diff --git a/lib/gshadow.c b/lib/gshadow.c
index c17af67f..ca14449a 100644
--- a/lib/gshadow.c
+++ b/lib/gshadow.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void endsgent (void)
 		sgrbuflen = len;
 	}
 
-	strlcpy (sgrbuf, string, len);
+	strcpy (sgrbuf, string);
 
 	cp = strrchr (sgrbuf, '\n');
 	if (NULL != cp) {