diff --git a/src/bin/e_start_main.c b/src/bin/e_start_main.c
index a1602fc31..da6cd0afe 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_start_main.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_start_main.c
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ prefix_determine(char *argv0)
 		  _prefix_path = malloc(p - _exe_path + 1);
 		  if (_prefix_path)
 		    {
-		       ecore_strlcpy(_prefix_path, _exe_path, p - _exe_path + 1);
+		       strncpy(_prefix_path, _exe_path, p - _exe_path);
+		       _prefix_path[p - _exe_path] = 0;
 		       return 1;
 		    }
 		  else