diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
index 5e3bac2b..9a3024b5 100644
--- a/src/cut.c
+++ b/src/cut.c
@@ -214,10 +214,9 @@ void cut_line(void)
 	 * head of this line to the head of the next line into the cutbuffer;
 	 * otherwise, move all of the text of this line into the cutbuffer. */
 	if (openfile->current != openfile->filebot)
-		extract_buffer(&cutbuffer, &cutbottom, openfile->current, 0,
-				openfile->current->next, 0);
+		extract(openfile->current, 0, openfile->current->next, 0);
 	else
-		extract_buffer(&cutbuffer, &cutbottom, openfile->current, 0,
+		extract(openfile->current, 0,
 				openfile->current, strlen(openfile->current->data));
 	openfile->placewewant = 0;
 }
@@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ void cut_marked(bool *right_side_up)
 	get_region((const linestruct **)&top, &top_x,
 				(const linestruct **)&bot, &bot_x, right_side_up);
 
-	extract_buffer(&cutbuffer, &cutbottom, top, top_x, bot, bot_x);
+	extract(top, top_x, bot, bot_x);
 	openfile->placewewant = xplustabs();
 }
 
@@ -247,11 +246,11 @@ void cut_to_eol(void)
 	 * the cutbuffer.  Otherwise, when not at the end of the buffer,
 	 * move the line separation into the cutbuffer. */
 	if (openfile->current_x < data_len)
-		extract_buffer(&cutbuffer, &cutbottom, openfile->current,
-				openfile->current_x, openfile->current, data_len);
+		extract(openfile->current, openfile->current_x,
+				openfile->current, data_len);
 	else if (openfile->current != openfile->filebot) {
-		extract_buffer(&cutbuffer, &cutbottom, openfile->current,
-				openfile->current_x, openfile->current->next, 0);
+		extract(openfile->current, openfile->current_x,
+				openfile->current->next, 0);
 		openfile->placewewant = xplustabs();
 	}
 }
@@ -259,8 +258,7 @@ void cut_to_eol(void)
 /* Move all text from the cursor position to end-of-file into the cutbuffer. */
 void cut_to_eof(void)
 {
-	extract_buffer(&cutbuffer, &cutbottom,
-				openfile->current, openfile->current_x,
+	extract(openfile->current, openfile->current_x,
 				openfile->filebot, strlen(openfile->filebot->data));
 }
 #endif /* !NANO_TINY */
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index d66ac50b..be353a0d 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -276,9 +276,8 @@ void unpartition_buffer(partition **p)
 }
 
 /* Move all text between (top, top_x) and (bot, bot_x) from the current buffer
- * to the given other buffer (beginning at buffer_top, ending at buffer_bot. */
-void extract_buffer(linestruct **buffer_top, linestruct **buffer_bot,
-		linestruct *top, size_t top_x, linestruct *bot, size_t bot_x)
+ * into the cutbuffer. */
+void extract(linestruct *top, size_t top_x, linestruct *bot, size_t bot_x)
 {
 	bool edittop_inside;
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
@@ -315,30 +314,30 @@ void extract_buffer(linestruct **buffer_top, linestruct **buffer_bot,
 
 	/* If the given buffer is empty, just move all the text directly into it;
 	 * otherwise, append the text to what is already there. */
-	if (*buffer_top == NULL) {
-		*buffer_top = openfile->filetop;
-		*buffer_bot = openfile->filebot;
-		renumber_from(*buffer_top);
+	if (cutbuffer == NULL) {
+		cutbuffer = openfile->filetop;
+		cutbottom = openfile->filebot;
+		renumber_from(cutbuffer);
 	} else {
-		linestruct *was_bottom = *buffer_bot;
+		linestruct *was_bottom = cutbottom;
 
 		/* Tack the data of the first line of the text onto the data of
 		 * the last line in the given buffer. */
-		(*buffer_bot)->data = charealloc((*buffer_bot)->data,
-								strlen((*buffer_bot)->data) +
+		cutbottom->data = charealloc(cutbottom->data,
+								strlen(cutbottom->data) +
 								strlen(openfile->filetop->data) + 1);
-		strcat((*buffer_bot)->data, openfile->filetop->data);
+		strcat(cutbottom->data, openfile->filetop->data);
 
 		/* Attach the second line of the text (if any) to the last line
 		 * of the buffer, then remove the now superfluous first line. */
-		(*buffer_bot)->next = openfile->filetop->next;
+		cutbottom->next = openfile->filetop->next;
 		delete_node(openfile->filetop);
 
 		/* If there is a second line, make the reverse attachment too and
 		 * update the buffer pointer to point at the end of the text. */
-		if ((*buffer_bot)->next != NULL) {
-			(*buffer_bot)->next->prev = *buffer_bot;
-			*buffer_bot = openfile->filebot;
+		if (cutbottom->next != NULL) {
+			cutbottom->next->prev = cutbottom;
+			cutbottom = openfile->filebot;
 		}
 
 		renumber_from(was_bottom);
diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index a301f5da..028b77cf 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -401,8 +401,7 @@ void renumber_from(linestruct *line);
 partition *partition_buffer(linestruct *top, size_t top_x,
 		linestruct *bot, size_t bot_x);
 void unpartition_buffer(partition **p);
-void extract_buffer(linestruct **file_top, linestruct **file_bot,
-		linestruct *top, size_t top_x, linestruct *bot, size_t bot_x);
+void extract(linestruct *top, size_t top_x, linestruct *bot, size_t bot_x);
 void ingraft_buffer(linestruct *somebuffer);
 void copy_from_buffer(linestruct *somebuffer);
 #ifdef ENABLE_MULTIBUFFER
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 75822752..9d6bf0f4 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -2046,8 +2046,7 @@ void do_justify(bool full_justify)
 
 	/* Do the equivalent of a marked cut into an empty cutbuffer. */
 	cutbuffer = NULL;
-	extract_buffer(&cutbuffer, &cutbottom, first_par_line, top_x,
-											last_par_line, bot_x);
+	extract(first_par_line, top_x, last_par_line, bot_x);
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 	update_undo(CUT);