diff --git a/contrib/oid2name/oid2name.c b/contrib/oid2name/oid2name.c
index ab92c637e5..67d79346b2 100644
--- a/contrib/oid2name/oid2name.c
+++ b/contrib/oid2name/oid2name.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ sql_exec_searchtables(PGconn *conn, struct options * opts)
 	free(comma_filenodes);
 
 	/* now build the query */
-	pg_asprintf(&todo,
+	todo = psprintf(
 			 "SELECT pg_catalog.pg_relation_filenode(c.oid) as \"Filenode\", relname as \"Table Name\" %s\n"
 			 "FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c \n"
 		 "	LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace \n"
diff --git a/contrib/pg_upgrade/check.c b/contrib/pg_upgrade/check.c
index 464bbe2604..936306ce61 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_upgrade/check.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_upgrade/check.c
@@ -458,10 +458,9 @@ create_script_for_cluster_analyze(char **analyze_script_file_name)
 	prep_status("Creating script to analyze new cluster");
 
 	if (os_info.user_specified)
-		pg_asprintf(&user_specification, "-U \"%s\" ", os_info.user);
+		user_specification = psprintf("-U \"%s\" ", os_info.user);
 
-	pg_asprintf(analyze_script_file_name, "analyze_new_cluster.%s",
-				SCRIPT_EXT);
+	*analyze_script_file_name = psprintf("analyze_new_cluster.%s", SCRIPT_EXT);
 
 	if ((script = fopen_priv(*analyze_script_file_name, "w")) == NULL)
 		pg_fatal("Could not open file \"%s\": %s\n",
@@ -592,8 +591,7 @@ create_script_for_old_cluster_deletion(char **deletion_script_file_name)
 	int			tblnum;
 	char		old_cluster_pgdata[MAXPGPATH];
 
-	pg_asprintf(deletion_script_file_name, "delete_old_cluster.%s",
-				SCRIPT_EXT);
+	*deletion_script_file_name = psprintf("delete_old_cluster.%s", SCRIPT_EXT);
 
 	/*
 	 * Some users (oddly) create tablespaces inside the cluster data
diff --git a/contrib/pg_upgrade/tablespace.c b/contrib/pg_upgrade/tablespace.c
index f090f62b29..27273662dd 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_upgrade/tablespace.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_upgrade/tablespace.c
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ set_tablespace_directory_suffix(ClusterInfo *cluster)
 		/* This cluster has a version-specific subdirectory */
 
 		/* The leading slash is needed to start a new directory. */
-		pg_asprintf(&cluster->tablespace_suffix, "/PG_%s_%d",
-					cluster->major_version_str,	cluster->controldata.cat_ver);
+		cluster->tablespace_suffix = psprintf("/PG_%s_%d",
+											  cluster->major_version_str,
+											  cluster->controldata.cat_ver);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/contrib/pg_upgrade/util.c b/contrib/pg_upgrade/util.c
index 7bca19b84d..a67bd64043 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_upgrade/util.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_upgrade/util.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ pg_putenv(const char *var, const char *val)
 #ifndef WIN32
 		char	   *envstr;
 
-		pg_asprintf(&envstr, "%s=%s", var, val);
+		envstr = psprintf("%s=%s", var, val);
 		putenv(envstr);
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c
index cd164c7e7e..21d4f8dc55 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ static char *format_type_internal(Oid type_oid, int32 typemod,
 					 bool typemod_given, bool allow_invalid,
 					 bool force_qualify);
 static char *printTypmod(const char *typname, int32 typmod, Oid typmodout);
-static char *
-psnprintf(size_t len, const char *fmt,...)
-/* This lets gcc check the format string for consistency. */
-__attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 2, 3)));
 
 
 /*
@@ -320,7 +316,7 @@ format_type_internal(Oid type_oid, int32 typemod,
 	}
 
 	if (is_array)
-		buf = psnprintf(strlen(buf) + 3, "%s[]", buf);
+		buf = psprintf("%s[]", buf);
 
 	ReleaseSysCache(tuple);
 
@@ -342,8 +338,7 @@ printTypmod(const char *typname, int32 typmod, Oid typmodout)
 	if (typmodout == InvalidOid)
 	{
 		/* Default behavior: just print the integer typmod with parens */
-		res = psnprintf(strlen(typname) + MAX_INT32_LEN + 3, "%s(%d)",
-						typname, (int) typmod);
+		res = psprintf("%s(%d)", typname, (int) typmod);
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -352,8 +347,7 @@ printTypmod(const char *typname, int32 typmod, Oid typmodout)
 
 		tmstr = DatumGetCString(OidFunctionCall1(typmodout,
 												 Int32GetDatum(typmod)));
-		res = psnprintf(strlen(typname) + strlen(tmstr) + 1, "%s%s",
-						typname, tmstr);
+		res = psprintf("%s%s", typname, tmstr);
 	}
 
 	return res;
@@ -448,20 +442,3 @@ oidvectortypes(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(result));
 }
-
-
-/* snprintf into a palloc'd string */
-static char *
-psnprintf(size_t len, const char *fmt,...)
-{
-	va_list		ap;
-	char	   *buf;
-
-	buf = palloc(len);
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	vsnprintf(buf, len, fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	return buf;
-}
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index f7073e26bd..3983b23731 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ mkdatadir(const char *subdir)
 	char	   *path;
 
 	if (subdir)
-		pg_asprintf(&path, "%s/%s", pg_data, subdir);
+		path = psprintf("%s/%s", pg_data, subdir);
 	else
 		path = pg_strdup(pg_data);
 
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ mkdatadir(const char *subdir)
 static void
 set_input(char **dest, char *filename)
 {
-	pg_asprintf(dest, "%s/%s", share_path, filename);
+	*dest = psprintf("%s/%s", share_path, filename);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1023,9 +1023,9 @@ write_version_file(char *extrapath)
 	char	   *path;
 
 	if (extrapath == NULL)
-		pg_asprintf(&path, "%s/PG_VERSION", pg_data);
+		path = psprintf("%s/PG_VERSION", pg_data);
 	else
-		pg_asprintf(&path, "%s/%s/PG_VERSION", pg_data, extrapath);
+		path = psprintf("%s/%s/PG_VERSION", pg_data, extrapath);
 
 	if ((version_file = fopen(path, PG_BINARY_W)) == NULL)
 	{
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ set_null_conf(void)
 	FILE	   *conf_file;
 	char	   *path;
 
-	pg_asprintf(&path, "%s/postgresql.conf", pg_data);
+	path = psprintf("%s/postgresql.conf", pg_data);
 	conf_file = fopen(path, PG_BINARY_W);
 	if (conf_file == NULL)
 	{
@@ -2951,7 +2951,7 @@ setup_pgdata(void)
 	 * need quotes otherwise on Windows because paths there are most likely to
 	 * have embedded spaces.
 	 */
-	pg_asprintf(&pgdata_set_env, "PGDATA=%s", pg_data);
+	pgdata_set_env = psprintf("PGDATA=%s", pg_data);
 	putenv(pgdata_set_env);
 }
 
@@ -3345,7 +3345,7 @@ create_xlog_symlink(void)
 		}
 
 		/* form name of the place where the symlink must go */
-		pg_asprintf(&linkloc, "%s/pg_xlog", pg_data);
+		linkloc = psprintf("%s/pg_xlog", pg_data);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYMLINK
 		if (symlink(xlog_dir, linkloc) != 0)
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
index be51dc62ca..8399cdd57e 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
@@ -2049,7 +2049,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 						pgdata_D = pg_strdup(optarg);
 						canonicalize_path(pgdata_D);
-						pg_asprintf(&env_var, "PGDATA=%s", pgdata_D);
+						env_var = psprintf("PGDATA=%s", pgdata_D);
 						putenv(env_var);
 
 						/*
@@ -2057,7 +2057,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 						 * variable but we do -D too for clearer postmaster
 						 * 'ps' display
 						 */
-						pg_asprintf(&pgdata_opt,  "-D \"%s\" ", pgdata_D);
+						pgdata_opt = psprintf("-D \"%s\" ", pgdata_D);
 						break;
 					}
 				case 'l':
@@ -2098,7 +2098,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 						register_username = pg_strdup(optarg);
 					else
 						/* Prepend .\ for local accounts */
-						pg_asprintf(&register_username, ".\\%s", optarg);
+						register_username = psprintf(".\\%s", optarg);
 					break;
 				case 'w':
 					do_wait = true;
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.c
index d859c8ee1e..dd62fa013c 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/compress_io.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ cfopen_read(const char *path, const char *mode)
 		{
 			char	   *fname;
 
-			pg_asprintf(&fname, "%s.gz", path);
+			fname = psprintf("%s.gz", path);
 			fp = cfopen(fname, mode, 1);
 			free(fname);
 		}
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ cfopen_write(const char *path, const char *mode, int compression)
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
 		char	   *fname;
 
-		pg_asprintf(&fname, "%s.gz", path);
+		fname = psprintf("%s.gz", path);
 		fp = cfopen(fname, mode, 1);
 		free(fname);
 #else
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index 01c63b1334..bc70dd6a6e 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -10439,7 +10439,7 @@ convertOperatorReference(Archive *fout, const char *opr)
 		/* If not schema-qualified, don't need to add OPERATOR() */
 		if (!sawdot)
 			return name;
-		pg_asprintf(&oname, "OPERATOR(%s)", name);
+		oname = psprintf("OPERATOR(%s)", name);
 		free(name);
 		return oname;
 	}
@@ -12753,7 +12753,7 @@ dumpTable(Archive *fout, TableInfo *tbinfo)
 				char	   *acltag;
 
 				attnamecopy = pg_strdup(fmtId(attname));
-				pg_asprintf(&acltag, "%s.%s", tbinfo->dobj.name, attname);
+				acltag = psprintf("%s.%s", tbinfo->dobj.name, attname);
 				/* Column's GRANT type is always TABLE */
 				dumpACL(fout, tbinfo->dobj.catId, tbinfo->dobj.dumpId, "TABLE",
 						namecopy, attnamecopy, acltag,
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/command.c b/src/bin/psql/command.c
index 06ed56be68..0daac61e01 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/command.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/command.c
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ exec_command(const char *cmd,
 			/* Set variable to the value of the next argument */
 			char	   *newval;
 
-			pg_asprintf(&newval, "%s=%s", envvar, envval);
+			newval = psprintf("%s=%s", envvar, envval);
 			putenv(newval);
 			success = true;
 
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ prompt_for_password(const char *username)
 	{
 		char	   *prompt_text;
 
-		pg_asprintf(&prompt_text, _("Password for user %s: "), username);
+		prompt_text = psprintf(_("Password for user %s: "), username);
 		result = simple_prompt(prompt_text, 100, false);
 		free(prompt_text);
 	}
@@ -1929,17 +1929,17 @@ editFile(const char *fname, int lineno)
 	 */
 #ifndef WIN32
 	if (lineno > 0)
-		pg_asprintf(&sys, "exec %s %s%d '%s'",
+		sys = psprintf("exec %s %s%d '%s'",
 					editorName, editor_lineno_arg, lineno, fname);
 	else
-		pg_asprintf(&sys, "exec %s '%s'",
+		sys = psprintf("exec %s '%s'",
 					editorName, fname);
 #else
 	if (lineno > 0)
-		pg_asprintf(&sys, SYSTEMQUOTE "\"%s\" %s%d \"%s\"" SYSTEMQUOTE,
+		sys = psprintf(SYSTEMQUOTE "\"%s\" %s%d \"%s\"" SYSTEMQUOTE,
 				editorName, editor_lineno_arg, lineno, fname);
 	else
-		pg_asprintf(&sys, SYSTEMQUOTE "\"%s\" \"%s\"" SYSTEMQUOTE,
+		sys = psprintf(SYSTEMQUOTE "\"%s\" \"%s\"" SYSTEMQUOTE,
 					editorName, fname);
 #endif
 	result = system(sys);
@@ -2635,9 +2635,9 @@ do_shell(const char *command)
 
 		/* See EDITOR handling comment for an explanation */
 #ifndef WIN32
-		pg_asprintf(&sys, "exec %s", shellName);
+		sys = psprintf("exec %s", shellName);
 #else
-		pg_asprintf(&sys, SYSTEMQUOTE "\"%s\"" SYSTEMQUOTE, shellName);
+		sys = psprintf(SYSTEMQUOTE "\"%s\"" SYSTEMQUOTE, shellName);
 #endif
 		result = system(sys);
 		free(sys);
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/common.c b/src/bin/psql/common.c
index 71f0c8a95a..bbdafab5e0 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/common.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/common.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ StoreQueryTuple(const PGresult *result)
 			char	   *value;
 
 			/* concate prefix and column name */
-			pg_asprintf(&varname, "%s%s", pset.gset_prefix, colname);
+			varname = psprintf("%s%s", pset.gset_prefix, colname);
 
 			if (!PQgetisnull(result, 0, i))
 				value = PQgetvalue(result, 0, i);
@@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ expand_tilde(char **filename)
 		{
 			char	   *newfn;
 
-			pg_asprintf(&newfn, "%s%s", home, p);
+			newfn = psprintf("%s%s", home, p);
 			free(fn);
 			*filename = newfn;
 		}
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/copy.c b/src/bin/psql/copy.c
index 6db063ca95..a0c19a8de4 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/copy.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/copy.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ xstrcat(char **var, const char *more)
 {
 	char	   *newvar;
 
-	pg_asprintf(&newvar, "%s%s", *var, more);
+	newvar = psprintf("%s%s", *var, more);
 	free(*var);
 	*var = newvar;
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/input.c b/src/bin/psql/input.c
index f2b6e4ed7f..29f2fa12d3 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/input.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/input.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ initializeInput(int flags)
 		if (histfile == NULL)
 		{
 			if (get_home_path(home))
-				pg_asprintf(&psql_history, "%s/%s", home, PSQLHISTORY);
+				psql_history = psprintf("%s/%s", home, PSQLHISTORY);
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c
index a45ec552f4..a9836a59a8 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (options.username == NULL)
 		password_prompt = pg_strdup(_("Password: "));
 	else
-		pg_asprintf(&password_prompt, _("Password for user %s: "),
-					options.username);
+		password_prompt = psprintf(_("Password for user %s: "),
+								   options.username);
 
 	if (pset.getPassword == TRI_YES)
 		password = simple_prompt(password_prompt, 100, false);
@@ -638,8 +638,8 @@ process_psqlrc_file(char *filename)
 #define R_OK 4
 #endif
 
-	pg_asprintf(&psqlrc_minor, "%s-%s", filename, PG_VERSION);
-	pg_asprintf(&psqlrc_major, "%s-%s", filename, PG_MAJORVERSION);
+	psqlrc_minor = psprintf("%s-%s", filename, PG_VERSION);
+	psqlrc_major = psprintf("%s-%s", filename, PG_MAJORVERSION);
 
 	/* check for minor version first, then major, then no version */
 	if (access(psqlrc_minor, R_OK) == 0)
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
index ae8f8370f9..84d2eb4d42 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
@@ -3832,8 +3832,6 @@ complete_from_variables(char *text, const char *prefix, const char *suffix)
 
 	for (ptr = pset.vars->next; ptr; ptr = ptr->next)
 	{
-		char	   *buffer;
-
 		if (nvars >= maxvars)
 		{
 			maxvars *= 2;
@@ -3846,8 +3844,7 @@ complete_from_variables(char *text, const char *prefix, const char *suffix)
 			}
 		}
 
-		pg_asprintf(&buffer, "%s%s%s", prefix, ptr->name, suffix);
-		varnames[nvars++] = buffer;
+		varnames[nvars++] = psprintf("%s%s%s", prefix, ptr->name, suffix);
 	}
 
 	varnames[nvars] = NULL;
diff --git a/src/common/psprintf.c b/src/common/psprintf.c
index 87fd013f84..788c8f0d69 100644
--- a/src/common/psprintf.c
+++ b/src/common/psprintf.c
@@ -167,41 +167,3 @@ pvsnprintf(char *buf, size_t len, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 
 	return len * 2;
 }
-
-
-/*
- * XXX this is going away shortly.
- */
-#ifdef FRONTEND
-int
-pg_asprintf(char **ret, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	size_t		len = 128;		/* initial assumption about buffer size */
-
-	for (;;)
-	{
-		char	   *result;
-		va_list		args;
-
-		/*
-		 * Allocate result buffer.	Note that in frontend this maps to malloc
-		 * with exit-on-error.
-		 */
-		result = (char *) palloc(len);
-
-		/* Try to format the data. */
-		va_start(args, fmt);
-		len = pvsnprintf(result, len, fmt, args);
-		va_end(args);
-
-		if (len == 0)
-		{
-			*ret = result;
-			return 0;
-		}
-
-		/* Release buffer and loop around to try again with larger len. */
-		pfree(result);
-	}
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/src/include/common/fe_memutils.h b/src/include/common/fe_memutils.h
index db4e710b46..82ed8cd9e6 100644
--- a/src/include/common/fe_memutils.h
+++ b/src/include/common/fe_memutils.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ extern void *pg_malloc(size_t size);
 extern void *pg_malloc0(size_t size);
 extern void *pg_realloc(void *pointer, size_t size);
 extern void pg_free(void *pointer);
-extern int pg_asprintf(char **ret, const char *format, ...) __attribute__((format(PG_PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE, 2, 3)));
 
 #include "utils/palloc.h"
 
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c b/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
index 7a3572f0c1..9679e6a6e6 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ report_two_error_messages(Step * step1, Step * step2)
 {
 	char	   *prefix;
 
-	pg_asprintf(&prefix, "%s %s", step1->name, step2->name);
+	prefix = psprintf("%s %s", step1->name, step2->name);
 
 	if (step1->errormsg)
 	{
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ try_complete_step(Step * step, int flags)
 													PG_DIAG_MESSAGE_PRIMARY);
 
 					if (sev && msg)
-						pg_asprintf(&step->errormsg, "%s:  %s", sev, msg);
+						step->errormsg = psprintf("%s:  %s", sev, msg);
 					else
 						step->errormsg = pg_strdup(PQresultErrorMessage(res));
 				}
diff --git a/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c b/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
index e51d08878d..02cb5f4a79 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
+++ b/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ doputenv(const char *var, const char *val)
 {
 	char	   *s;
 
-	pg_asprintf(&s, "%s=%s", var, val);
+	s = psprintf("%s=%s", var, val);
 	putenv(s);
 }
 
@@ -671,10 +671,12 @@ add_to_path(const char *pathname, char separator, const char *addval)
 	char	   *newval;
 
 	if (!oldval || !oldval[0])
+	{
 		/* no previous value */
-		pg_asprintf(&newval, "%s=%s", pathname, addval);
+		newval = psprintf("%s=%s", pathname, addval);
+	}
 	else
-		pg_asprintf(&newval, "%s=%s%c%s", pathname, addval, separator, oldval);
+		newval = psprintf("%s=%s%c%s", pathname, addval, separator, oldval);
 
 	putenv(newval);
 }
@@ -685,8 +687,6 @@ add_to_path(const char *pathname, char separator, const char *addval)
 static void
 initialize_environment(void)
 {
-	char	   *tmp;
-
 	putenv("PGAPPNAME=pg_regress");
 
 	if (nolocale)
@@ -742,7 +742,8 @@ initialize_environment(void)
 
 		if (!old_pgoptions)
 			old_pgoptions = "";
-		pg_asprintf(&new_pgoptions, "PGOPTIONS=%s %s", old_pgoptions, my_pgoptions);
+		new_pgoptions = psprintf("PGOPTIONS=%s %s",
+								 old_pgoptions, my_pgoptions);
 		putenv(new_pgoptions);
 	}
 
@@ -792,14 +793,11 @@ initialize_environment(void)
 		/*
 		 * Adjust path variables to point into the temp-install tree
 		 */
-		pg_asprintf(&tmp, "%s/install/%s", temp_install, bindir);
-		bindir = tmp;
+		bindir = psprintf("%s/install/%s", temp_install, bindir);
 
-		pg_asprintf(&tmp, "%s/install/%s", temp_install, libdir);
-		libdir = tmp;
+		libdir = psprintf("%s/install/%s", temp_install, libdir);
 
-		pg_asprintf(&tmp, "%s/install/%s", temp_install, datadir);
-		datadir = tmp;
+		datadir = psprintf("%s/install/%s", temp_install, datadir);
 
 		/* psql will be installed into temp-install bindir */
 		psqldir = bindir;
@@ -954,7 +952,7 @@ spawn_process(const char *cmdline)
 		 */
 		char	   *cmdline2;
 
-		pg_asprintf(&cmdline2, "exec %s", cmdline);
+		cmdline2 = psprintf("exec %s", cmdline);
 		execl(shellprog, shellprog, "-c", cmdline2, (char *) NULL);
 		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not exec \"%s\": %s\n"),
 				progname, shellprog, strerror(errno));
@@ -1031,7 +1029,7 @@ spawn_process(const char *cmdline)
 		exit(2);
 	}
 
-	pg_asprintf(&cmdline2, "cmd /c %s", cmdline);
+	cmdline2 = psprintf("cmd /c %s", cmdline);
 
 #ifndef __CYGWIN__
 	AddUserToTokenDacl(restrictedToken);
@@ -1852,7 +1850,7 @@ make_absolute_path(const char *in)
 			}
 		}
 
-		pg_asprintf(&result, "%s/%s", cwdbuf, in);
+		result = psprintf("%s/%s", cwdbuf, in);
 	}
 
 	canonicalize_path(result);