diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
index 9964231bb7..9ca1e6ddd7 100644
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ snprintf
 socket
 stat-time
 stdarg
-stpcpy
 strchrnul
 strdup-posix
 strndup
diff --git a/src/util/virerror.c b/src/util/virerror.c
index 77f76a9abf..3bb9d1d32c 100644
--- a/src/util/virerror.c
+++ b/src/util/virerror.c
@@ -1367,8 +1367,9 @@ void virReportSystemErrorFull(int domcode,
 
         size_t len = strlen(errnoDetail);
         if (0 <= n && n + 2 + len < sizeof(msgDetailBuf)) {
-          char *p = msgDetailBuf + n;
-          stpcpy(stpcpy(p, ": "), errnoDetail);
+          strcpy(msgDetailBuf + n, ": ");
+          n += 2;
+          strcpy(msgDetailBuf + n, errnoDetail);
           msgDetail = msgDetailBuf;
         }
     }