diff -up ./src/util.c.orig ./src/util.c
--- gob2-2.0.16/src/util.c.orig	2009-11-24 13:20:39.000000000 +1000
+++ gob2-2.0.16/src/util.c	2009-11-24 13:35:54.000000000 +1000
@@ -81,13 +81,17 @@ remove_sep(const char *base)
 {
 	char *p;
 	char *s = g_strdup(base);
+	char *q=s;
 
 	/* don't eat C++ :: thingies */
 	if (for_cpp && strstr (s, "::") != NULL)
 		return s;
 
-	while((p = strchr(s, ':')))
-		strcpy(p, p+1);
+	for(p=(char *)base;*p;p++){
+		if (*p!=':')
+			*q++=*p;
+	}
+	*q='\0';
 	return s;
 }