diff --git a/rand_core/src/lib.rs b/rand_core/src/lib.rs
index 281bedde745..fc341751a11 100644
--- a/rand_core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rand_core/src/lib.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 
 use core::convert::AsMut;
 use core::default::Default;
-use core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping;
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))] extern crate alloc;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))] use alloc::boxed::Box;
@@ -313,12 +312,8 @@ pub trait SeedableRng: Sized {
             // Use PCG output function with to_le to generate x:
             let xorshifted = (((state >> 18) ^ state) >> 27) as u32;
             let rot = (state >> 59) as u32;
-            let x = xorshifted.rotate_right(rot).to_le();
-
-            unsafe {
-                let p = &x as *const u32 as *const u8;
-                copy_nonoverlapping(p, chunk.as_mut_ptr(), chunk.len());
-            }
+            let x = xorshifted.rotate_right(rot);
+            chunk.copy_from_slice(&x.to_le_bytes());
         }
 
         Self::from_seed(seed)