diff --git a/platform/kobo/enable-wifi.sh b/platform/kobo/enable-wifi.sh
index 08731e5a1..a7ecaa24b 100755
--- a/platform/kobo/enable-wifi.sh
+++ b/platform/kobo/enable-wifi.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,50 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# NOTE: Close any non-standard fds, so that it doesn't come back to bite us in the ass with USBMS later...
+# NOTE: Close any non-standard fds, so that it doesn't come back to bite us in the ass with USBMS (or sockets) later...
 for fd in /proc/"$$"/fd/*; do
+    close_me="false"
     fd_id="$(basename "${fd}")"
+    fd_path="$(readlink -f "${fd}")"
+
     if [ -e "${fd}" ] && [ "${fd_id}" -gt 2 ]; then
-        # NOTE: dash (meaning, in turn, busybox's ash, uses fd 10+ open to /dev/tty or $0 (w/ CLOEXEC))
-        fd_path="$(readlink -f "${fd}")"
-        if [ "${fd_path}" != "/dev/tty" ] && [ "${fd_path}" != "$(readlink -f "${0}")" ] && [ "${fd}" != "${fd_path}" ]; then
+        if [ -S "${fd}" ]; then
+            # Close any and all sockets
+            # NOTE: Old busybox builds do something stupid when attempting to canonicalize pipes/sockets...
+            #       (i.e., they'll spit out ${fd} as-is, losing any and all mention of a socket/pipe).
+            fd_path="$(readlink "${fd}")"
+            close_me="true"
+        elif [ -p "${fd}" ]; then
+            # We *might* be catching temporary pipes created by this very test, se we have to leave pipes alone...
+            # Although it would take extremely unlucky timing, as by the time we go through the top-level -e test,
+            # said temporary pipe is already gone, and as such we *should* never really enter this branch for temporary pipes ;).
+            fd_path="$(readlink "${fd}")"
+            close_me="false"
+        else
+            # NOTE: dash (meaning, in turn, busybox's ash) uses fd 10+ open to /dev/tty or $0 (w/ CLOEXEC)
+            # NOTE: The last fd != fd_path check is there to (potentially) whitelist non-regular files we might have failed to handle,
+            #       it's designed to match the unhelpful result from old buysbox's readlink -f on non-regular files (c.f., previous notes).
+            if [ "${fd_path}" != "/dev/tty" ] && [ "${fd_path}" != "$(readlink -f "${0}")" ] && [ "${fd}" != "${fd_path}" ]; then
+                close_me="true"
+            else
+                close_me="false"
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ "${fd_id}" -gt 2 ]; then
+        if [ "${close_me}" = "true" ]; then
             eval "exec ${fd_id}>&-"
             echo "[enable-wifi.sh] Closed fd ${fd_id} -> ${fd_path}"
+        else
+            # Try to log something more helpful when old busybox's readlink -f mangled it...
+            if [ "${fd}" = "${fd_path}" ]; then
+                fd_path="${fd_path} => $(readlink "${fd}")"
+                if [ ! -e "${fd}" ]; then
+                    # Flag (potentially?) temporary items as such
+                    fd_path="${fd_path} (temporary?)"
+                fi
+            fi
+            echo "[enable-wifi.sh] Left fd ${fd_id} -> ${fd_path} open"
         fi
     fi
 done
diff --git a/platform/kobo/obtain-ip.sh b/platform/kobo/obtain-ip.sh
index e2a161407..bea335252 100755
--- a/platform/kobo/obtain-ip.sh
+++ b/platform/kobo/obtain-ip.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,50 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# NOTE: Close any non-standard fds, so that it doesn't come back to bite us in the ass with USBMS later...
+# NOTE: Close any non-standard fds, so that it doesn't come back to bite us in the ass with USBMS (or sockets) later...
 for fd in /proc/"$$"/fd/*; do
+    close_me="false"
     fd_id="$(basename "${fd}")"
+    fd_path="$(readlink -f "${fd}")"
+
     if [ -e "${fd}" ] && [ "${fd_id}" -gt 2 ]; then
-        # NOTE: dash (meaning, in turn, busybox's ash, uses fd 10+ open to /dev/tty or $0 (w/ CLOEXEC))
-        fd_path="$(readlink -f "${fd}")"
-        if [ "${fd_path}" != "/dev/tty" ] && [ "${fd_path}" != "$(readlink -f "${0}")" ] && [ "${fd}" != "${fd_path}" ]; then
+        if [ -S "${fd}" ]; then
+            # Close any and all sockets
+            # NOTE: Old busybox builds do something stupid when attempting to canonicalize pipes/sockets...
+            #       (i.e., they'll spit out ${fd} as-is, losing any and all mention of a socket/pipe).
+            fd_path="$(readlink "${fd}")"
+            close_me="true"
+        elif [ -p "${fd}" ]; then
+            # We *might* be catching temporary pipes created by this very test, se we have to leave pipes alone...
+            # Although it would take extremely unlucky timing, as by the time we go through the top-level -e test,
+            # said temporary pipe is already gone, and as such we *should* never really enter this branch for temporary pipes ;).
+            fd_path="$(readlink "${fd}")"
+            close_me="false"
+        else
+            # NOTE: dash (meaning, in turn, busybox's ash) uses fd 10+ open to /dev/tty or $0 (w/ CLOEXEC)
+            # NOTE: The last fd != fd_path check is there to (potentially) whitelist non-regular files we might have failed to handle,
+            #       it's designed to match the unhelpful result from old buysbox's readlink -f on non-regular files (c.f., previous notes).
+            if [ "${fd_path}" != "/dev/tty" ] && [ "${fd_path}" != "$(readlink -f "${0}")" ] && [ "${fd}" != "${fd_path}" ]; then
+                close_me="true"
+            else
+                close_me="false"
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ "${fd_id}" -gt 2 ]; then
+        if [ "${close_me}" = "true" ]; then
             eval "exec ${fd_id}>&-"
             echo "[obtain-ip.sh] Closed fd ${fd_id} -> ${fd_path}"
+        else
+            # Try to log something more helpful when old busybox's readlink -f mangled it...
+            if [ "${fd}" = "${fd_path}" ]; then
+                fd_path="${fd_path} => $(readlink "${fd}")"
+                if [ ! -e "${fd}" ]; then
+                    # Flag (potentially?) temporary items as such
+                    fd_path="${fd_path} (temporary?)"
+                fi
+            fi
+            echo "[obtain-ip.sh] Left fd ${fd_id} -> ${fd_path} open"
         fi
     fi
 done