337,17 +1337,17 @@ loop_end:
         if ((err = avio_open2(&pb, o->attachments[i], AVIO_FLAG_READ, &int_cb, NULL)) < 0) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Could not open attachment file %s.\n",
                    o->attachments[i]);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         if ((len = avio_size(pb)) <= 0) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Could not get size of the attachment %s.\n",
                    o->attachments[i]);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         if (!(attachment = av_malloc(len))) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Attachment %s too large to fit into memory.\n",
                    o->attachments[i]);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         avio_read(pb, attachment, len);
 
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ loop_end:
 
     output_files = grow_array(output_files, sizeof(*output_files), &nb_output_files, nb_output_files + 1);
     if (!(output_files[nb_output_files - 1] = av_mallocz(sizeof(*output_files[0]))))
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
 
     output_files[nb_output_files - 1]->ctx            = oc;
     output_files[nb_output_files - 1]->ost_index      = nb_output_streams - oc->nb_streams;
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ loop_end:
     if (oc->oformat->flags & AVFMT_NEEDNUMBER) {
         if (!av_filename_number_test(oc->filename)) {
             print_error(oc->filename, AVERROR(EINVAL));
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ loop_end:
                               &oc->interrupt_callback,
                               &output_files[nb_output_files - 1]->opts)) < 0) {
             print_error(filename, err);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ loop_end:
             continue;
         if (in_file_index >= nb_input_files) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid input file index %d while processing metadata maps\n", in_file_index);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         copy_metadata(o->metadata_map[i].specifier, *p ? p + 1 : p, oc, input_files[in_file_index]->ctx, o);
     }
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ loop_end:
         } else {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid input file index %d in chapter mapping.\n",
                    o->chapters_input_file);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
     }
     if (o->chapters_input_file >= 0)
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ loop_end:
         if (!val) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "No '=' character in metadata string %s.\n",
                    o->metadata[i].u.str);
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         *val++ = 0;
 
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ loop_end:
                 if ((ret = check_stream_specifier(oc, oc->streams[j], stream_spec)) > 0) {
                     av_dict_set(&oc->streams[j]->metadata, o->metadata[i].u.str, *val ? val : NULL, 0);
                 } else if (ret < 0)
-                    exit_program(1);
+                    exit(1);
             }
         }
         else {
@@ -1485,13 +1485,13 @@ loop_end:
             case 'c':
                 if (index < 0 || index >= oc->nb_chapters) {
                     av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid chapter index %d in metadata specifier.\n", index);
-                    exit_program(1);
+                    exit(1);
                 }
                 m = &oc->chapters[index]->metadata;
                 break;
             default:
                 av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid metadata specifier %s.\n", o->metadata[i].specifier);
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             }
             av_dict_set(m, o->metadata[i].u.str, *val ? val : NULL, 0);
         }
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ static int opt_target(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Could not determine norm (PAL/NTSC/NTSC-Film) for target.\n");
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Please prefix target with \"pal-\", \"ntsc-\" or \"film-\",\n");
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "or set a framerate with \"-r xxx\".\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     if (!strcmp(arg, "vcd")) {
diff --git a/avplay.c b/avplay.c
index d47cf9439a..ead79f3c08 100644
--- a/avplay.c
+++ b/avplay.c
@@ -282,11 +282,6 @@ static AVPacket flush_pkt;
 
 static SDL_Surface *screen;
 
-void exit_program(int ret)
-{
-    exit(ret);
-}
-
 static int packet_queue_put(PacketQueue *q, AVPacket *pkt);
 
 /* packet queue handling */
diff --git a/avprobe.c b/avprobe.c
index b20c78cd34..8bc2a21459 100644
--- a/avprobe.c
+++ b/avprobe.c
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ static const char unit_hertz_str[]          = "Hz"   ;
 static const char unit_byte_str[]           = "byte" ;
 static const char unit_bit_per_second_str[] = "bit/s";
 
-void exit_program(int ret)
+static void exit_program()
 {
     av_dict_free(&fmt_entries_to_show);
-    exit(ret);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -926,6 +925,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (!buffer)
         exit(1);
 
+    atexit(exit_program);
+
     options = real_options;
     parse_loglevel(argc, argv, options);
     av_register_all();
diff --git a/avserver.c b/avserver.c
index 94ea0a074f..6b01b15b6f 100644
--- a/avserver.c
+++ b/avserver.c
@@ -323,11 +323,6 @@ static AVLFG random_state;
 
 static FILE *logfile = NULL;
 
-void exit_program(int ret)
-{
-    exit(ret);
-}
-
 /* FIXME: make avserver work with IPv6 */
 /* resolve host with also IP address parsing */
 static int resolve_host(struct in_addr *sin_addr, const char *hostname)
diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index 0d216db469..9dbff9e846 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ double parse_number_or_die(const char *context, const char *numstr, int type,
     else
         return d;
     av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, error, context, numstr, min, max);
-    exit_program(1);
+    exit(1);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int64_t parse_time_or_die(const char *context, const char *timestr,
     if (av_parse_time(&us, timestr, is_duration) < 0) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Invalid %s specification for %s: %s\n",
                is_duration ? "duration" : "date", context, timestr);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
     return us;
 }
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ int parse_option(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg,
         }
     }
     if (po->flags & OPT_EXIT)
-        exit_program(0);
+        exit(0);
     return !!(po->flags & HAS_ARG);
 }
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ void parse_options(void *optctx, int argc, char **argv, const OptionDef *options
             opt++;
 
             if ((ret = parse_option(optctx, opt, argv[optindex], options)) < 0)
-                exit_program(1);
+                exit(1);
             optindex += ret;
         } else {
             if (parse_arg_function)
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ int opt_loglevel(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
                "Possible levels are numbers or:\n", arg);
         for (i = 0; i < FF_ARRAY_ELEMS(log_levels); i++)
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "\"%s\"\n", log_levels[i].name);
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
     av_log_set_level(level);
     return 0;
@@ -1265,13 +1265,13 @@ void *grow_array(void *array, int elem_size, int *size, int new_size)
 {
     if (new_size >= INT_MAX / elem_size) {
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Array too big.\n");
-        exit_program(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
     if (*size < new_size) {
         uint8_t *tmp = av_realloc(array, new_size*elem_size);
         if (!tmp) {
             av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Could not alloc buffer.\n");
-            exit_program(1);
+            exit(1);
         }
         memset(tmp + *size*elem_size, 0, (new_size-*size) * elem_size);
         *size = new_size;
diff --git a/cmdutils.h b/cmdutils.h
index 8e3b80a1db..7dc9e8f14f 100644
--- a/cmdutils.h
+++ b/cmdutils.h
@@ -400,15 +400,9 @@ int64_t guess_correct_pts(PtsCorrectionContext *ctx, int64_t pts, int64_t dts);
 FILE *get_preset_file(char *filename, size_t filename_size,
                       const char *preset_name, int is_path, const char *codec_name);
 
-/**
- * Do all the necessary cleanup and abort.
- * This function is implemented in the avtools, not cmdutils.
- */
-av_noreturn void exit_program(int ret);
-
 /**
  * Realloc array to hold new_size elements of elem_size.
- * Calls exit_program() on failure.
+ * Calls exit() on failure.
  *
  * @param elem_size size in bytes of each element
  * @param size new element count will be written here