diff --git a/src/acfutils/helpers.h b/src/acfutils/helpers.h
index a6da64f9..c1d4d77c 100644
--- a/src/acfutils/helpers.h
+++ b/src/acfutils/helpers.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include <dirent.h>	/* to bring in DIR, opendir, readdir & friends */
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
-#include <time.h>
 
 #if	IBM
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "math_core.h"
 #include "sysmacros.h"
 #include "safe_alloc.h"
+#include "time.h"
 #include "types.h"
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
diff --git a/src/acfutils/safe_alloc.h b/src/acfutils/safe_alloc.h
index f49e4012..77945d47 100644
--- a/src/acfutils/safe_alloc.h
+++ b/src/acfutils/safe_alloc.h
@@ -92,11 +92,13 @@ safe_realloc(void *oldptr, size_t size)
 static inline char *
 safe_strdup(const char *str2)
 {
-	char *str = strdup(str2);
-	if (str2 != NULL) {
-		VERIFY_MSG(str != NULL, "Cannot allocate %lu bytes: "
-		    "out of memory", (long unsigned)strlen(str2) + 1);
-	}
+	char *str;
+	int l;
+	ASSERT(str2 != NULL);
+	l = strlen(str2);
+	str = (char *)safe_malloc(l + 1);
+	memcpy(str, str2, l);
+	str[l] = '\0';
 	return (str);
 }