diff --git a/svl/source/items/style.cxx b/svl/source/items/style.cxx
index 06f70e08b87f..3f6b768e6feb 100644
--- a/svl/source/items/style.cxx
+++ b/svl/source/items/style.cxx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <unotools/syslocale.hxx>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <comphelper/servicehelper.hxx>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
 class DbgStyleSheetReferences
@@ -942,7 +943,7 @@ SfxUnoStyleSheet* SfxUnoStyleSheet::getUnoStyleSheet( const ::com::sun::star::un
 
 ::sal_Int64 SAL_CALL SfxUnoStyleSheet::getSomething( const ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 >& rId ) throw (::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException)
 {
-    if( rId.getLength() == 16 && 0 == rtl_compareMemory( getIdentifier().getConstArray(), rId.getConstArray(), 16 ) )
+    if( rId.getLength() == 16 && 0 == memcmp( getIdentifier().getConstArray(), rId.getConstArray(), 16 ) )
     {
         return sal::static_int_cast<sal_Int64>(reinterpret_cast<sal_uIntPtr>(this));
     }
diff --git a/svl/source/misc/inethist.cxx b/svl/source/misc/inethist.cxx
index 3530ced55c45..823335865205 100644
--- a/svl/source/misc/inethist.cxx
+++ b/svl/source/misc/inethist.cxx
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 #include <svl/inethist.hxx>
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "rtl/instance.hxx"
 #include "rtl/crc.h"
-#include "rtl/memory.h"
 #include <tools/solar.h>
 #include <tools/debug.hxx>
 #include <tools/string.hxx>
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ void INetURLHistory_Impl::move (sal_uInt16 nSI, sal_uInt16 nDI)
     if (nSI < nDI)
     {
         // shift left.
-        rtl_moveMemory (
+        memmove (
             &m_pHash[nSI    ],
             &m_pHash[nSI + 1],
             (nDI - nSI) * sizeof(hash_entry));
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void INetURLHistory_Impl::move (sal_uInt16 nSI, sal_uInt16 nDI)
     if (nSI > nDI)
     {
         // shift right.
-        rtl_moveMemory (
+        memmove (
             &m_pHash[nDI + 1],
             &m_pHash[nDI    ],
             (nSI - nDI) * sizeof(hash_entry));
diff --git a/svl/source/misc/strmadpt.cxx b/svl/source/misc/strmadpt.cxx
index cf1d41ea9fc2..77a867692b8e 100644
--- a/svl/source/misc/strmadpt.cxx
+++ b/svl/source/misc/strmadpt.cxx
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <limits>
 #include <set>
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include <rtl/alloc.h>
-#include <rtl/memory.h>
 #include <svl/instrm.hxx>
 #include <svl/outstrm.hxx>
 #include <svl/strmadpt.hxx>
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ sal_uLong SvInputStream::GetData(void * pData, sal_uLong nSize)
                 SetError(ERRCODE_IO_CANTREAD);
                 return nRead;
             }
-            rtl_copyMemory(static_cast< sal_Int8 * >(pData) + nRead,
+            memcpy(static_cast< sal_Int8 * >(pData) + nRead,
                            aBuffer.getConstArray(), sal_uInt32(nCount));
             nRead += nCount;
             if (nCount < nRemain)
@@ -879,7 +880,7 @@ sal_uInt32 SvDataPipe_Impl::read()
         sal_uInt32 nBlock = std::min(sal_uInt32(m_pReadPage->m_pEnd
                                                     - m_pReadPage->m_pRead),
                                      nRemain);
-        rtl_copyMemory(m_pReadBuffer, m_pReadPage->m_pRead, nBlock);
+        memcpy(m_pReadBuffer, m_pReadPage->m_pRead, nBlock);
         m_pReadPage->m_pRead += nBlock;
         m_pReadBuffer += nBlock;
         m_nReadBufferSize -= nBlock;
@@ -942,7 +943,7 @@ sal_uInt32 SvDataPipe_Impl::write(sal_Int8 const * pBuffer, sal_uInt32 nSize)
 
         if (nBlock > 0)
         {
-            rtl_copyMemory(m_pReadBuffer + m_nReadBufferFilled, pBuffer,
+            memcpy(m_pReadBuffer + m_nReadBufferFilled, pBuffer,
                            nBlock);
             m_nReadBufferFilled += nBlock;
             nRemain -= nBlock;
@@ -963,7 +964,7 @@ sal_uInt32 SvDataPipe_Impl::write(sal_Int8 const * pBuffer, sal_uInt32 nSize)
                 = std::min(sal_uInt32(m_pWritePage->m_aBuffer + m_nPageSize
                                           - m_pWritePage->m_pEnd),
                            nRemain);
-            rtl_copyMemory(m_pWritePage->m_pEnd, pBuffer, nBlock);
+            memcpy(m_pWritePage->m_pEnd, pBuffer, nBlock);
             m_pWritePage->m_pEnd += nBlock;
             pBuffer += nBlock;
             nRemain -= nBlock;
diff --git a/svl/source/numbers/numuno.cxx b/svl/source/numbers/numuno.cxx
index ee687950af27..8e5b4a164e38 100644
--- a/svl/source/numbers/numuno.cxx
+++ b/svl/source/numbers/numuno.cxx
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ sal_Int64 SAL_CALL SvNumberFormatsSupplierObj::getSomething(
                 const uno::Sequence<sal_Int8 >& rId ) throw(uno::RuntimeException)
 {
     if ( rId.getLength() == 16 &&
-          0 == rtl_compareMemory( getUnoTunnelId().getConstArray(),
+          0 == memcmp( getUnoTunnelId().getConstArray(),
                                     rId.getConstArray(), 16 ) )
     {
         return sal::static_int_cast<sal_Int64>(reinterpret_cast<sal_IntPtr>(this));