diff --git a/src/gprs/gb_proxy_patch.c b/src/gprs/gb_proxy_patch.c
index 7bddc44..210fb2b 100644
--- a/src/gprs/gb_proxy_patch.c
+++ b/src/gprs/gb_proxy_patch.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <osmocom/gprs/protocol/gsm_08_18.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/rate_ctr.h>
+#include <osmocom/gsm/apn.h>
 
 /* patch RA identifier in place */
 static void gbproxy_patch_raid(uint8_t *raid_enc, struct gbproxy_peer *peer,
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@
 		LOGP(DGPRS, LOGL_DEBUG,
 		     "Patching %s to SGSN: Removing APN '%s'\n",
 		     log_text,
-		     gprs_apn_to_str(str1, apn, apn_len));
+		     osmo_apn_to_str(str1, apn, apn_len));
 
 		*new_apn_ie_len = 0;
 		gprs_msgb_resize_area(msg, apn_ie, apn_ie_len, 0);
@@ -116,8 +117,8 @@
 		     "Patching %s to SGSN: "
 		     "Replacing APN '%s' -> '%s'\n",
 		     log_text,
-		     gprs_apn_to_str(str1, apn, apn_len),
-		     gprs_apn_to_str(str2, peer->cfg->core_apn,
+		     osmo_apn_to_str(str1, apn, apn_len),
+		     osmo_apn_to_str(str2, peer->cfg->core_apn,
 				       peer->cfg->core_apn_size));
 
 		*new_apn_ie_len = peer->cfg->core_apn_size + 2;
diff --git a/src/gprs/gb_proxy_vty.c b/src/gprs/gb_proxy_vty.c
index 933b6b0..86d65a8 100644
--- a/src/gprs/gb_proxy_vty.c
+++ b/src/gprs/gb_proxy_vty.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <openbsc/gsm_04_08.h>
 #include <osmocom/gprs/gprs_ns.h>
+#include <osmocom/gsm/apn.h>
 
 #include <openbsc/debug.h>
 #include <openbsc/gb_proxy.h>
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@
 	       if (g_cfg->core_apn_size > 0) {
 		       char str[500] = {0};
 		       vty_out(vty, " core-access-point-name %s%s",
-			       gprs_apn_to_str(str, g_cfg->core_apn,
+			       osmo_apn_to_str(str, g_cfg->core_apn,
 						 g_cfg->core_apn_size),
 			       VTY_NEWLINE);
 	       } else {
diff --git a/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c b/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c
index 93b133f..43eeaaa 100644
--- a/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c
+++ b/src/gprs/gprs_sgsn.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <osmocom/gprs/gprs_ns.h>
 #include <osmocom/gprs/gprs_bssgp.h>
 #include <osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_04_08_gprs.h>
+#include <osmocom/gsm/apn.h>
 
 #include <openbsc/gprs_subscriber.h>
 #include <openbsc/debug.h>
@@ -758,7 +759,7 @@
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
-		gprs_apn_to_str(req_apn_str,
+		osmo_apn_to_str(req_apn_str,
 				TLVP_VAL(tp, GSM48_IE_GSM_APN),
 				TLVP_LEN(tp, GSM48_IE_GSM_APN));
 
diff --git a/src/gprs/gprs_subscriber.c b/src/gprs/gprs_subscriber.c
index aa03509..94297d0 100644
--- a/src/gprs/gprs_subscriber.c
+++ b/src/gprs/gprs_subscriber.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_04_08_gprs.h>
 #include <osmocom/gsm/gsup.h>
+#include <osmocom/gsm/apn.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/logging.h>
 #include <openbsc/gprs_subscriber.h>
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@
 
 		OSMO_ASSERT(pdp_data != NULL);
 		pdp_data->pdp_type = pdp_info->pdp_type;
-		gprs_apn_to_str(pdp_data->apn_str,
+		osmo_apn_to_str(pdp_data->apn_str,
 				pdp_info->apn_enc, pdp_info->apn_enc_len);
 		memcpy(pdp_data->qos_subscribed, pdp_info->qos_enc, pdp_info->qos_enc_len);
 		pdp_data->qos_subscribed_len = pdp_info->qos_enc_len;
diff --git a/src/gprs/gprs_utils.c b/src/gprs/gprs_utils.c
index 64ed978..91a09d2 100644
--- a/src/gprs/gprs_utils.c
+++ b/src/gprs/gprs_utils.c
@@ -114,34 +114,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* TODO: Move these conversion functions to a utils file. */
-/* TODO: consolidate with gprs_apn2str(). */
-/** memmove apn_enc to out_str, replacing the length octets in apn_enc with '.'
- * (omitting the first one) and terminating with a '\0'.
- * out_str needs to have rest_chars amount of bytes or 1 whatever is bigger.
- */
-char * gprs_apn_to_str(char *out_str, const uint8_t *apn_enc, size_t rest_chars)
-{
-	char *str = out_str;
-
-	while (rest_chars > 0 && apn_enc[0]) {
-		size_t label_size = apn_enc[0];
-		if (label_size + 1 > rest_chars)
-			return NULL;
-
-		memmove(str, apn_enc + 1, label_size);
-		str += label_size;
-		rest_chars -= label_size + 1;
-		apn_enc += label_size + 1;
-
-		if (rest_chars)
-			*(str++) = '.';
-	}
-	str[0] = '\0';
-
-	return out_str;
-}
-
 int gprs_str_to_apn(uint8_t *apn_enc, size_t max_len, const char *str)
 {
 	uint8_t *last_len_field;
diff --git a/src/gprs/gtphub.c b/src/gprs/gtphub.c
index 5e7520e..0a8e375 100644
--- a/src/gprs/gtphub.c
+++ b/src/gprs/gtphub.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 #include <osmocom/core/rate_ctr.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/stats.h>
 
+#include <osmocom/gsm/apn.h>
+
 
 static const int GTPH_GC_TICK_SECONDS = 1;
 
@@ -498,7 +500,7 @@
 		len = sizeof(apn_buf) - 1;
 	apn_buf[len] = '\0';
 
-	*apn_str = gprs_apn_to_str(apn_buf, (uint8_t*)apn_buf, len);
+	*apn_str = osmo_apn_to_str(apn_buf, (uint8_t*)apn_buf, len);
 	if (!(*apn_str)) {
 		LOG(LOGL_ERROR, "APN IE: present but cannot be decoded: %s\n",
 		    osmo_hexdump((uint8_t*)apn_buf, len));
diff --git a/src/gprs/sgsn_cdr.c b/src/gprs/sgsn_cdr.c
index 0910896..16ea9d4 100644
--- a/src/gprs/sgsn_cdr.c
+++ b/src/gprs/sgsn_cdr.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <openbsc/signal.h>
 #include <openbsc/gprs_utils.h>
 #include <openbsc/debug.h>
+#include <osmocom/gsm/apn.h>
 
 #include <openbsc/vty.h>
 
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@
 
 
 	if (pdp->lib) {
-		gprs_apn_to_str(apni, pdp->lib->apn_use.v, pdp->lib->apn_use.l);
+		osmo_apn_to_str(apni, pdp->lib->apn_use.v, pdp->lib->apn_use.l);
 		inet_ntop(AF_INET, &pdp->lib->hisaddr0.s_addr, ggsn_addr, sizeof(ggsn_addr));
 		extract_eua(&pdp->lib->eua, eua_addr);
 	}
diff --git a/src/gprs/sgsn_vty.c b/src/gprs/sgsn_vty.c
index cc8d6c3..cf44cc4 100644
--- a/src/gprs/sgsn_vty.c
+++ b/src/gprs/sgsn_vty.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/rate_ctr.h>
 #include <osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_04_08_gprs.h>
+#include <osmocom/gsm/apn.h>
 
 #include <openbsc/debug.h>
 #include <openbsc/sgsn.h>
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@
 
 
 #define GSM48_MAX_APN_LEN	102	/* 10.5.6.1 */
-/* TODO: consolidate with gprs_apn_to_str(). */
 /** Copy apn to a static buffer, replacing the length octets in apn_enc with '.'
  * and terminating with a '\0'. Return the static buffer.
  * len: the length of the encoded APN (which has no terminating zero).
@@ -124,23 +124,10 @@
 static char *gprs_apn2str(uint8_t *apn, unsigned int len)
 {
 	static char apnbuf[GSM48_MAX_APN_LEN+1];
-	unsigned int i = 0;
 
 	if (!apn)
 		return "";
-
-	if (len > sizeof(apnbuf)-1)
-		len = sizeof(apnbuf)-1;
-
-	memcpy(apnbuf, apn, len);
-	apnbuf[len] = '\0';
-
-	/* replace the domain name step sizes with dots */
-	while (i < len) {
-		unsigned int step = apnbuf[i];
-		apnbuf[i] = '.';
-		i += step+1;
-	}
+	osmo_apn_to_str(apnbuf, apn, len);
 
 	return apnbuf+1;
 }