diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index 4d52d658b..c61fee72c 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ pub fn dc_get_fresh_msgs(context: &Context) -> *mut dc_array_t {
             &[10, 9, if 0 != show_deaddrop { 2 } else { 0 }],
             |row| row.get(0),
             |rows| {
-                let ret = unsafe { dc_array_new(128 as size_t) };
+                let ret = dc_array_new(128 as size_t);
 
                 for row in rows {
                     let id = row?;
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ pub fn dc_search_msgs(
          AND ct.blocked=0 AND (m.txt LIKE ? OR ct.name LIKE ?) ORDER BY m.timestamp DESC,m.id DESC;"
     };
 
-    let ret = unsafe { dc_array_new(100 as size_t) };
+    let ret = dc_array_new(100 as size_t);
 
     let success = context
         .sql
diff --git a/src/dc_array.rs b/src/dc_array.rs
index 0545dc95f..4c09c183e 100644
--- a/src/dc_array.rs
+++ b/src/dc_array.rs
@@ -242,11 +242,11 @@ pub unsafe fn dc_array_get_raw(array: *const dc_array_t) -> *const uintptr_t {
     (*array).array.as_ptr()
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn dc_array_new(initsize: size_t) -> *mut dc_array_t {
+pub fn dc_array_new(initsize: size_t) -> *mut dc_array_t {
     dc_array_new_typed(0, initsize)
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn dc_array_new_typed(type_0: libc::c_int, initsize: size_t) -> *mut dc_array_t {
+pub fn dc_array_new_typed(type_0: libc::c_int, initsize: size_t) -> *mut dc_array_t {
     let capacity = if initsize < 1 { 1 } else { initsize as usize };
     let mut array = dc_array_t::new(capacity);
     array.type_0 = type_0;
diff --git a/src/dc_chat.rs b/src/dc_chat.rs
index aed692a96..59c4b2310 100644
--- a/src/dc_chat.rs
+++ b/src/dc_chat.rs
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ pub fn dc_get_chat_media(
         ],
         |row| row.get::<_, i32>(0),
         |ids| {
-            let ret = unsafe { dc_array_new(100) };
+            let ret = dc_array_new(100);
             for id in ids {
                 unsafe { dc_array_add_id(ret, id? as u32) };
             }
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ pub fn dc_get_chat_contacts(context: &Context, chat_id: u32) -> *mut dc_array_t
             params![chat_id as i32],
             |row| row.get::<_, i32>(0),
             |ids| {
-                let ret = unsafe { dc_array_new(100) };
+                let ret = dc_array_new(100);
 
                 for id in ids {
                     unsafe { dc_array_add_id(ret, id? as u32) };
diff --git a/src/dc_contact.rs b/src/dc_contact.rs
index 4a3a62afd..3bb956caa 100644
--- a/src/dc_contact.rs
+++ b/src/dc_contact.rs
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ pub fn dc_get_contacts(
         .unwrap_or_default();
 
     let mut add_self = false;
-    let ret = unsafe { dc_array_new(100) };
+    let ret = dc_array_new(100);
 
     if (listflags & DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY) > 0 || !query.is_null() {
         let s3strLikeCmd = format!("%{}%", if !query.is_null() { as_str(query) } else { "" });
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ pub fn dc_get_blocked_contacts(context: &Context) -> *mut dc_array_t {
             params![9],
             |row| row.get::<_, i32>(0),
             |ids| {
-                let ret = unsafe { dc_array_new(100) };
+                let ret = dc_array_new(100);
 
                 for id in ids {
                     unsafe { dc_array_add_id(ret, id? as u32) };
diff --git a/src/dc_location.rs b/src/dc_location.rs
index 2a89d84ab..de15713e7 100644
--- a/src/dc_location.rs
+++ b/src/dc_location.rs
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ pub fn dc_get_locations(
                 Ok(loc)
             },
             |locations| {
-                let ret = unsafe { dc_array_new_typed(1, 500) };
+                let ret = dc_array_new_typed(1, 500);
 
                 for location in locations {
                     unsafe {