diff --git a/src/sdl2/audio.rs b/src/sdl2/audio.rs
index a6a41df3..42425216 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/audio.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/audio.rs
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ impl AudioCVT {
 
         unsafe {
             if (*self.raw).needed != 1 {
-                return Err("no convertion needed!".to_strbuf())
+                return Err("no convertion needed!".into_owned())
             }
             // set len
             (*self.raw).len = src.len() as c_int;
diff --git a/src/sdl2/event.rs b/src/sdl2/event.rs
index 5b494a3c..9c56311b 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/event.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/event.rs
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ pub fn push_event(event: Event) -> SdlResult<()> {
             else { Err(get_error()) }
         },
         None => {
-            Err("Unsupport event type to push back to queue.".to_strbuf())
+            Err("Unsupport event type to push back to queue.".into_owned())
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/sdl2/render.rs b/src/sdl2/render.rs
index b4fbbc4a..08a03988 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/render.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/render.rs
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ impl Texture {
         if result {
             Ok((texw as f64, texh as f64))
         } else {
-            Err("Operation not supported".to_strbuf())
+            Err("Operation not supported".into_owned())
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/sdl2/sdl.rs b/src/sdl2/sdl.rs
index 7eaa72c0..6d8a0dfd 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/sdl.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/sdl.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pub fn was_inited(flags: InitFlag) -> InitFlag {
 pub fn get_error() -> String {
     unsafe {
         let cstr = CString::new(ll::SDL_GetError(), false);
-        cstr.as_str().unwrap().to_strbuf()
+        cstr.as_str().unwrap().into_owned()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sdl2/version.rs b/src/sdl2/version.rs
index a2e2e7d1..48924d31 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/version.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/version.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub fn get_version() -> Version {
 pub fn get_revision() -> String {
     unsafe {
         let ret = ll::SDL_GetRevision();
-        CString::new(ret, false).as_str().unwrap().to_strbuf()
+        CString::new(ret, false).as_str().unwrap().into_owned()
     }
 }