diff --git a/Source/build.cpp b/Source/build.cpp
index a068e529..8f08324e 100644
--- a/Source/build.cpp
+++ b/Source/build.cpp
@@ -501,15 +501,8 @@ string get_executable_path(const char* argv0) {
 #endif
 }
 
-string get_dirname(const string& path) {
-  string::size_type last_separator_pos = path.rfind(PLATFORM_PATH_SEPARATOR_C);
-  if (last_separator_pos == string::npos)
-    return path;
-  return path.substr(0, last_separator_pos);
-}
-
 string get_executable_dir(const char *argv0) {
-  return get_dirname(get_executable_path(argv0));
+  return get_dir_name(get_executable_path(argv0));
 }
 
 } // end anonymous namespace
@@ -2247,13 +2240,10 @@ int CEXEBuild::check_write_output_errors() const
     return PS_ERROR;
   }
 
+  if (!build_sections.getlen())
   {
-    int ns=build_sections.getlen()/sizeof(section);
-    if (!ns)
-    {
-      ERROR_MSG("Error: invalid script: no sections specified\n");
-      return PS_ERROR;
-    }
+    ERROR_MSG("Error: invalid script: no sections specified\n");
+    return PS_ERROR;
   }
 
   if (!build_entries.getlen())
diff --git a/Source/makenssi.cpp b/Source/makenssi.cpp
index a24249dc..a90f1b51 100644
--- a/Source/makenssi.cpp
+++ b/Source/makenssi.cpp
@@ -329,32 +329,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
           }
           if (do_cd)
           {
-            char dirbuf[1024]="";
-            char *p;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-            GetFullPathName(sfile,sizeof(dirbuf),dirbuf,&p);
-            p=CharPrev(dirbuf,p);
-#else
-            getcwd(dirbuf,sizeof(dirbuf)-strlen(sfile)-2);
-            if (dirbuf[strlen(dirbuf)-1]!=PLATFORM_PATH_SEPARATOR_C)
-              strcat(dirbuf,PLATFORM_PATH_SEPARATOR_STR);
-            strcat(dirbuf,sfile);
-            p=strrchr(dirbuf,PLATFORM_PATH_SEPARATOR_C);
-#endif
-            if (!p) p=dirbuf;
-            *p=0;
-            if (dirbuf[0]) 
+            string dir = get_dir_name(get_full_path(sfile));
+            if (!dir.empty()) 
             {
               if (build.display_script) 
               {
-                fprintf(g_output,"Changing directory to: \"%s\"\n",dirbuf);
+                fprintf(g_output,"Changing directory to: \"%s\"\n",dir.c_str());
                 fflush(g_output);
               }
-              if (chdir(dirbuf))
+              if (chdir(dir.c_str()))
               {
                 if (build.display_errors)
                 {
-                  fprintf(g_output,"Error changing directory to \"%s\"\n",dirbuf);
+                  fprintf(g_output,"Error changing directory to \"%s\"\n",dir.c_str());
                   fflush(g_output);
                 }
                 return 1;
diff --git a/Source/script.cpp b/Source/script.cpp
index bb660b26..f12ac88d 100644
--- a/Source/script.cpp
+++ b/Source/script.cpp
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ char *CEXEBuild::set_timestamp_predefine(char *filename)
     definedlist.del("__TIMESTAMP__");
   }
 
-  char timestampbuf[256] = "";
 #ifdef _WIN32
+  char timestampbuf[256] = "";
   char datebuf[128] = "";
   char timebuf[128] = "";
   WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
@@ -83,13 +83,7 @@ char *CEXEBuild::set_timestamp_predefine(char *filename)
 #else
   struct stat st;
   if (!stat(filename, &st))
-  {
-    ctime_r(&st.st_mtime, timestampbuf);
-    char *p = timestampbuf + strlen(timestampbuf);
-    while (!*p || *p == '\n')
-      *p-- = 0;
-    definedlist.add("__TIMESTAMP__",timestampbuf);
-  }
+    definedlist.add("__TIMESTAMP__",ctime(&st.st_mtime));
 #endif
 
   return oldtimestamp;
diff --git a/Source/util.cpp b/Source/util.cpp
index 0d24e512..4306d69d 100644
--- a/Source/util.cpp
+++ b/Source/util.cpp
@@ -398,32 +398,6 @@ int wsprintf(char *s, const char *format, ...) {
   return res;
 }
 
-char *my_realpath(char *path)
-{
-#ifdef PATH_MAX
-  static char buffer[PATH_MAX];
-#else
-  int path_max = pathconf(path, _PC_PATH_MAX);
-  if (path_max <= 0)
-    path_max = 4096;
-  char *buffer = (char *) malloc(path_max);
-  if (!buffer)
-    return path;
-#endif
-  if (!realpath(path, buffer))
-    strcpy(buffer, path);
-  return buffer;
-}
-
-void my_free_realpath(char *path, char *buffer)
-{
-#ifndef PATH_MAX
-  if (buffer != path)
-    free(buffer);
-#endif
-}
-
-
 #define MY_ERROR_MSG(x) {if (g_display_errors) {fprintf(g_output,"%s", x);}}
 
 char *my_convert(const char *path)
@@ -523,11 +497,30 @@ string get_full_path(const string &path) {
   assert(rc <= 1024); // path size is limited by MAX_PATH (260)
   assert(rc != 0); // rc==0 in case of error
   return string(real_path);
-#else
-  // TODO: inline my_{,free_}realpath
-  char *real_path = my_realpath(path.c_str());
-  string result(real_path);
-  my_free_realpath(real_path);
+#else//_WIN32
+#ifdef PATH_MAX
+  static char buffer[PATH_MAX];
+#else//PATH_MAX
+  int path_max = pathconf(path, _PC_PATH_MAX);
+  if (path_max <= 0)
+    path_max = 4096;
+  char *buffer = (char *) malloc(path_max);
+  if (!buffer)
+    return string(path);
+#endif//PATH_MAX
+  if (!realpath(path.c_str(), buffer))
+    strcpy(buffer, path.c_str());
+  string result(buffer);
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+  free(buffer);
+#endif//!PATH_MAX
   return result;
 #endif//_WIN32
 }
+
+string get_dir_name(const string& path) {
+  string::size_type last_separator_pos = path.rfind(PLATFORM_PATH_SEPARATOR_C);
+  if (last_separator_pos == string::npos)
+    return path;
+  return path.substr(0, last_separator_pos);
+}
diff --git a/Source/util.h b/Source/util.h
index cbd78c77..12ca8ade 100644
--- a/Source/util.h
+++ b/Source/util.h
@@ -45,13 +45,12 @@ size_t my_strftime(char *s, size_t max, const char  *fmt, const struct tm *tm);
   (((x)&0x000000FF) << 24) )
 
 std::string get_full_path(const std::string &path);
+std::string get_dir_name(const std::string& path);
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 char *CharPrev(const char *s, const char *p);
 char *CharNext(const char *s);
 int wsprintf(char *s, const char *format, ...);
-char *my_realpath(char *path);
-void my_free_realpath(char *path, char *buffer);
 // iconv const inconsistency workaround by Alexandre Oliva
 template <typename T>
 inline size_t __iconv_adaptor