diff --git a/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-translator.cpp b/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-translator.cpp
index 90b9a3e2f..6568e9d73 100644
--- a/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-translator.cpp
+++ b/src/hd-rum-translator/hd-rum-translator.cpp
@@ -888,11 +888,9 @@ public:
                                 log_msg(LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE, "Removing participant\n");
                                 std::string msg = "delete-port ";
                                 auto addr = reinterpret_cast<struct sockaddr *>(&it->addr);
-                                char addr_str[128];
-                                get_sockaddr_addr_str(addr, addr_str, sizeof(addr_str));
-                                char *replica_name = get_replica_mod_name(addr_str, get_sockaddr_addr_port(addr));
-                                msg += replica_name;
-                                free(replica_name);
+                                char replica_name[ADDR_STR_BUF_LEN];
+                                msg += get_sockaddr_str(addr, replica_name,
+                                                        sizeof replica_name);
 
                                 std::swap(*it, participants.back());
                                 participants.pop_back();
diff --git a/src/utils/net.c b/src/utils/net.c
index 35b58891e..55c3b09b9 100644
--- a/src/utils/net.c
+++ b/src/utils/net.c
@@ -411,7 +411,9 @@ bool is_ipv6_supported(void)
         return true;
 }
 
-unsigned get_sockaddr_addr_port(const struct sockaddr *sa){
+static unsigned
+get_sockaddr_addr_port(const struct sockaddr *sa)
+{
         unsigned port = 0;
         if (sa->sa_family == AF_INET6) {
                 port = ntohs(((const struct sockaddr_in6 *) (const void *) sa)
@@ -426,13 +428,9 @@ unsigned get_sockaddr_addr_port(const struct sockaddr *sa){
         return port;
 }
 
-/**
- * @returns the input buffer (buf)
- */
-char *
+static char *
 get_sockaddr_addr_str(const struct sockaddr *sa, char *buf, size_t n)
 {
-        assert(n >= IN6_MAX_ASCII_LEN + 3 /* []: */ + 1 /* \0 */);
         const void *src = NULL;
         if (sa->sa_family == AF_INET6) {
                 snprintf(buf, n, "[");
@@ -458,11 +456,13 @@ get_sockaddr_addr_str(const struct sockaddr *sa, char *buf, size_t n)
 }
 
 /**
+ * @param n size of buf; must be at least ADDR_STR_BUF_LEN
  * @returns the input buffer (buf)
  */
 char *
 get_sockaddr_str(const struct sockaddr *sa, char *buf, size_t n)
 {
+        assert(n >= ADDR_STR_BUF_LEN);
         get_sockaddr_addr_str(sa, buf, n);
 
         unsigned port = get_sockaddr_addr_port(sa);
diff --git a/src/utils/net.h b/src/utils/net.h
index 62b711ca4..df7c71017 100644
--- a/src/utils/net.h
+++ b/src/utils/net.h
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ bool is_host_private(const char *hostname);
 uint16_t socket_get_recv_port(int fd);
 bool get_local_addresses(struct sockaddr_storage *addrs, size_t *len, int ip_version);
 bool is_ipv6_supported(void);
-char *get_sockaddr_addr_str(const struct sockaddr *sa, char *buf, size_t n);
-unsigned get_sockaddr_addr_port(const struct sockaddr *sa);
 char *get_sockaddr_str(const struct sockaddr *sa, char *buf, size_t n);
 const char *ug_gai_strerror(int errcode);