diff --git a/src/mcconfig/common.c b/src/mcconfig/common.c
index fdd392bbe..6aaf25968 100644
--- a/src/mcconfig/common.c
+++ b/src/mcconfig/common.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <string.h> /* strerror() */
 #include <errno.h> /* extern int errno */
 
 
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ mc_config_new_or_override_file (mc_config_t * mc_config, const gchar * ini_path,
 
     fd = mc_open (ini_path, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_SYNC, 0);
     if (fd == -1) {
-        g_propagate_error (error, g_error_new (mc_main_error_quark() ,0, "%s", strerror(errno)));
+        g_propagate_error (error, g_error_new (mc_main_error_quark() ,0, unix_error_string (errno)));
         return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ mc_config_new_or_override_file (mc_config_t * mc_config, const gchar * ini_path,
 
     if (cur_written == -1) {
         mc_util_restore_from_backup_if_possible (ini_path, "~");
-        g_propagate_error (error, g_error_new (mc_main_error_quark() ,0, "%s", strerror(errno)));
+        g_propagate_error (error, g_error_new (mc_main_error_quark() ,0, unix_error_string (errno)));
         return FALSE;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 08c577715..37f3e8e3f 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -720,17 +720,13 @@ const char *
 unix_error_string (int error_num)
 {
     static char buffer [BUF_LARGE];
-#if GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION >= 2
     gchar *strerror_currentlocale;
-	
+
     strerror_currentlocale = g_locale_from_utf8(g_strerror (error_num), -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     g_snprintf (buffer, sizeof (buffer), "%s (%d)",
 		strerror_currentlocale, error_num);
     g_free(strerror_currentlocale);
-#else
-    g_snprintf (buffer, sizeof (buffer), "%s (%d)",
-		g_strerror (error_num), error_num);
-#endif
+
     return buffer;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/viewer/hex.c b/src/viewer/hex.c
index 41cdd6c2b..226292943 100644
--- a/src/viewer/hex.c
+++ b/src/viewer/hex.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ mcview_hexedit_save_changes (mcview_t * view)
     }
 
     if (mc_close (fp) == -1) {
-        error = g_strdup (strerror (errno));
+        error = g_strdup (unix_error_string (errno));
         message (D_ERROR, _(" Save file "),
                  _(" Error while closing the file: \n %s \n"
                    " Data may have been written or not. "), error);
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ mcview_hexedit_save_changes (mcview_t * view)
     return TRUE;
 
   save_error:
-    error = g_strdup (strerror (errno));
+    error = g_strdup (unix_error_string (errno));
     text = g_strdup_printf (_(" Cannot save file: \n %s "), error);
     g_free (error);
     (void) mc_close (fp);