diff --git a/common/hush.c b/common/hush.c
index dab9b04..68c3ecc 100644
--- a/common/hush.c
+++ b/common/hush.c
@@ -402,7 +402,12 @@
 static int b_adduint(o_string *o, unsigned int i)
 {
 	int r;
-	char *p = simple_itoa(i);
+	/* 21 digits plus null terminator, good for 64-bit or smaller
+	 * ints */
+	char number[22];
+	char *p = number;
+
+	snprintf(number, sizeof(number), "%u", i);
 
 	/* no escape checking necessary */
 	do {
diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index 1f6afaa..d05c190 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -29,6 +29,4 @@
 
 int process_escape_sequence(const char *source, char *dest, int destlen);
 
-char *simple_itoa(unsigned int i);
-
 #endif /* __LIBBB_H */
diff --git a/lib/libbb.c b/lib/libbb.c
index 239611c..d0c9bf4 100644
--- a/lib/libbb.c
+++ b/lib/libbb.c
@@ -112,17 +112,3 @@
 	return strncpy(dst, src, size);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(safe_strncpy);
-
-char *simple_itoa(unsigned int i)
-{
-	/* 21 digits plus null terminator, good for 64-bit or smaller ints */
-	static char local[22];
-	char *p = &local[21];
-	*p-- = '\0';
-	do {
-		*p-- = '0' + i % 10;
-		i /= 10;
-	} while (i > 0);
-	return p + 1;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_itoa);