diff --git a/src/openalpr/support/re2/util/strutil.cc b/src/openalpr/support/re2/util/strutil.cc
index ab28df7..a09701e 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/support/re2/util/strutil.cc
+++ b/src/openalpr/support/re2/util/strutil.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ int CEscapeString(const char* src, int src_len, char* dest,
 		  #ifdef WIN32
 		  sprintf_s(dest + used, dest_len, "\\%03o", c);
 		  #else
-		  std::sprintf(dest + used, "\\%03o", c);
+		  sprintf(dest + used, "\\%03o", c);
 		  #endif
           
           used += 4;