diff --git a/os/src/server/nitpicker/common/view.cc b/os/src/server/nitpicker/common/view.cc
index 27192d438..67aa0e416 100644
--- a/os/src/server/nitpicker/common/view.cc
+++ b/os/src/server/nitpicker/common/view.cc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static void draw_frame(Canvas &canvas, Rect r, Color color, int frame_size)
 
 void View::title(const char *title)
 {
-	Nitpicker::strncpy(_title, title, TITLE_LEN);
+	Genode::strncpy(_title, title, TITLE_LEN);
 
 	/* calculate label size, the position is defined by the view stack */
 	_label_rect = Rect(Point(0, 0), label_size(_session.label(), _title));
diff --git a/os/src/server/nitpicker/include/session.h b/os/src/server/nitpicker/include/session.h
index d40452632..cd768fa35 100644
--- a/os/src/server/nitpicker/include/session.h
+++ b/os/src/server/nitpicker/include/session.h
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
 
 /* Genode includes */
 #include <util/list.h>
-
-/* local includes */
-#include "string.h"
+#include <util/string.h>
 
 class Texture;
 class View;
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ class Session : public Session_list::Element
 		:
 			_color(color), _texture(texture), _background(0),
 			_v_offset(v_offset), _input_mask(input_mask), _stay_top(stay_top) {
-			Nitpicker::strncpy(_label, label, sizeof(_label)); }
+			Genode::strncpy(_label, label, sizeof(_label)); }
 
 		virtual ~Session() { }
 
diff --git a/os/src/server/nitpicker/include/string.h b/os/src/server/nitpicker/include/string.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 57fe00f76..000000000
--- a/os/src/server/nitpicker/include/string.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * \brief  Nitpicker string functions
- * \author Norman Feske
- * \date   2006-08-09
- *
- * These custom versions of standard string functions are provided
- * to make Nitpicker independent from the C library. Note that the
- * functions are not 100% compatible with their libC counterparts.
- */
-
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Genode Labs GmbH
- *
- * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
- */
-
-#ifndef _STRING_H_
-#define _STRING_H_
-
-namespace Nitpicker {
-
-	inline void strncpy(char *dst, const char *src, unsigned n)
-	{
-		unsigned i;
-		for (i = 0; (i + 1 < n) && src[i]; i++)
-			dst[i] = src[i];
-
-		/* null-terminate string */
-		if (n > 0) dst[i] = 0;
-	}
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/os/src/server/nitpicker/include/view.h b/os/src/server/nitpicker/include/view.h
index 2794948b8..5eb2f8f7e 100644
--- a/os/src/server/nitpicker/include/view.h
+++ b/os/src/server/nitpicker/include/view.h
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 #ifndef _VIEW_H_
 #define _VIEW_H_
 
+#include <util/string.h>
 #include <nitpicker_gfx/canvas.h>
 #include <nitpicker_gfx/geometry.h>
 
 #include "list.h"
 #include "mode.h"
-#include "string.h"
 #include "session.h"
 
 class Buffer;