diff --git a/src/plugins/splash/script/Makefile.am b/src/plugins/splash/script/Makefile.am
index 8cafc3ef..6dde7cbc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/splash/script/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/plugins/splash/script/Makefile.am
@@ -45,16 +45,14 @@ script_la_SOURCES = $(srcdir)/plugin.c                                        \
                     $(srcdir)/script-lib-math.script
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
-CLEANFILES = *.string
+CLEANFILES = *.script.h
 
-BUILT_SOURCES = script-lib-image.string script-lib-sprite.string script-lib-math.string script-lib-plymouth.string
+BUILT_SOURCES = script-lib-image.script.h script-lib-sprite.script.h script-lib-math.script.h script-lib-plymouth.script.h
 
-EXTRA_DIST = stringify.pl
-
-%.string: %.script stringify.pl
-	$(srcdir)/stringify.pl < $< > $@
-    
-script-lib-image.c : script-lib-image.string
-script-lib-sprite.c : script-lib-sprite.string
-script-lib-math.c : script-lib-math.string
-script-lib-plymouth.c : script-lib-plymouth.string
+%.script.h: %.script
+	sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g'                                                  \
+	    -e 's/"/\\"/g'                                                    \
+	    -e 's/\(.*\)/  "\1\\n"/g'                                         \
+	    -e '1istatic const char* $(subst -,_,$(@:.script.h=_string)) ='   \
+	    -e '$$a;'                                                         \
+	    $< > $@
diff --git a/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-image.c b/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-image.c
index e2ddb21c..5ea2f0f6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-image.c
+++ b/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-image.c
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#define STRINGIFY_VAR script_lib_image_string
-#include "script-lib-image.string"
+#include "script-lib-image.script.h"
 
 static void image_free (script_obj_t *obj)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-math.c b/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-math.c
index 84e2a1cf..ecc1a90f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-math.c
+++ b/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-math.c
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#define STRINGIFY_VAR script_lib_math_string
-
-#include "script-lib-math.string"
+#include "script-lib-math.script.h"
 
 static script_return_t script_lib_math_float_from_float_function (script_state_t *state,
                                                                   void           *user_data)
diff --git a/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-plymouth.c b/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-plymouth.c
index fd9fa154..d552af83 100644
--- a/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-plymouth.c
+++ b/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-plymouth.c
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#define STRINGIFY_VAR script_lib_plymouth_string
-
-#include "script-lib-plymouth.string"
+#include "script-lib-plymouth.script.h"
 
 static script_return_t plymouth_set_function (script_state_t *state,
                                               void           *user_data)
diff --git a/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-sprite.c b/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-sprite.c
index a0366353..d6c1773f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-sprite.c
+++ b/src/plugins/splash/script/script-lib-sprite.c
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
-#define STRINGIFY_VAR script_lib_sprite_string
-#include "script-lib-sprite.string"
+#include "script-lib-sprite.script.h"
 
 static void sprite_free (script_obj_t *obj)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/splash/script/stringify.pl b/src/plugins/splash/script/stringify.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index a0c3b450..00000000
--- a/src/plugins/splash/script/stringify.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-exec perl -x $0 ${1+"$@"}
-	if 0;
-#!perl
-
-print "static const char* STRINGIFY_VAR = ";
-while (<>)
-{
-	chomp;
-    s/\\/\\\\/g;
-    s/"/\\"/g;
-	print "\"$_\\n\"\n";
-}
-print ";";