diff --git a/src/move.c b/src/move.c
index 5eb46598d..bb6b9d212 100644
--- a/src/move.c
+++ b/src/move.c
@@ -1133,25 +1133,19 @@ order * cycle_route(order * ord, const struct locale *lang, int gereist)
 
 order * make_movement_order(const struct locale *lang, direction_t steps[], int length)
 {
-    char zOrder[128], *bufp = zOrder;
-    size_t size = sizeof(zOrder) - 1;
+    sbstring sbs;
+    char zOrder[128];
     int i;
 
+    sbs_init(&sbs, zOrder, sizeof(zOrder));
     for (i = 0; i != length; ++i) {
-        int bytes;
         direction_t dir = steps[i];
-        if (size > 1 && bufp != zOrder) {
-            *bufp++ = ' ';
-            --size;
+        if (i > 0) {
+            sbs_strcat(&sbs, " ");
         }
-        bytes =
-            (int)str_strlcpy(bufp,
-            (const char *)LOC(lang, directions[dir]), size);
-        if (wrptr(&bufp, &size, bytes) != 0)
-            WARN_STATIC_BUFFER();
+        sbs_strcat(&sbs, LOC(lang, directions[dir]));
     }
 
-    *bufp = 0;
     return create_order(K_MOVE, lang, zOrder);
 }