diff --git a/kibot/misc.py b/kibot/misc.py
index 43eac666..49ce4f1c 100644
--- a/kibot/misc.py
+++ b/kibot/misc.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def name2make(name):
 def hide_stderr():
     """ Low level stderr suppression, used to hide KiCad bugs. """
     newstderr = os.dup(2)
-    devnull = os.open('/dev/null', os.O_WRONLY)
+    devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_WRONLY)
     os.dup2(devnull, 2)
     os.close(devnull)
     try:
diff --git a/src/kibot-check b/src/kibot-check
index 6a01f8f5..09e4c71f 100755
--- a/src/kibot-check
+++ b/src/kibot-check
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ def search_as_plugin(cmd, names):
 def hide_stderr():
     """ Low level stderr suppression, used to hide KiCad bugs. """
     newstderr = os.dup(2)
-    devnull = os.open('/dev/null', os.O_WRONLY)
+    devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_WRONLY)
     os.dup2(devnull, 2)
     os.close(devnull)
     yield
diff --git a/src/kibot-check.in b/src/kibot-check.in
index c36bea15..d10c8015 100755
--- a/src/kibot-check.in
+++ b/src/kibot-check.in
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def search_as_plugin(cmd, names):
 def hide_stderr():
     """ Low level stderr suppression, used to hide KiCad bugs. """
     newstderr = os.dup(2)
-    devnull = os.open('/dev/null', os.O_WRONLY)
+    devnull = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_WRONLY)
     os.dup2(devnull, 2)
     os.close(devnull)
     yield