diff --git a/msg.go b/msg.go
index f8b84765..282ea715 100644
--- a/msg.go
+++ b/msg.go
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ func unpackTxt(msg []byte, off0 int) (ss []string, off int, err error) {
 	off = off0
 	var s string
 	for off < len(msg) && err == nil {
-		s, off, err = unpackTxtString(msg, off)
+		s, off, err = unpackString(msg, off)
 		if err == nil {
 			ss = append(ss, s)
 		}
@@ -520,39 +520,6 @@ func unpackTxt(msg []byte, off0 int) (ss []string, off int, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func unpackTxtString(msg []byte, offset int) (string, int, error) {
-	if offset+1 > len(msg) {
-		return "", offset, &Error{err: "overflow unpacking txt"}
-	}
-	l := int(msg[offset])
-	if offset+l+1 > len(msg) {
-		return "", offset, &Error{err: "overflow unpacking txt"}
-	}
-	s := make([]byte, 0, l)
-	for _, b := range msg[offset+1 : offset+1+l] {
-		switch b {
-		case '"', '\\':
-			s = append(s, '\\', b)
-		default:
-			if b < 32 || b > 127 { // unprintable
-				var buf [3]byte
-				bufs := strconv.AppendInt(buf[:0], int64(b), 10)
-				s = append(s, '\\')
-				for i := 0; i < 3-len(bufs); i++ {
-					s = append(s, '0')
-				}
-				for _, r := range bufs {
-					s = append(s, r)
-				}
-			} else {
-				s = append(s, b)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	offset += 1 + l
-	return string(s), offset, nil
-}
-
 // Helpers for dealing with escaped bytes
 func isDigit(b byte) bool { return b >= '0' && b <= '9' }