diff --git a/cmd/ztest/ztest.c b/cmd/ztest/ztest.c
index 89ef1c4150fd..f07e11c8361b 100644
--- a/cmd/ztest/ztest.c
+++ b/cmd/ztest/ztest.c
@@ -7064,7 +7064,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	ztest_fd_rand = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
+	/*
+	 * Force random_get_bytes() to use /dev/urandom in order to prevent
+	 * ztest from needlessly depleting the system entropy pool.
+	 */
+	random_path = "/dev/urandom";
+	ztest_fd_rand = open(random_path, O_RDONLY);
 	ASSERT3S(ztest_fd_rand, >=, 0);
 
 	if (!fd_data_str) {
diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index 9da8ab561262..6f32b11c730c 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -630,6 +630,8 @@ extern void delay(clock_t ticks);
 #define	NN_NUMBUF_SZ	(6)
 
 extern uint64_t physmem;
+extern char *random_path;
+extern char *urandom_path;
 
 extern int highbit64(uint64_t i);
 extern int lowbit64(uint64_t i);
diff --git a/lib/libzpool/kernel.c b/lib/libzpool/kernel.c
index c4b600d03876..09e69ef6d28c 100644
--- a/lib/libzpool/kernel.c
+++ b/lib/libzpool/kernel.c
@@ -907,13 +907,15 @@ lowbit64(uint64_t i)
 	return (__builtin_ffsll(i));
 }
 
+char *random_path = "/dev/random";
+char *urandom_path = "/dev/urandom";
 static int random_fd = -1, urandom_fd = -1;
 
 void
 random_init(void)
 {
-	VERIFY((random_fd = open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY)) != -1);
-	VERIFY((urandom_fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY)) != -1);
+	VERIFY((random_fd = open(random_path, O_RDONLY)) != -1);
+	VERIFY((urandom_fd = open(urandom_path, O_RDONLY)) != -1);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
index b104e0d8709d..faa73e3b794f 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ Requires:       fio
 Requires:       acl
 Requires:       sudo
 Requires:       sysstat
-Requires:       rng-tools
 AutoReqProv:    no
 
 %description test
diff --git a/scripts/zloop.sh b/scripts/zloop.sh
index b6f6fc994d59..2fcc807cd988 100755
--- a/scripts/zloop.sh
+++ b/scripts/zloop.sh
@@ -148,15 +148,6 @@ function store_core
 	fi
 }
 
-rngdpid=""
-function on_exit
-{
-	if [ -n "$rngdpid" ]; then
-		kill -9 "$rngdpid"
-	fi
-}
-trap on_exit EXIT
-
 # parse arguments
 # expected format: zloop [-t timeout] [-c coredir] [-- extra ztest args]
 coredir=$DEFAULTCOREDIR
@@ -205,9 +196,6 @@ or_die rm -f ztest.history
 or_die rm -f ztest.ddt
 or_die rm -f ztest.cores
 
-# start rngd in the background so we don't run out of entropy
-or_die read -r rngdpid < <(rngd -f -r /dev/urandom & echo $!)
-
 ztrc=0		# ztest return value
 foundcrashes=0	# number of crashes found so far
 starttime=$(date +%s)