diff --git a/nping/NpingTarget.cc b/nping/NpingTarget.cc
index d40cde3ed..9dc0593bc 100644
--- a/nping/NpingTarget.cc
+++ b/nping/NpingTarget.cc
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 #include "output.h"
 #include "stats.h"
 #include "common_modified.h"
-
+#include "utils_net.h"
 
 
 /** Constructor */
@@ -650,26 +650,18 @@ const char *NpingTarget::getNextHopIPStr(){
 } /* End of getNextHopIPStr() */
 
 
-const char *NpingTarget::getMACStr(u8 *mac){
-  static char buffer[256];
-  assert(mac!=NULL);
-  sprintf(buffer, "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x", (u8)mac[0],(u8)mac[1],
-          (u8)mac[2], (u8)mac[4],(u8)mac[4],(u8)mac[5]);
-  return buffer;
-}
-
 const char *NpingTarget::getTargetMACStr(){
-    return getMACStr(this->MACaddress);
+    return MACtoa(this->MACaddress);
 }
 
 
 const char *NpingTarget::getSourceMACStr(){
-    return getMACStr(this->SrcMACaddress);
+    return MACtoa(this->SrcMACaddress);
 }
 
 
 const char *NpingTarget::getNextHopMACStr(){
-    return getMACStr(this->NextHopMACaddress);
+    return MACtoa(this->NextHopMACaddress);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/nping/NpingTarget.h b/nping/NpingTarget.h
index 64381c9ca..25b57d220 100644
--- a/nping/NpingTarget.h
+++ b/nping/NpingTarget.h
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ class NpingTarget {
     const char *getSourceIPStr();
     const char *getSpoofedSourceIPStr();
     const char *getNextHopIPStr();
-    const char *getMACStr(u8 *mac);
     const char *getTargetMACStr();
     const char *getSourceMACStr();
     const char *getNextHopMACStr();