diff --git a/glib/gprintf.c b/glib/gprintf.c
index 3e775adc3..495311058 100644
--- a/glib/gprintf.c
+++ b/glib/gprintf.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ g_vprintf (gchar const *format,
 {
   g_return_val_if_fail (format != NULL, -1);
 
-  return _g_vprintf (format, args);
+  return g_vfprintf (stdout, format, args);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -222,9 +222,19 @@ g_vfprintf (FILE        *file,
             gchar const *format,
 	    va_list      args)
 {
+  char *result = NULL;
+  int rlength;
+
   g_return_val_if_fail (format != NULL, -1);
 
-  return _g_vfprintf (file, format, args);
+  rlength = g_vasprintf (&result, format, args);
+  if (rlength < 0)
+    return rlength;
+
+  rlength = g_fputs (result, file);
+  g_free (result);
+
+  return rlength;
 }
 
 /**