diff --git a/src/dc_array.rs b/src/dc_array.rs
index 225e71743..04486e59c 100644
--- a/src/dc_array.rs
+++ b/src/dc_array.rs
@@ -379,28 +379,6 @@ pub unsafe fn dc_array_get_string(
     to_cstring(res)
 }
 
-/// return comma-separated value-string from integer array
-pub unsafe fn dc_arr_to_string(arr: *const uint32_t, cnt: libc::c_int) -> *mut libc::c_char {
-    if arr.is_null() || cnt == 0 {
-        return dc_strdup(b"\x00" as *const u8 as *const libc::c_char);
-    }
-
-    let slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts(arr, cnt as usize);
-    let res = slice.iter().enumerate().fold(
-        String::with_capacity(2 * cnt as usize),
-        |mut res, (i, n)| {
-            if i == 0 {
-                res += &n.to_string();
-            } else {
-                res += ",";
-                res += &n.to_string();
-            }
-            res
-        },
-    );
-    to_cstring(res)
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/src/dc_chat.rs b/src/dc_chat.rs
index daf05e5e5..4d36fc7e7 100644
--- a/src/dc_chat.rs
+++ b/src/dc_chat.rs
@@ -1999,21 +1999,26 @@ pub unsafe fn dc_forward_msgs(
     let chat = dc_chat_new(context);
     let contact = dc_contact_new(context);
     let created_db_entries = carray_new(16);
-    let mut idsstr = 0 as *mut libc::c_char;
     let mut curr_timestamp: i64;
 
     let original_param: *mut dc_param_t = dc_param_new();
     dc_unarchive_chat(context, chat_id);
     if dc_chat_load_from_db(chat, chat_id) {
         curr_timestamp = dc_create_smeared_timestamps(context, msg_cnt);
-        idsstr = dc_arr_to_string(msg_ids, msg_cnt);
+        let idsstr = std::slice::from_raw_parts(msg_ids, msg_cnt as usize)
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .fold(
+                String::with_capacity(2 * msg_cnt as usize),
+                |acc, (i, n)| (if i == 0 { acc } else { acc + "," }) + &n.to_string(),
+            );
 
         let ids = context
             .sql
             .query_map(
                 format!(
                     "SELECT id FROM msgs WHERE id IN({}) ORDER BY timestamp,id",
-                    as_str(idsstr)
+                    idsstr
                 ),
                 params![],
                 |row| row.get::<_, i32>(0),
@@ -2100,7 +2105,6 @@ pub unsafe fn dc_forward_msgs(
     dc_contact_unref(contact);
     dc_msg_unref(msg);
     dc_chat_unref(chat);
-    free(idsstr as *mut libc::c_void);
     dc_param_unref(original_param);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/stress.rs b/tests/stress.rs
index ca8240424..c1a8d2e78 100644
--- a/tests/stress.rs
+++ b/tests/stress.rs
@@ -1021,17 +1021,3 @@ fn test_wrong_db() {
         assert_eq!(res, 0);
     }
 }
-
-#[test]
-fn test_arr_to_string() {
-    let arr2: [uint32_t; 4] = [
-        0i32 as uint32_t,
-        12i32 as uint32_t,
-        133i32 as uint32_t,
-        1999999i32 as uint32_t,
-    ];
-
-    let str_0 = unsafe { dc_arr_to_string(arr2.as_ptr(), 4i32) };
-    assert_eq!(to_string(str_0), "0,12,133,1999999");
-    unsafe { free(str_0 as *mut _) };
-}