diff --git a/public/crtlib.c b/public/crtlib.c
index b88d2c10..5da88167 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.c
+++ b/public/crtlib.c
@@ -134,35 +134,6 @@ size_t Q_strncat( char *dst, const char *src, size_t size )
 	return( dlen + ( s - src )); // count does not include NULL
 }
 
-size_t Q_strncpy( char *dst, const char *src, size_t size )
-{
-	register char	*d = dst;
-	register const char	*s = src;
-	register size_t	n = size;
-
-	if( !dst || !src || !size )
-		return 0;
-
-	// copy as many bytes as will fit
-	if( n != 0 && --n != 0 )
-	{
-		do
-		{
-			if(( *d++ = *s++ ) == 0 )
-				break;
-		} while( --n != 0 );
-	}
-
-	// not enough room in dst, add NULL and traverse rest of src
-	if( n == 0 )
-	{
-		if( size != 0 )
-			*d = '\0'; // NULL-terminate dst
-		while( *s++ );
-	}
-	return ( s - src - 1 ); // count does not include NULL
-}
-
 int Q_atoi( const char *str )
 {
 	int val = 0;
diff --git a/public/crtlib.h b/public/crtlib.h
index b90fc182..6152aa80 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.h
+++ b/public/crtlib.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ size_t Q_colorstr( const char *string );
 char Q_toupper( const char in );
 char Q_tolower( const char in );
 size_t Q_strncat( char *dst, const char *src, size_t siz );
-size_t Q_strncpy( char *dst, const char *src, size_t siz );
 qboolean Q_isdigit( const char *str );
 qboolean Q_isspace( const char *str );
 int Q_atoi( const char *str );
@@ -123,6 +122,25 @@ static inline char *Q_strstr( const char *s1, const char *s2 )
 	return unlikely( !s1 || !s2 ) ? NULL : (char*)strstr( s1, s2 );
 }
 
+// Q_strncpy is the same as strlcpy
+static inline size_t Q_strncpy( char *dst, const char *src, size_t siz )
+{
+	size_t len;
+
+	if( unlikely( !dst || !src || !siz ))
+		return 0;
+
+	len = strlen( src );
+	if( len + 1 > siz ) // check if truncate
+	{
+		memcpy( dst, src, siz - 1 );
+		dst[siz - 1] = 0;
+	}
+	else memcpy( dst, src, len + 1 );
+
+	return len; // count does not include NULL
+}
+
 // libc extensions, be careful
 
 #if XASH_WIN32