diff --git a/dunst.c b/dunst.c
index 72cc685..4e12732 100644
--- a/dunst.c
+++ b/dunst.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ void add_notification_to_line_cache(notification *n, int max_width)
 
         /* print dup_count and msg*/
         if (n->dup_count > 0) {
-                sasprintf(&buf, "(%d) %s", n->dup_count, msg);
+                buf = g_strdup_printf("(%d) %s", n->dup_count, msg);
         } else {
                 buf = strdup(msg);
         }
@@ -583,13 +583,13 @@ void add_notification_to_line_cache(notification *n, int max_width)
 
                 char *new_buf;
                 if (hours > 0) {
-                        sasprintf(&new_buf, "%s (%dh %dm %ds old)", buf, hours,
+                        new_buf = g_strdup_printf("%s (%dh %dm %ds old)", buf, hours,
                                  minutes, seconds);
                 } else if (minutes > 0) {
-                        sasprintf(&new_buf, "%s (%dm %ds old)", buf, minutes,
+                        new_buf = g_strdup_printf("%s (%dm %ds old)", buf, minutes,
                                  seconds);
                 } else {
-                        sasprintf(&new_buf, "%s (%ds old)", buf, seconds);
+                        new_buf = g_strdup_printf("%s (%ds old)", buf, seconds);
                 }
 
                 free(buf);
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ void fill_line_cache(int width)
         if (indicate_hidden && queue_cnt > 0) {
                 if (geometry.h != 1) {
                         char *tmp;
-                        sasprintf(&tmp, "(%d more)", queue_cnt);
+                        tmp = g_strdup_printf("(%d more)", queue_cnt);
                         ColorSet *last_colors =
                                 line_cache.lines[line_cache.count-1].colors;
                         r_line_cache_append(&line_cache, tmp, last_colors, true, true);
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ void fill_line_cache(int width)
                 } else {
                         char *old = line_cache.lines[0].str;
                         char *new;
-                        sasprintf(&new, "%s (%d more)", old, queue_cnt);
+                        new = g_strdup_printf("%s (%d more)", old, queue_cnt);
                         free(old);
                         line_cache.lines[0].str = new;
                 }
@@ -1147,8 +1147,7 @@ int init_notification(notification * n, int id)
                 n_queue_enqueue(&queue, n);
         }
 
-        char *tmp;
-        sasprintf(&tmp, "%s %s", n->summary, n->body);
+        char *tmp = g_strconcat(n->summary, " ", n->body, NULL);
 
         n->urls = extract_urls(tmp);
 
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 3f88346..7ec1a08 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -439,18 +439,18 @@ void cmdline_usage_append(char *key, char *type, char *description)
 {
         char *key_type;
         if (type && strlen(type) > 0)
-                sasprintf(&key_type, "%s (%s)", key, type);
+                key_type = g_strdup_printf("%s (%s)", key, type);
         else
-                sasprintf(&key_type, "%s", key);
+                key_type = g_strdup(key);
 
         if (!usage_str) {
-                sasprintf(&usage_str, "%-40s - %s\n", key_type, description);
+                usage_str = g_strdup_printf("%-40s - %s\n", key_type, description);
                 free(key_type);
                 return;
         }
 
         char *tmp;
-        sasprintf(&tmp, "%s%-40s - %s\n", usage_str, key_type, description);
+        tmp = g_strdup_printf("%s%-40s - %s\n", usage_str, key_type, description);
         free(key_type);
 
         free(usage_str);
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 89cd333..23c546f 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <glib.h>
 
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "dunst.h"
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ char *string_append(char *a, const char *b, const char *sep)
 
         char *new;
         if (!sep)
-                sasprintf(&new, "%s%s", a, b);
+                new = g_strconcat(a,b, NULL);
         else
-                sasprintf(&new, "%s%s%s", a, sep, b);
+                new = g_strconcat(a, sep, b, NULL);
         free(a);
 
         return new;
@@ -103,16 +104,4 @@ void die(char *text, int exit_value)
         exit(exit_value);
 }
 
-int sasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-        va_list args;
-        int result;
-
-        va_start(args, fmt);
-        if ((result = vasprintf(strp, fmt, args)) == -1)
-                die("asprintf failed", EXIT_FAILURE);
-        va_end(args);
-        return result;
-}
-
 /* vim: set ts=8 sw=8 tw=0: */
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 39894ee..c1e1c90 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ char **string_to_argv(const char *s);
 void die(char *msg, int exit_value);
 
 int digit_count(int i);
-
-int sasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...);
 #endif
 
 /* vim: set ts=8 sw=8 tw=0: */