diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index 8fc5727168..80e9b9dba8 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -1911,34 +1911,19 @@ static void x86_cpu_parse_featurestr(CPUState *cs, char *features,
     }
 }
 
-/* generate a composite string into buf of all cpuid names in featureset
- * selected by fbits.  indicate truncation at bufsize in the event of overflow.
- * if flags, suppress names undefined in featureset.
+/* Print all cpuid feature names in featureset
  */
-static void listflags(char *buf, int bufsize, uint32_t fbits,
-                      const char **featureset, uint32_t flags)
+static void listflags(FILE *f, fprintf_function print, const char **featureset)
 {
-    const char **p = &featureset[31];
-    char *q, *b, bit;
-    int nc;
+    int bit;
+    bool first = true;
 
-    b = 4 <= bufsize ? buf + (bufsize -= 3) - 1 : NULL;
-    *buf = '\0';
-    for (q = buf, bit = 31; fbits && bufsize; --p, fbits &= ~(1 << bit), --bit)
-        if (fbits & 1 << bit && (*p || !flags)) {
-            if (*p)
-                nc = snprintf(q, bufsize, "%s%s", q == buf ? "" : " ", *p);
-            else
-                nc = snprintf(q, bufsize, "%s[%d]", q == buf ? "" : " ", bit);
-            if (bufsize <= nc) {
-                if (b) {
-                    memcpy(b, "...", sizeof("..."));
-                }
-                return;
-            }
-            q += nc;
-            bufsize -= nc;
+    for (bit = 0; bit < 32; bit++) {
+        if (featureset[bit]) {
+            print(f, "%s%s", first ? "" : " ", featureset[bit]);
+            first = false;
         }
+    }
 }
 
 /* generate CPU information. */
@@ -1963,8 +1948,9 @@ void x86_cpu_list(FILE *f, fprintf_function cpu_fprintf)
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(feature_word_info); i++) {
         FeatureWordInfo *fw = &feature_word_info[i];
 
-        listflags(buf, sizeof(buf), (uint32_t)~0, fw->feat_names, 1);
-        (*cpu_fprintf)(f, "  %s\n", buf);
+        (*cpu_fprintf)(f, "  ");
+        listflags(f, cpu_fprintf, fw->feat_names);
+        (*cpu_fprintf)(f, "\n");
     }
 }