diff --git a/src/include/test/switch_fct.h b/src/include/test/switch_fct.h
index b28feabb742..91d87bbb9ca 100644
--- a/src/include/test/switch_fct.h
+++ b/src/include/test/switch_fct.h
@@ -254,10 +254,18 @@ fctstr_safe_cpy(char *dst, char const *src, size_t num)
     FCT_ASSERT( num > 0 );
 #if defined(WIN32) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
     strncpy_s(dst, num, src, _TRUNCATE);
+    dst[num - 1] = '\0';
 #else
-    strncpy(dst, src, num - 1);
+    {
+        size_t i;
+
+        for (i = 0; (i < num - 1) && src[i] != '\0'; ++i) {
+            dst[i] = src[i];
+        }
+
+        dst[i] = '\0';
+    }
 #endif
-    dst[num-1] = '\0';
 }
 
 /* Isolate the vsnprintf implementation */
diff --git a/tests/unit/switch_core.c b/tests/unit/switch_core.c
index d23dd254a9b..397fe919cac 100644
--- a/tests/unit/switch_core.c
+++ b/tests/unit/switch_core.c
@@ -53,24 +53,6 @@ FST_CORE_BEGIN("./conf")
 		}
 		FST_TEARDOWN_END()
 
-
-		FST_TEST_BEGIN(test_switch_regex)
-		{
-			switch_regex_match_t *match_data = NULL;
-			switch_regex_t *re = NULL;
-			char buf[100] = { 0 };
-			size_t size = sizeof(buf);
-
-			switch_regex_perform("1234", "^[0-9]+$", &re, &match_data);
-			switch_regex_copy_substring(match_data, 0, buf, &size);
-			switch_regex_match_free(match_data);
-			switch_regex_free(re);
-
-			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_INFO, "\n%s\n", buf);
-			fst_check_string_equals(buf, "1234");
-		}
-		FST_TEST_END()
-
 		FST_TEST_BEGIN(test_fctstr_safe_cpy)
 		{
 			char *dst;
@@ -82,7 +64,6 @@ FST_CORE_BEGIN("./conf")
 		}
 		FST_TEST_END()
 
-
 		FST_TEST_BEGIN(test_switch_rand)
 		{
 			int i, c = 0;