diff --git a/libveriuser/getlongp.c b/libveriuser/getlongp.c
index db6c764a5..ce4b6bb67 100644
--- a/libveriuser/getlongp.c
+++ b/libveriuser/getlongp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* vi:sw=6
- * Copyright (c) 2002 Michael Ruff (mruff at chiaro.com)
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2012 Michael Ruff (mruff at chiaro.com)
  *
  *    This source code is free software; you can redistribute it
  *    and/or modify it in source code form under the terms of the GNU
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
  *    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
  */
-#ifdef HAVE_CVS_IDENT
-#ident "$Id: getlongp.c,v 1.3 2003/03/15 05:42:39 steve Exp $"
-#endif
 
 #include  <stdlib.h>
 #include  <string.h>
@@ -34,7 +31,6 @@ int tf_getlongp(int *highvalue, int n)
       vpiHandle sys_h, sys_i, arg_h = 0;
       s_vpi_value value;
       int len, rtn;
-      char *str, **end = 0;
 
       assert(highvalue);
       assert(n > 0);
@@ -56,31 +52,19 @@ int tf_getlongp(int *highvalue, int n)
       /* convert string to int(s) */
       len = strlen(value.value.str);
       if (len > 8) {
+	    char *str;
 	    /* low word */
 	    str = value.value.str + (len - 8);
-	    rtn = (int) strtoul(str, end, 16);
+	    rtn = (int) strtoul(str, 0, 16);
 	    /* high word */
 	    *str = '\0';
-	    *highvalue = (int) strtoul(value.value.str, end, 16);
+	    *highvalue = (int) strtoul(value.value.str, 0, 16);
       } else  {
 	    *highvalue = 0;
-	    rtn = (int) strtoul(value.value.str, end, 16);
+	    rtn = (int) strtoul(value.value.str, 0, 16);
       }
 
       vpi_free_object(sys_i);
 
       return rtn;
 }
-
-/*
- * $Log: getlongp.c,v $
- * Revision 1.3  2003/03/15 05:42:39  steve
- *  free argument iterators.
- *
- * Revision 1.2  2002/08/12 01:35:02  steve
- *  conditional ident string using autoconfig.
- *
- * Revision 1.1  2002/06/07 02:58:59  steve
- *  Add a bunch of acc/tf functions. (mruff)
- *
- */