diff --git a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
index 706e803a25..36a7315880 100644
--- a/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/nwfilter_conf.c
@@ -966,8 +966,7 @@ ipsetValidator(enum attrDatatype datatype ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 {
     const char *errmsg = NULL;
 
-    if (virStrcpy(item->u.ipset.setname, val->c,
-                  sizeof(item->u.ipset.setname)) == NULL) {
+    if (virStrcpyStatic(item->u.ipset.setname, val->c) == NULL) {
         errmsg = _("ipset name is too long");
         goto arg_err_exit;
     }
diff --git a/src/util/virfdstream.c b/src/util/virfdstream.c
index 8189559964..f4777cfd12 100644
--- a/src/util/virfdstream.c
+++ b/src/util/virfdstream.c
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ int virFDStreamConnectUNIX(virStreamPtr st,
             goto error;
         sa.sun_path[0] = '\0';
     } else {
-        if (virStrcpy(sa.sun_path, path, sizeof(sa.sun_path)) == NULL)
+        if (virStrcpyStatic(sa.sun_path, path) == NULL)
             goto error;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/util/virlog.c b/src/util/virlog.c
index e008dd9c54..9d569057ae 100644
--- a/src/util/virlog.c
+++ b/src/util/virlog.c
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ virLogOnceInit(void)
      */
     r = gethostname(virLogHostname, sizeof(virLogHostname));
     if (r == -1) {
-        ignore_value(virStrcpy(virLogHostname,
-                               "(unknown)", sizeof(virLogHostname)));
+        ignore_value(virStrcpyStatic(virLogHostname, "(unknown)"));
     } else {
         NUL_TERMINATE(virLogHostname);
     }
@@ -1027,7 +1026,7 @@ virLogOutputToJournald(virLogSourcePtr source,
 
     memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
     sa.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-    if (!virStrcpy(sa.sun_path, "/run/systemd/journal/socket", sizeof(sa.sun_path)))
+    if (!virStrcpyStatic(sa.sun_path, "/run/systemd/journal/socket"))
         return;
 
     memset(&mh, 0, sizeof(mh));
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.c b/src/util/virnetdev.c
index c20022fbc9..57ebd0ec03 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdev.c
@@ -914,8 +914,7 @@ int virNetDevGetIndex(const char *ifname, int *ifindex)
 
     memset(&ifreq, 0, sizeof(ifreq));
 
-    if (virStrncpy(ifreq.ifr_name, ifname, strlen(ifname),
-                   sizeof(ifreq.ifr_name)) == NULL) {
+    if (virStrcpyStatic(ifreq.ifr_name, ifname) == NULL) {
         virReportSystemError(ERANGE,
                              _("invalid interface name %s"),
                              ifname);
diff --git a/src/xenconfig/xen_xl.c b/src/xenconfig/xen_xl.c
index f0d9177cec..807fe621d6 100644
--- a/src/xenconfig/xen_xl.c
+++ b/src/xenconfig/xen_xl.c
@@ -475,15 +475,12 @@ xenParseXLVnuma(virConfPtr conf,
                 data++;
 
                 if (*data) {
-                    size_t len;
                     char vtoken[64];
 
                     if (STRPREFIX(str, "pnode")) {
                         unsigned int cellid;
 
-                        len = strlen(data);
-                        if (!virStrncpy(vtoken, data,
-                                        len, sizeof(vtoken))) {
+                        if (!virStrcpyStatic(vtoken, data)) {
                             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                                            _("vnuma vnode %zu pnode '%s' too long for destination"),
                                            vnodeCnt, data);
@@ -499,9 +496,7 @@ xenParseXLVnuma(virConfPtr conf,
                         }
                         pnode = cellid;
                     } else if (STRPREFIX(str, "size")) {
-                        len = strlen(data);
-                        if (!virStrncpy(vtoken, data,
-                                        len, sizeof(vtoken))) {
+                        if (!virStrcpyStatic(vtoken, data)) {
                             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                                            _("vnuma vnode %zu size '%s' too long for destination"),
                                            vnodeCnt, data);
@@ -514,9 +509,7 @@ xenParseXLVnuma(virConfPtr conf,
                         virDomainNumaSetNodeMemorySize(numa, vnodeCnt, (kbsize * 1024));
 
                     } else if (STRPREFIX(str, "vcpus")) {
-                        len = strlen(data);
-                        if (!virStrncpy(vtoken, data,
-                                        len, sizeof(vtoken))) {
+                        if (!virStrcpyStatic(vtoken, data)) {
                             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                                            _("vnuma vnode %zu vcpus '%s' too long for destination"),
                                            vnodeCnt, data);
@@ -533,9 +526,7 @@ xenParseXLVnuma(virConfPtr conf,
                         size_t i, ndistances;
                         unsigned int value;
 
-                        len = strlen(data);
-                        if (!virStrncpy(vtoken, data,
-                                        len, sizeof(vtoken))) {
+                        if (!virStrcpyStatic(vtoken, data)) {
                             virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                                            _("vnuma vnode %zu vdistances '%s' too long for destination"),
                                            vnodeCnt, data);