diff --git a/apps/codecs/libwavpack/unpack.c b/apps/codecs/libwavpack/unpack.c
index 917f487b20..b9e53203b5 100644
--- a/apps/codecs/libwavpack/unpack.c
+++ b/apps/codecs/libwavpack/unpack.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int unpack_init (WavpackContext *wpc)
 
     while (read_metadata_buff (wpc, &wpmd)) {
 	if (!process_metadata (wpc, &wpmd)) {
-	    strcpy (wpc->error_message, "invalid metadata!");
+	    /*strcpy (wpc->error_message, "invalid metadata!");*/
 	    return FALSE;
 	}
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int unpack_init (WavpackContext *wpc)
     }
 
     if (wps->wphdr.block_samples && !bs_is_open (&wps->wvbits)) {
-	strcpy (wpc->error_message, "invalid WavPack file!");
+	/*strcpy (wpc->error_message, "invalid WavPack file!");*/
 	return FALSE;
     }
 
diff --git a/apps/codecs/libwavpack/wputils.c b/apps/codecs/libwavpack/wputils.c
index 21c399f517..9fff5db3bc 100644
--- a/apps/codecs/libwavpack/wputils.c
+++ b/apps/codecs/libwavpack/wputils.c
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ WavpackContext *WavpackOpenFileInput (read_stream infile, char *error)
 	bcount = read_next_header (wpc.infile, &wps->wphdr);
 
 	if (bcount == (ulong) -1) {
-	    strcpy (error, "not compatible with this version of WavPack file!");
+	    /*strcpy (error, "not compatible with this version of WavPack file!");*/
 	    return NULL;
 	}
 
 	if ((wps->wphdr.flags & UNKNOWN_FLAGS) || wps->wphdr.version < 0x402 || wps->wphdr.version > 0x40f) {
-	    strcpy (error, "not compatible with this version of WavPack file!");
+	    /*strcpy (error, "not compatible with this version of WavPack file!");*/
 	    return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ WavpackContext *WavpackOpenFileInput (read_stream infile, char *error)
 	    wpc.total_samples = wps->wphdr.total_samples;
 
 	if (!unpack_init (&wpc)) {
-	    strcpy (error, wpc.error_message [0] ? wpc.error_message :
-		"not compatible with this version of WavPack file!");
+	    /*strcpy (error, wpc.error_message [0] ? wpc.error_message :
+		"not compatible with this version of WavPack file!");*/
 
 	    return NULL;
 	}