diff --git a/gst/gstbuffer.c b/gst/gstbuffer.c
index de78b71809..8c46fa438a 100644
--- a/gst/gstbuffer.c
+++ b/gst/gstbuffer.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ _replace_memory (GstBuffer * buffer, guint len, guint idx, guint length,
   }
 
   if (end < len) {
-    g_memmove (&GST_BUFFER_MEM_PTR (buffer, idx),
+    memmove (&GST_BUFFER_MEM_PTR (buffer, idx),
         &GST_BUFFER_MEM_PTR (buffer, end), (len - end) * sizeof (gpointer));
   }
   GST_BUFFER_MEM_LEN (buffer) = len - length;
diff --git a/gst/gstinfo.c b/gst/gstinfo.c
index c5a03d3d00..838091c3cc 100644
--- a/gst/gstinfo.c
+++ b/gst/gstinfo.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ prettify_structure_string (gchar * str)
     if (count > MAX_BUFFER_DUMP_STRING_LEN) {
       memcpy (pos + MAX_BUFFER_DUMP_STRING_LEN - 6, "..", 2);
       memcpy (pos + MAX_BUFFER_DUMP_STRING_LEN - 4, pos + count - 4, 4);
-      g_memmove (pos + MAX_BUFFER_DUMP_STRING_LEN, pos + count,
+      memmove (pos + MAX_BUFFER_DUMP_STRING_LEN, pos + count,
           strlen (pos + count) + 1);
       pos += MAX_BUFFER_DUMP_STRING_LEN;
     }
@@ -2153,7 +2153,7 @@ __gst_info_fallback_vasprintf (char **result, char const *format, va_list args)
       continue;
     }
     len = strlen (c + 4);
-    g_memmove (c + 2, c + 4, len + 1);
+    memmove (c + 2, c + 4, len + 1);
     c += 2;
   }
   while ((c = strstr (clean_format, "%P")))     /* old GST_PTR_FORMAT */
diff --git a/gst/gsturi.c b/gst/gsturi.c
index 234a27dbe8..2abcec6aa1 100644
--- a/gst/gsturi.c
+++ b/gst/gsturi.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ gst_uri_get_location (const gchar * uri)
       g_ascii_isalpha (unescaped[1]) &&
       (unescaped[2] == ':' || unescaped[2] == '|')) {
     unescaped[2] = ':';
-    g_memmove (unescaped, unescaped + 1, strlen (unescaped + 1) + 1);
+    memmove (unescaped, unescaped + 1, strlen (unescaped + 1) + 1);
   }
 #endif
 
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ gst_file_utils_canonicalise_path (const gchar * path)
     if (strcmp (*p, ".") == 0) {
       /* just move all following parts on top of this, incl. NUL terminator */
       g_free (*p);
-      g_memmove (p, p + 1, (g_strv_length (p + 1) + 1) * sizeof (gchar *));
+      memmove (p, p + 1, (g_strv_length (p + 1) + 1) * sizeof (gchar *));
       /* re-check the new current part again in the next iteration */
       continue;
     } else if (strcmp (*p, "..") == 0 && p > parts) {
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ gst_file_utils_canonicalise_path (const gchar * path)
        * NUL terminator */
       g_free (*(p - 1));
       g_free (*p);
-      g_memmove (p - 1, p + 1, (g_strv_length (p + 1) + 1) * sizeof (gchar *));
+      memmove (p - 1, p + 1, (g_strv_length (p + 1) + 1) * sizeof (gchar *));
       /* re-check the new current part again in the next iteration */
       --p;
       continue;
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ gst_file_utils_canonicalise_path (const gchar * path)
 
     num_parts = g_strv_length (parts) + 1;      /* incl. terminator */
     parts = g_renew (gchar *, parts, num_parts + 1);
-    g_memmove (parts + 1, parts, num_parts * sizeof (gchar *));
+    memmove (parts + 1, parts, num_parts * sizeof (gchar *));
     parts[0] = g_strdup ("/");
   }