diff --git a/src/bind_config.c b/src/bind_config.c
index 3959cc22c..929e4cca0 100644
--- a/src/bind_config.c
+++ b/src/bind_config.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <platform.h>
 #include <kernel/config.h>
 #include <kernel/jsonconf.h>
+#include <util/bsdstring.h>
 #include <util/log.h>
 #include <util/language.h>
 #include <cJSON.h>
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ int config_parse(const char *json)
             if (xp >= ep) break;
         }
         xp = (ep > json + 10) ? ep - 10 : json;
-        strncpy(buffer, xp, sizeof(buffer));
+        strlcpy(buffer, xp, sizeof(buffer));
         buffer[9] = 0;
         log_error("json parse error in line %d, position %d, near `%s`\n", line, ep - lp, buffer);
     }
diff --git a/src/helpers.c b/src/helpers.c
index aa9bc12eb..e9502e075 100644
--- a/src/helpers.c
+++ b/src/helpers.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static int lua_callspell(castorder * co)
     if (hashpos != NULL) {
         ptrdiff_t len = hashpos - fname;
         assert(len < (ptrdiff_t) sizeof(fbuf));
-        strncpy(fbuf, fname, len);
+        memcpy(fbuf, fname, len);
         fbuf[len] = '\0';
         fname = fbuf;
     }
diff --git a/src/util/log.test.c b/src/util/log.test.c
index 95cbefa96..55616c026 100644
--- a/src/util/log.test.c
+++ b/src/util/log.test.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ void log_string(void *data, int level, const char *module, const char *format, v
     unused_arg(format);
     unused_arg(module);
     unused_arg(level);
-    strncpy(str, arg, 32);
+    strcpy(str, arg);
 }
 
 static void test_logging(CuTest * tc)