diff --git a/sxmp/hub.c b/sxmp/hub.c
index 944173d..25aa793 100644
--- a/sxmp/hub.c
+++ b/sxmp/hub.c
@@ -657,17 +657,17 @@ int sxhub_setsslserts(sxhub_t *ssys, const char *rootca,
   /* check on existence of certificate files */
   if (access(rootca, R_OK) == -1) {
     ssys->log(SXERROR_LOG, "Unable to read rootca file '%s': %s\n",
-              rootca, sys_errlist[errno]);
+              rootca, strerror(errno));
     return ENOENT;
   }
   if (access(certpem, R_OK) == -1) {
     ssys->log(SXERROR_LOG, "Unable to read certpem file '%s': %s\n",
-              certpem, sys_errlist[errno]);
+              certpem, strerror(errno));
     return ENOENT;
   }
   if (access(certkey, R_OK) == -1) {
     ssys->log(SXERROR_LOG, "Unable to read certkey file '%s': %s\n",
-              certkey, sys_errlist[errno]);
+              certkey, strerror(errno));
     return ENOENT;
   }
 
@@ -675,19 +675,19 @@ int sxhub_setsslserts(sxhub_t *ssys, const char *rootca,
   int r;
   if (NULL == (ssys->rootca = realpath(rootca, NULL))) {
     ssys->log(SXERROR_LOG, "Unable to obtain the full path of '%s': %s\n",
-              rootca, sys_errlist[errno]);
+              rootca, strerror(errno));
     if (errno == ENOMEM) r = errno;
     goto __fail;
   }
   if (NULL == (ssys->certpem = realpath(certpem, NULL))) {
     ssys->log(SXERROR_LOG, "Unable to obtain the full path of '%s': %s\n",
-              certpem, sys_errlist[errno]);
+              certpem, strerror(errno));
     if (errno == ENOMEM) r = errno;
     goto __fail;
   }
   if (NULL == (ssys->certkey = realpath(certkey, NULL))) {
     ssys->log(SXERROR_LOG, "Unable to obtain the full path of '%s': %s\n",
-              certkey, sys_errlist[errno]);
+              certkey, strerror(errno));
     if (errno == ENOMEM) r = errno;
     goto __fail;
   }