diff --git a/infer/src/bufferoverrun/absLoc.ml b/infer/src/bufferoverrun/absLoc.ml
index fdc14c9ce..b8dd89923 100644
--- a/infer/src/bufferoverrun/absLoc.ml
+++ b/infer/src/bufferoverrun/absLoc.ml
@@ -227,14 +227,11 @@ module Loc = struct
               (Allocsite.Known
                 {path= Some (SP.Deref ((SP.Deref_COneValuePointer | SP.Deref_CPointer), p))})
         ; fn= f } ->
-        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(SP.pp_partial_paren ~paren:true)
-          ~pp_lhs_alone:(SP.pp_pointer ~paren) ~sep:"->" fmt p f
+        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(SP.pp_partial_paren ~paren:true) ~sep:"->" fmt p f
     | Field {prefix= l; fn= f} ->
-        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(pp_paren ~paren:true) ~pp_lhs_alone:(pp_paren ~paren)
-          ~sep:"." fmt l f
+        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(pp_paren ~paren:true) ~sep:"." fmt l f
     | StarField {prefix; last_field} ->
-        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(pp_star ~paren:true) ~pp_lhs_alone:(pp_star ~paren) ~sep:"."
-          fmt prefix last_field
+        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(pp_star ~paren:true) ~sep:"." fmt prefix last_field
 
 
   and pp_star ~paren fmt l = pp_paren ~paren fmt l ; F.pp_print_string fmt ".*"
diff --git a/infer/src/bufferoverrun/bufferOverrunField.ml b/infer/src/bufferoverrun/bufferOverrunField.ml
index 87842463e..0b43f651d 100644
--- a/infer/src/bufferoverrun/bufferOverrunField.ml
+++ b/infer/src/bufferoverrun/bufferOverrunField.ml
@@ -8,22 +8,7 @@ open! IStd
 module F = Format
 module L = Logging
 
-(** If fn is empty, prints [pp_lhs_alone lhs] Otherwise prints [pp_lhs lhs ^ sep ^ fn]
-
-    Create invisible phantom fields by giving them a name ending in '.' The name preceeding the '.'
-    will be used in debug mode. *)
-let pp ~pp_lhs ~pp_lhs_alone ~sep f lhs fn =
-  let fieldname = Typ.Fieldname.get_field_name fn in
-  if String.is_empty fieldname then
-    if Config.bo_debug > 0 then
-      let fieldname =
-        Option.value ~default:""
-          (Typ.Fieldname.to_simplified_string fn |> String.chop_suffix ~suffix:".")
-      in
-      F.fprintf f "%a%s%s" pp_lhs lhs sep fieldname
-    else pp_lhs_alone f lhs
-  else F.fprintf f "%a%s%s" pp_lhs lhs sep fieldname
-
+let pp ~pp_lhs ~sep f lhs fn = F.fprintf f "%a%s%s" pp_lhs lhs sep (Typ.Fieldname.get_field_name fn)
 
 let mk, get_type =
   let class_name = "__infer__" in
diff --git a/infer/src/bufferoverrun/symb.ml b/infer/src/bufferoverrun/symb.ml
index 97190a475..285673d98 100644
--- a/infer/src/bufferoverrun/symb.ml
+++ b/infer/src/bufferoverrun/symb.ml
@@ -132,16 +132,13 @@ module SymbolPath = struct
     | Deref ((Deref_COneValuePointer | Deref_CPointer | Deref_JavaPointer), p) ->
         pp_pointer ~paren fmt p
     | Field {fn; prefix= Deref ((Deref_COneValuePointer | Deref_CPointer), p)} ->
-        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(pp_partial_paren ~paren:true)
-          ~pp_lhs_alone:(pp_pointer ~paren) ~sep:"->" fmt p fn
+        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(pp_partial_paren ~paren:true) ~sep:"->" fmt p fn
     | Field {fn; prefix= p} ->
-        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(pp_partial_paren ~paren:true)
-          ~pp_lhs_alone:(pp_partial_paren ~paren) ~sep:"." fmt p fn
+        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(pp_partial_paren ~paren:true) ~sep:"." fmt p fn
     | Callsite {cs} ->
         Typ.Procname.pp_simplified_string ~withclass:true fmt (CallSite.pname cs)
     | StarField {last_field; prefix} ->
-        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(pp_star ~paren:true) ~pp_lhs_alone:(pp_star ~paren) ~sep:"."
-          fmt prefix last_field
+        BufferOverrunField.pp ~pp_lhs:(pp_star ~paren:true) ~sep:"." fmt prefix last_field
 
 
   and pp_pointer ~paren fmt p =
diff --git a/infer/src/bufferoverrun/symb.mli b/infer/src/bufferoverrun/symb.mli
index 58a1eda07..9903ada4f 100644
--- a/infer/src/bufferoverrun/symb.mli
+++ b/infer/src/bufferoverrun/symb.mli
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ module SymbolPath : sig
 
   val pp_partial_paren : paren:bool -> F.formatter -> partial -> unit
 
-  val pp_pointer : paren:bool -> F.formatter -> partial -> unit
-
   val of_pvar : Pvar.t -> partial
 
   val of_callsite : ret_typ:Typ.t -> CallSite.t -> partial