diff --git a/libc/bionic/__strcat_chk.cpp b/libc/bionic/__strcat_chk.cpp
index fb46e0d..e0b3259 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/__strcat_chk.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/__strcat_chk.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "libc_logging.h"
-#include <safe_iop.h>
 
 /*
  * Runtime implementation of __builtin____strcat_chk.
@@ -42,22 +41,24 @@
  * This strcat check is called if _FORTIFY_SOURCE is defined and
  * greater than 0.
  */
-extern "C" char *__strcat_chk (char *dest, const char *src, size_t dest_buf_size) {
-    // TODO: optimize so we don't scan src/dest twice.
-    size_t src_len  = strlen(src);
-    size_t dest_len = strlen(dest);
-    size_t sum;
+extern "C" char* __strcat_chk(
+        char* __restrict dest,
+        const char* __restrict src,
+        size_t dest_buf_size)
+{
+    char* save = dest;
+    size_t dest_len = __strlen_chk(dest, dest_buf_size);
 
-    // sum = src_len + dest_len + 1 (with overflow protection)
-    if (!safe_add3(&sum, src_len, dest_len, 1U)) {
-        __fortify_chk_fail("strcat integer overflow",
-                             BIONIC_EVENT_STRCAT_INTEGER_OVERFLOW);
+    dest += dest_len;
+    dest_buf_size -= dest_len;
+
+    while ((*dest++ = *src++) != '\0') {
+        dest_buf_size--;
+        if (__predict_false(dest_buf_size == 0)) {
+            __fortify_chk_fail("strcat buffer overflow",
+                               BIONIC_EVENT_STRCAT_BUFFER_OVERFLOW);
+        }
     }
 
-    if (sum > dest_buf_size) {
-        __fortify_chk_fail("strcat buffer overflow",
-                             BIONIC_EVENT_STRCAT_BUFFER_OVERFLOW);
-    }
-
-    return strcat(dest, src);
+    return save;
 }
diff --git a/libc/bionic/__strncat_chk.cpp b/libc/bionic/__strncat_chk.cpp
index ab28541..f54d838 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/__strncat_chk.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/__strncat_chk.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "libc_logging.h"
-#include <safe_iop.h>
 
 /*
  * Runtime implementation of __builtin____strncat_chk.
@@ -42,27 +41,33 @@
  * This strncat check is called if _FORTIFY_SOURCE is defined and
  * greater than 0.
  */
-extern "C" char *__strncat_chk (char *dest, const char *src,
-              size_t len, size_t dest_buf_size)
+extern "C" char *__strncat_chk(
+        char* __restrict dest,
+        const char* __restrict src,
+        size_t len, size_t dest_buf_size)
 {
-    // TODO: optimize so we don't scan src/dest twice.
-    size_t dest_len = strlen(dest);
-    size_t src_len = strlen(src);
-    if (src_len > len) {
-        src_len = len;
+    if (len == 0) {
+        return dest;
     }
 
-    size_t sum;
-    // sum = src_len + dest_len + 1 (with overflow protection)
-    if (!safe_add3(&sum, src_len, dest_len, 1U)) {
-        __fortify_chk_fail("strncat integer overflow",
-                             BIONIC_EVENT_STRNCAT_INTEGER_OVERFLOW);
+    size_t dest_len = __strlen_chk(dest, dest_buf_size);
+    char *d = dest + dest_len;
+    dest_buf_size -= dest_len;
+
+    while (*src != '\0') {
+        *d++ = *src++;
+        len--; dest_buf_size--;
+
+        if (__predict_false(dest_buf_size == 0)) {
+            __fortify_chk_fail("strncat buffer overflow",
+                               BIONIC_EVENT_STRNCAT_BUFFER_OVERFLOW);
+        }
+
+        if (len == 0) {
+            break;
+        }
     }
 
-    if (sum > dest_buf_size) {
-        __fortify_chk_fail("strncat buffer overflow",
-                             BIONIC_EVENT_STRNCAT_BUFFER_OVERFLOW);
-    }
-
-    return strncat(dest, src, len);
+    *d = '\0';
+    return dest;
 }
diff --git a/libc/include/string.h b/libc/include/string.h
index f8c573c..1691b16 100644
--- a/libc/include/string.h
+++ b/libc/include/string.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 extern char*  strrchr(const char *, int) __purefunc;
 
 extern size_t strlen(const char *) __purefunc;
+extern size_t __strlen_chk(const char *, size_t);
 extern int    strcmp(const char *, const char *) __purefunc;
 extern char*  strcpy(char* __restrict, const char* __restrict);
 extern char*  strcat(char* __restrict, const char* __restrict);
@@ -207,8 +208,6 @@
     return __strlcat_chk(dest, src, size, bos);
 }
 
-extern size_t __strlen_chk(const char *, size_t);
-
 __BIONIC_FORTIFY_INLINE
 size_t strlen(const char *s) {
     size_t bos = __bos(s);
diff --git a/libc/private/libc_logging.h b/libc/private/libc_logging.h
index c6e1765..e62ddf2 100644
--- a/libc/private/libc_logging.h
+++ b/libc/private/libc_logging.h
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@
   BIONIC_EVENT_MEMSET_BUFFER_OVERFLOW = 80125,
   BIONIC_EVENT_STRCPY_BUFFER_OVERFLOW = 80130,
 
-  BIONIC_EVENT_STRCAT_INTEGER_OVERFLOW = 80200,
-  BIONIC_EVENT_STRNCAT_INTEGER_OVERFLOW = 80205,
-
   BIONIC_EVENT_RESOLVER_OLD_RESPONSE = 80300,
   BIONIC_EVENT_RESOLVER_WRONG_SERVER = 80305,
   BIONIC_EVENT_RESOLVER_WRONG_QUERY = 80310,