diff --git a/src/node_errors.cc b/src/node_errors.cc
index f82054c339b493..9d038e3d1683e7 100644
--- a/src/node_errors.cc
+++ b/src/node_errors.cc
@@ -242,12 +242,11 @@ void AppendExceptionLine(Environment* env,
 }
 
 [[noreturn]] void Assert(const AssertionInfo& info) {
-  char name[1024];
-  GetHumanReadableProcessName(&name);
+  std::string name = GetHumanReadableProcessName();
 
   fprintf(stderr,
           "%s: %s:%s%s Assertion `%s' failed.\n",
-          name,
+          name.c_str(),
           info.file_line,
           info.function,
           *info.function ? ":" : "",
diff --git a/src/node_internals.h b/src/node_internals.h
index abe01e6fed897c..64b4d489e1e184 100644
--- a/src/node_internals.h
+++ b/src/node_internals.h
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ void SignalExit(int signal, siginfo_t* info, void* ucontext);
 
 std::string GetProcessTitle(const char* default_title);
 std::string GetHumanReadableProcessName();
-void GetHumanReadableProcessName(char (*name)[1024]);
 
 void InitializeContextRuntime(v8::Local<v8::Context>);
 
diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index 2a594d81ecab8e..29bfb5d351e35b 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -161,13 +161,6 @@ std::string GetHumanReadableProcessName() {
   return SPrintF("%s[%d]", GetProcessTitle("Node.js"), uv_os_getpid());
 }
 
-void GetHumanReadableProcessName(char (*name)[1024]) {
-  // Leave room after title for pid, which can be up to 20 digits for 64 bit.
-  char title[1000] = "Node.js";
-  uv_get_process_title(title, sizeof(title));
-  snprintf(*name, sizeof(*name), "%s[%d]", title, uv_os_getpid());
-}
-
 std::vector<std::string> SplitString(const std::string& in, char delim) {
   std::vector<std::string> out;
   if (in.empty())