diff --git a/apps/misc.c b/apps/misc.c
index 85ab396754..a85169598f 100644
--- a/apps/misc.c
+++ b/apps/misc.c
@@ -1120,3 +1120,22 @@ bool dir_exists(const char *path)
     closedir(d);
     return true;
 }
+
+/*
+ * removes the extension of filename (if it doesn't start with a .)
+ * puts the result in buffer
+ */
+char *strip_extension(const char *filename, char *buffer)
+{
+    int dotpos;
+    char *dot = strrchr(filename, '.');
+    if (dot != 0 && filename[0] != '.')
+    {
+        dotpos = dot - filename;
+        strncpy(buffer, filename, dotpos);
+        buffer[dotpos] = '\0';
+    }
+    else
+        strcpy(buffer, filename);
+    return buffer;
+}
diff --git a/apps/misc.h b/apps/misc.h
index 590ccf013f..99eadc443a 100644
--- a/apps/misc.h
+++ b/apps/misc.h
@@ -118,5 +118,10 @@ char* strrsplt(char* str, int c);
 bool file_exists(const char *file);
 bool dir_exists(const char *path);
 
+/*
+ * removes the extension of filename (if it doesn't start with a .)
+ * puts the result in buffer
+ */
+char *strip_extension(const char *filename, char *buffer);
 
 #endif /* MISC_H */
diff --git a/apps/recorder/albumart.c b/apps/recorder/albumart.c
index 6761cfc67a..0e45d9a935 100644
--- a/apps/recorder/albumart.c
+++ b/apps/recorder/albumart.c
@@ -62,34 +62,6 @@ static char* strip_filename(char* buf, int buf_size, const char* fullpath)
     return (sep + 1);
 }
 
-/* Strip extension from a filename.
- *
- * buf      - buffer to output the result to.
- * buf_size - size of the output buffer buffer.
- * file     - filename to strip extension from.
- *
- * Return value is a pointer to buf, which contains the result.
- */
-static char* strip_extension(char* buf, int buf_size, const char* file)
-{
-    char* sep;
-    int len;
-
-    if (!buf || buf_size <= 0 || !file)
-        return NULL;
-
-    buf[0] = 0;
-
-    sep = strrchr(file,'.');
-    if (sep == NULL)
-        return NULL;
-
-    len = MIN(sep - file, buf_size - 1);
-    strncpy(buf, file, len);
-    buf[len] = 0;
-    return buf;
-}
-
 /* Make sure part of path only contain chars valid for a FAT32 long name.
  * Double quotes are replaced with single quotes, other unsupported chars 
  * are replaced with an underscore.
@@ -144,7 +116,7 @@ bool search_albumart_files(const struct mp3entry *id3, const char *size_string,
     albumlen = id3->album ? strlen(id3->album) : 0;
 
     /* the first file we look for is one specific to the track playing */
-    strip_extension(path, sizeof(path) - strlen(size_string) - 4, trackname);
+    strip_extension(trackname, path);
     strcat(path, size_string);
     strcat(path, ".bmp");
     found = file_exists(path);
diff --git a/apps/tree.c b/apps/tree.c
index 09c70f0684..6ee242ba38 100644
--- a/apps/tree.c
+++ b/apps/tree.c
@@ -115,25 +115,6 @@ static int ft_play_dirname(char* name);
 static void ft_play_filename(char *dir, char *file);
 static void say_filetype(int attr);
 
-/*
- * removes the extension of filename (if it doesn't start with a .)
- * puts the result in buffer
- */
-static char * strip_extension(char * filename, char * buffer)
-{
-    int dotpos;
-    char * dot=strrchr(filename, '.');
-    if(dot!=0 && filename[0]!='.')
-    {
-        dotpos = dot-filename;
-        strncpy(buffer, filename, dotpos);
-        buffer[dotpos]='\0';
-        return(buffer);
-    }
-    else
-        return(filename);
-}
-
 static char * tree_get_filename(int selected_item, void * data, char *buffer)
 {
     struct tree_context * local_tc=(struct tree_context *)data;