diff --git a/src/gcal-utils.c b/src/gcal-utils.c
index c80ba53a..4558f540 100644
--- a/src/gcal-utils.c
+++ b/src/gcal-utils.c
@@ -199,24 +199,7 @@ datetime_is_date (GDateTime *dt)
 icaltimetype*
 gcal_dup_icaltime (const icaltimetype *date)
 {
-  icaltimetype *new_date;
-
-  if (date == NULL)
-    return NULL;
-
-  new_date= g_new (icaltimetype, 1);
-  new_date->year = date->year;
-  new_date->month = date->month;
-  new_date->day = date->day;
-  new_date->hour = date->hour;
-  new_date->minute = date->minute;
-  new_date->second = date->second;
-  new_date->is_utc = date->is_utc;
-  new_date->is_date = date->is_date;
-  new_date->is_daylight = date->is_daylight;
-  new_date->zone = date->zone;
-
-  return new_date;
+  return g_memdup (date, sizeof (icaltimetype));
 }
 
 /**