diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index 5762c20..2f0f7ca 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
     }
 
     tmp_ptr = *ex_ptr;
-    *ex_ptr = (struct ex_list *)malloc(sizeof(struct ex_list));
+    *ex_ptr = g_new(struct ex_list, 1);
     (*ex_ptr)->ex_fport = port;
     (*ex_ptr)->ex_addr = addr;
     (*ex_ptr)->ex_pty = do_pty;
-    (*ex_ptr)->ex_exec = (do_pty == 3) ? exec : strdup(exec);
+    (*ex_ptr)->ex_exec = (do_pty == 3) ? exec : g_strdup(exec);
     (*ex_ptr)->ex_next = tmp_ptr;
     return 0;
 }
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
                     bptr++;
                 c = *bptr;
                 *bptr++ = (char)0;
-                argv[i++] = strdup(curarg);
+                argv[i++] = g_strdup(curarg);
             } while (c);
 
         argv[i] = NULL;
@@ -223,18 +223,6 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_STRDUP
-char *strdup(str) const char *str;
-{
-    char *bptr;
-
-    bptr = (char *)malloc(strlen(str) + 1);
-    strcpy(bptr, str);
-
-    return bptr;
-}
-#endif
-
 void slirp_connection_info(Slirp *slirp, Monitor *mon)
 {
     const char *const tcpstates[] = {
diff --git a/misc.h b/misc.h
index a205e2f..706e633 100644
--- a/misc.h
+++ b/misc.h
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
     struct ex_list *ex_next;
 };
 
-#ifndef HAVE_STRDUP
-char *strdup(const char *);
-#endif
-
 #define EMU_NONE 0x0
 
 /* TCP emulations */
diff --git a/slirp_config.h b/slirp_config.h
index 594c7af..7ee351e 100644
--- a/slirp_config.h
+++ b/slirp_config.h
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@
 /* Define if you have strerror */
 #define HAVE_STRERROR
 
-/* Define if you have strdup() */
-#define HAVE_STRDUP
-
 /* Define according to how time.h should be included */
 #define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME 0
 #undef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H