diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-writer.c b/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-writer.c
index f62e97c3e6..e0e6ba4bf8 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-writer.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-writer.c
@@ -233,12 +233,6 @@ route_writer (KeyfileWriterInfo *info,
 		write_ip_values (info->keyfile, setting_name, array, NULL, TRUE);
 }
 
-static int
-sort_hash_keys (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer user_data)
-{
-	return g_strcmp0 (*((const char **) a), *((const char **) b));
-}
-
 static void
 write_hash_of_string (GKeyFile *file,
                       NMSetting *setting,
@@ -262,7 +256,7 @@ write_hash_of_string (GKeyFile *file,
 	if (!keys)
 		return;
 
-	g_qsort_with_data (keys, l, sizeof (const char *), sort_hash_keys, NULL);
+	g_qsort_with_data (keys, l, sizeof (const char *), nm_strcmp_p_with_data, NULL);
 
 	for (i = 0; keys[i]; i++) {
 		const char *property, *data;
diff --git a/src/nm-config.c b/src/nm-config.c
index 67c0497810..4d0ebc1f8f 100644
--- a/src/nm-config.c
+++ b/src/nm-config.c
@@ -880,15 +880,6 @@ read_base_config (GKeyFile *keyfile,
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-static int
-sort_asciibetically (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
-{
-	const char *s1 = *(const char **)a;
-	const char *s2 = *(const char **)b;
-
-	return strcmp (s1, s2);
-}
-
 static GPtrArray *
 _get_config_dir_files (const char *config_dir)
 {
@@ -917,7 +908,7 @@ _get_config_dir_files (const char *config_dir)
 	}
 	g_object_unref (dir);
 
-	g_ptr_array_sort (confs, sort_asciibetically);
+	g_ptr_array_sort (confs, nm_strcmp_p);
 	return confs;
 }