diff --git a/include/dusk/string.hpp b/include/dusk/string.hpp
index f1a365ebbb..598ae83730 100644
--- a/include/dusk/string.hpp
+++ b/include/dusk/string.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@
 
 namespace dusk {
 
+inline void strncpyProxy(char* dst, const char* src, size_t count) {
+#if _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning(push)
+#pragma warning(disable : 4996)
+#endif
+    strncpy(dst, src, count);
+#if _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning(pop)
+#endif
+}
+
 /**
  * Copy a string to a fixed-size array.
  * Truncates if the destination is not large enough, always inserts a null terminator (padding the remainder of the buffer with zeroes.)
@@ -15,13 +26,8 @@ template <size_t BufSize>
 void SafeStringCopyTruncate(char (&buffer)[BufSize], const char* src) {
     static_assert(BufSize > 0, "Target buffer cannot be size zero");
 
-    // Can't just use strncpy as I can't figure out how to selectively mute the warnings on MSVC.
-    // And can't use strncpy_s on MSVC  as it doesn't fill the entire buffer.
-    constexpr size_t copyBufSize = BufSize - 1;
-    const auto srcLen = strlen(src);
-    const auto copyLen = srcLen > copyBufSize ? copyBufSize : srcLen;
-    memcpy(buffer, src, copyLen);
-    memset(buffer + copyLen, 0, BufSize - copyLen);
+    strncpyProxy(buffer, src, BufSize);
+    buffer[BufSize - 1] = 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -35,16 +41,12 @@ void SafeStringCopy(char (&buffer)[BufSize], const char* src) {
         CRASH("Cannot copy string to same buffer");
     }
 
-    // Can't just use strncpy as I can't figure out how to selectively mute the warnings on MSVC.
-    // And can't use strncpy_s on MSVC as it doesn't fill the entire buffer.
-    constexpr size_t copyBufSize = BufSize - 1;
-    const auto srcLen = strlen(src);
-    if (srcLen > copyBufSize) {
+    if (strlen(src) > BufSize - 1) {
         CRASH("Destination buffer too small!");
     }
 
-    memcpy(buffer, src, srcLen);
-    memset(buffer + srcLen, 0, BufSize - srcLen);
+    strncpyProxy(buffer, src, BufSize);
+    buffer[BufSize - 1] = 0;
 }
 
 }