diff --git a/src/ui/chatwin.c b/src/ui/chatwin.c
index ac1a83d7..3aeff951 100644
--- a/src/ui/chatwin.c
+++ b/src/ui/chatwin.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ _chatwin_history(ProfChatWin *chatwin, const char *const contact)
                 char mm[3]; memcpy(mm, &line[3], 2); mm[2] = '\0'; int imm = atoi(mm);
                 char ss[3]; memcpy(ss, &line[6], 2); ss[2] = '\0'; int iss = atoi(ss);
                 GDateTime *timestamp = g_date_time_new_local(iyy, imo, idd, ihh, imm, iss);
-                win_print_history((ProfWin*)chatwin, timestamp, "%s", curr->data+11);
+                win_print_history((ProfWin*)chatwin, timestamp, curr->data+11);
                 g_date_time_unref(timestamp);
             // header, containing the date from filename "21/10/2019:"
             } else {
diff --git a/src/ui/mucwin.c b/src/ui/mucwin.c
index beb4a4e1..f1370c88 100644
--- a/src/ui/mucwin.c
+++ b/src/ui/mucwin.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ mucwin_history(ProfMucWin *mucwin, const char *const nick, GDateTime *timestamp,
         g_string_append(line, message);
     }
 
-    win_print_history(window, timestamp, "%s", line->str);
+    win_print_history(window, timestamp, line->str);
     g_string_free(line, TRUE);
 
     plugins_on_room_history_message(mucwin->roomjid, nick, message, timestamp);
diff --git a/src/ui/window.c b/src/ui/window.c
index 1ecbee40..8b948dbd 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.c
+++ b/src/ui/window.c
@@ -1196,23 +1196,15 @@ win_print_outgoing(ProfWin *window, const char ch, const char *const id, const c
 }
 
 void
-win_print_history(ProfWin *window, GDateTime *timestamp, const char *const message, ...)
+win_print_history(ProfWin *window, GDateTime *timestamp, const char *const message)
 {
     g_date_time_ref(timestamp);
 
-    va_list arg;
-    va_start(arg, message);
-    GString *fmt_msg = g_string_new(NULL);
-    g_string_vprintf(fmt_msg, message, arg);
-
-    buffer_append(window->layout->buffer, '-', 0, timestamp, 0, THEME_TEXT_HISTORY, "", fmt_msg->str, NULL, NULL);
-    _win_print_internal(window, '-', 0, timestamp, 0, THEME_TEXT_HISTORY, "", fmt_msg->str, NULL);
+    buffer_append(window->layout->buffer, '-', 0, timestamp, 0, THEME_TEXT_HISTORY, "", message, NULL, NULL);
+    _win_print_internal(window, '-', 0, timestamp, 0, THEME_TEXT_HISTORY, "", message, NULL);
 
     inp_nonblocking(TRUE);
     g_date_time_unref(timestamp);
-
-    g_string_free(fmt_msg, TRUE);
-    va_end(arg);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/ui/window.h b/src/ui/window.h
index a5b79188..7927e009 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.h
+++ b/src/ui/window.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void win_print_outgoing(ProfWin *window, const char ch, const char *const id, co
 void win_print_outgoing_with_receipt(ProfWin *window, const char show_char, const char *const from, const char *const message, char *id, const char *const replace_id);
 void win_println_incoming_muc_msg(ProfWin *window, char ch, int flags, const char *const them, const char *const id, const char *const replace_id, const char *const message);
 void win_print_outgoing_muc_msg(ProfWin *window, char ch, const char *const me, const char *const id, const char *const replace_id, const char *const message);
-void win_print_history(ProfWin *window, GDateTime *timestamp, const char *const message, ...);
+void win_print_history(ProfWin *window, GDateTime *timestamp, const char *const message);
 
 void win_print_http_upload(ProfWin *window, const char *const message, char *url);