diff --git a/src/ui/chatwin.c b/src/ui/chatwin.c
index 4b0fd889..ac1a83d7 100644
--- a/src/ui/chatwin.c
+++ b/src/ui/chatwin.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ chatwin_outgoing_msg(ProfChatWin *chatwin, const char *const message, char *id,
     if (request_receipt && id) {
         win_print_outgoing_with_receipt((ProfWin*)chatwin, enc_char, "me", message, id, replace_id);
     } else {
-        win_print_outgoing((ProfWin*)chatwin, enc_char, id, replace_id, "%s", message);
+        win_print_outgoing((ProfWin*)chatwin, enc_char, id, replace_id, message);
     }
 
     // save last id and message for LMC
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ chatwin_outgoing_carbon(ProfChatWin *chatwin, ProfMessage *message)
 
     ProfWin *window = (ProfWin*)chatwin;
 
-    win_print_outgoing(window, enc_char, message->id, message->replace_id, "%s", message->plain);
+    win_print_outgoing(window, enc_char, message->id, message->replace_id, message->plain);
     int num = wins_get_num(window);
     status_bar_active(num, WIN_CHAT, chatwin->barejid);
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/privwin.c b/src/ui/privwin.c
index 8fc1bcc7..b05c67cf 100644
--- a/src/ui/privwin.c
+++ b/src/ui/privwin.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ privwin_outgoing_msg(ProfPrivateWin *privwin, const char *const message)
 {
     assert(privwin != NULL);
 
-    win_print_outgoing((ProfWin*)privwin, '-', NULL, NULL ,"%s", message);
+    win_print_outgoing((ProfWin*)privwin, '-', NULL, NULL , message);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/ui/window.c b/src/ui/window.c
index a1c71241..8039ab8f 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.c
+++ b/src/ui/window.c
@@ -1196,26 +1196,19 @@ win_print_outgoing_muc_msg(ProfWin *window, char ch, const char *const me, const
 }
 
 void
-win_print_outgoing(ProfWin *window, const char ch, const char *const id, const char *const replace_id, const char *const message, ...)
+win_print_outgoing(ProfWin *window, const char ch, const char *const id, const char *const replace_id, const char *const message)
 {
+    //TODO: we always use current timestamp here. instead of the message->timestamp one if available. i think somewhere else we check whether it exists first.
     GDateTime *timestamp = g_date_time_new_now_local();
 
-    va_list arg;
-    va_start(arg, message);
-    GString *fmt_msg = g_string_new(NULL);
-    g_string_vprintf(fmt_msg, message, arg);
-
     if (replace_id) {
-        _win_correct(window, fmt_msg->str, id, replace_id);
+        _win_correct(window, message, id, replace_id);
     } else {
-        _win_printf(window, ch, 0, timestamp, 0, THEME_TEXT_THEM, "me", id, "%s", fmt_msg->str);
+        _win_printf(window, ch, 0, timestamp, 0, THEME_TEXT_THEM, "me", id, "%s", message);
     }
 
     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 2bd11621..25cfbbbf 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.h
+++ b/src/ui/window.h
@@ -63,17 +63,15 @@ void win_show_status_string(ProfWin *window, const char *const from,
     const char *const default_show);
 
 void win_print_them(ProfWin *window, theme_item_t theme_item, char ch, int flags, const char *const them);
+void win_print_incoming(ProfWin *window, const char *const from, ProfMessage *message);
+void win_print_outgoing(ProfWin *window, const char ch, const char *const id, const char *const replace_id, const char *const message);
+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_outgoing(ProfWin *window, const char ch, const char *const id, const char *const replace_id, const char *const message, ...);
-void win_print_incoming(ProfWin *window, const char *const from, ProfMessage *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);
 
-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_newline(ProfWin *window);
 void win_redraw(ProfWin *window);
 int win_roster_cols(void);