diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 78c340f..e06c15c 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ifeq (${PKG_CONFIG}, ${EMPTY})
     $(error "Failed to find pkg-config, please make sure it is installed)
 endif
 
-pkg_config_packs:="dbus-1 libxdg-basedir x11 freetype2 xext xft xscrnsaver"
+pkg_config_packs:="dbus-1 libxdg-basedir x11 freetype2 xext xft xscrnsaver glib-2.0"
 
 # includes and libs
 INCS := $(shell ${PKG_CONFIG} --cflags ${pkg_config_packs})
diff --git a/dunst.c b/dunst.c
index 805f905..72cc685 100644
--- a/dunst.c
+++ b/dunst.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <glib.h>
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include <X11/XKBlib.h>
 #include <X11/Xatom.h>
@@ -38,8 +39,6 @@
 
 #define INRECT(x,y,rx,ry,rw,rh) ((x) >= (rx) && (x) < (rx)+(rw) && (y) >= (ry) && (y) < (ry)+(rh))
 #define LENGTH(X)               (sizeof X / sizeof X[0])
-#define MIN(a,b)                ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
-#define MAX(a,b)                ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
 #define BUTTONMASK              (ButtonPressMask|ButtonReleaseMask)
 #define FONT_HEIGHT_BORDER 2
 
@@ -522,7 +521,7 @@ void r_line_cache_reset(r_line_cache *c)
 int do_word_wrap(char *source, int max_width)
 {
 
-        rstrip(source);
+        g_strstrip(source);
 
         if (!source || strlen(source) == 0)
                 return 0;
@@ -562,10 +561,7 @@ int do_word_wrap(char *source, int max_width)
 
 void add_notification_to_line_cache(notification *n, int max_width)
 {
-        rstrip(n->msg);
-        char *msg = n->msg;
-        while (isspace(*msg))
-                msg++;
+        char *msg = g_strstrip(n->msg);
 
         char *buf;
 
@@ -1086,7 +1082,7 @@ int init_notification(notification * n, int id)
                 while (strstr(n->msg, "\n") != NULL)
                         n->msg = string_replace("\n", " ", n->msg);
 
-        n->msg = rstrip(n->msg);
+        n->msg = g_strstrip(n->msg);
 
 
         n->dup_count = 0;
@@ -1253,10 +1249,10 @@ void init_shortcut(keyboard_shortcut * ks)
                         str++;
                 *str = '\0';
                 str++;
-                rstrip(mod);
+                g_strchomp(mod);
                 ks->mask = ks->mask | string_to_mask(mod);
         }
-        rstrip(str);
+        g_strstrip(str);
 
         ks->sym = XStringToKeysym(str);
         /* find matching keycode for ks->sym */
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 3cd4f79..3f88346 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <glib.h>
 
 #include "options.h"
 #include "utils.h"
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ int load_ini_file(FILE * fp)
         while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL) {
                 line_num++;
 
-                char *start = lskip(rstrip(line));
+                char *start = g_strstrip(line);
 
                 if (*start == ';' || *start == '#' || strlen(start) == 0)
                         continue;
@@ -233,8 +234,8 @@ int load_ini_file(FILE * fp)
                 }
 
                 *equal = '\0';
-                char *key = rstrip(start);
-                char *value = lskip(equal + 1);
+                char *key = g_strstrip(start);
+                char *value = g_strstrip(equal + 1);
 
                 char *quote = strstr(value, "\"");
                 if (quote) {
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ int load_ini_file(FILE * fp)
                         if (comment)
                                 comment = '\0';
                 }
-                value = rstrip(value);
+                value = g_strstrip(value);
 
                 if (!current_section) {
                         printf("Warning: invalid config file at line: %d\n",
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 910328d..89cd333 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -8,23 +8,6 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "dunst.h"
 
-char *rstrip(char *str)
-{
-        char *end;
-        end = str + strlen(str) - 1;
-        while (isspace(*end)) {
-                *end = '\0';
-                end--;
-        }
-        return str;
-}
-
-char *lskip(char *s)
-{
-        for (; *s && isspace(*s); s++) ;
-        return s;
-}
-
 char *string_replace_all(const char *needle, const char *replacement,
                          char *haystack)
 {
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 9b99353..39894ee 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef UTIL_H
 #define UTIL_H
-/* remove spaces before and after str */
-char *rstrip(char *str);
-char *lskip(char *str);
-
 /* replace all occurrences of needle with replacement in haystack */
 char *string_replace_all(const char *needle, const char *replacement,
                          char *haystack);