diff --git a/proxmox-backup-banner/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-backup-banner/Cargo.toml
index a78f6a07..5c9f52d1 100644
--- a/proxmox-backup-banner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-backup-banner/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ authors = ["Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-proxmox = { version = "0.11.5", default-features = false, features = [] }
+nix = "0.19.1"
diff --git a/proxmox-backup-banner/src/main.rs b/proxmox-backup-banner/src/main.rs
index ad9ef259..564b2f7f 100644
--- a/proxmox-backup-banner/src/main.rs
+++ b/proxmox-backup-banner/src/main.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ use std::fmt::Write;
 use std::fs;
 use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
 
-use proxmox::tools;
+use nix::sys::utsname::uname;
 
 fn main() {
-    let nodename = tools::nodename();
+    let uname = uname(); // save on stack to avoid to_owned() allocation below
+    let nodename = uname.nodename().split('.').next().unwrap();
+
     let addr = format!("{}:8007", nodename);
 
     let mut banner = format!(