diff --git a/include/services.h b/include/services.h
index d2fa9d7fa..8e16045e9 100644
--- a/include/services.h
+++ b/include/services.h
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "sysconf.h"
 
-#define BUFSIZE 1024
-
 #define _(x) x
 #define N_(x, y) x, y
 
diff --git a/modules/extra/regex_posix.cpp b/modules/extra/regex_posix.cpp
index bf7cc464d..75474af5b 100644
--- a/modules/extra/regex_posix.cpp
+++ b/modules/extra/regex_posix.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public:
 		int err = regcomp(&this->regbuf, expr.c_str(), REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB | REG_ICASE);
 		if (err)
 		{
-			char buf[BUFSIZE];
+			char buf[256];
 			regerror(err, &this->regbuf, buf, sizeof(buf));
 			regfree(&this->regbuf);
 			throw RegexException("Error in regex " + expr + ": " + buf);
diff --git a/modules/extra/regex_tre.cpp b/modules/extra/regex_tre.cpp
index b9493ffe7..1afdabc07 100644
--- a/modules/extra/regex_tre.cpp
+++ b/modules/extra/regex_tre.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public:
 		int err = regcomp(&this->regbuf, expr.c_str(), REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB);
 		if (err)
 		{
-			char buf[BUFSIZE];
+			char buf[256];
 			regerror(err, &this->regbuf, buf, sizeof(buf));
 			regfree(&this->regbuf);
 			throw RegexException("Error in regex " + expr + ": " + buf);
diff --git a/modules/webcpanel/static_fileserver.cpp b/modules/webcpanel/static_fileserver.cpp
index 39f9019e7..9ae369509 100644
--- a/modules/webcpanel/static_fileserver.cpp
+++ b/modules/webcpanel/static_fileserver.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ bool StaticFileServer::OnRequest(HTTP::Provider *server, const Anope::string &pa
 	reply.headers["Cache-Control"] = "public";
 
 	int i;
-	char buffer[BUFSIZE];
+	char buffer[1024];
 	while ((i = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer))) > 0)
 		reply.Write(buffer, i);
 
diff --git a/modules/webcpanel/template_fileserver.cpp b/modules/webcpanel/template_fileserver.cpp
index 26c5ceb07..98ed3a578 100644
--- a/modules/webcpanel/template_fileserver.cpp
+++ b/modules/webcpanel/template_fileserver.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void TemplateFileServer::Serve(HTTP::Provider *server, const Anope::string &page
 	Anope::string buf;
 
 	int i;
-	char buffer[BUFSIZE];
+	char buffer[1024];
 	while ((i = read(fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1)) > 0)
 	{
 		buffer[i] = 0;
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index b00e10516..bddbf772a 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ bool File::End() const
 Anope::string File::Read()
 {
 	Anope::string ret;
-	char buf[BUFSIZE];
+	char buf[1024];
 	while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), this->fp) != NULL)
 	{
 		char *nl = strchr(buf, '\n');
diff --git a/src/misc.cpp b/src/misc.cpp
index 036ea8402..4c7c24c3a 100644
--- a/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/misc.cpp
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ Anope::string Anope::strftime(time_t t, const NickCore *nc, bool short_output)
 		tzset();
 	}
 
-	char buf[BUFSIZE];
+	char buf[256];
 	strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%c", (nc ? localtime(&t) : gmtime(&t)));
 
 	if (nc)