diff --git a/sent.c b/sent.c
index d6c2c0b..6b22e61 100644
--- a/sent.c
+++ b/sent.c
@@ -376,15 +376,9 @@ void die(const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_list ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+	eprintf(fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 
-	if (fmt[0] != '\0' && fmt[strlen(fmt)-1] == ':') {
-		fputc(' ', stderr);
-		perror(NULL);
-	} else {
-		fputc('\n', stderr);
-	}
 	exit(1);
 }