diff --git a/STATUS b/STATUS
index a004c46941..a448bc608e 100644
--- a/STATUS
+++ b/STATUS
@@ -117,11 +117,6 @@ PATCHES ACCEPTED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
     2.4.x cumulative patch: http://people.apache.org/~jailletc36/backport5.patch (minus CHANGES for 1448171)
     +1: jailletc36, igalic, jim
 
-  * mod_log_forensic: Speed up logging of characters that need to be escaped. PR 50919
-    trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1429564
-    2.4.x patch: trunk patch applies.
-    +1: jailletc36, humbedooh, jim
-
   * ssl_util_ssl: Speed up logging function by x4 using ap_bin2hex intoduced in 2.4.4
     It will be in lowercase instead of uppercase, but it is only for logging. I don't think this is a real issue.
     trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1429559
diff --git a/modules/loggers/mod_log_forensic.c b/modules/loggers/mod_log_forensic.c
index 1be123024b..bb808e8888 100644
--- a/modules/loggers/mod_log_forensic.c
+++ b/modules/loggers/mod_log_forensic.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static char *log_escape(char *q, const char *e, const char *p)
         if (test_char_table[*(unsigned char *)p]&T_ESCAPE_FORENSIC) {
             ap_assert(q+2 < e);
             *q++ = '%';
-            sprintf(q, "%02x", *(unsigned char *)p);
+            ap_bin2hex(p, 1, q);
             q += 2;
         }
         else