diff --git a/sentry/eventtypes/base.py b/sentry/eventtypes/base.py
index afab525..7ff7226 100644
--- a/sentry/eventtypes/base.py
+++ b/sentry/eventtypes/base.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from sentry.utils.safe import get_path
-from sentry.utils.strings import strip, truncatechars
+from sentry.utils.strings import strip
+from django.template.defaultfilters import truncatechars
 
 
 class DefaultEvent:
diff --git a/sentry/eventtypes/error.py b/sentry/eventtypes/error.py
index 9b2eecc..5335add 100644
--- a/sentry/eventtypes/error.py
+++ b/sentry/eventtypes/error.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+from django.template.defaultfilters import truncatechars
+
 from sentry.stacktraces.functions import get_function_name_for_frame
 from sentry.stacktraces.processing import get_crash_frame_from_event_data
-from sentry.utils.safe import get_path, trim, truncatechars
+from sentry.utils.safe import get_path, trim
 
 
 def get_crash_location(data):
diff --git a/sentry/utils/safe.py b/sentry/utils/safe.py
index 5b15721..5cf0021 100644
--- a/sentry/utils/safe.py
+++ b/sentry/utils/safe.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import collections
 import json
 
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str
+from django.template.defaultfilters import truncatechars
 
-from sentry.utils.strings import truncatechars
 
 SENTRY_MAX_VARIABLE_SIZE = 512
 
diff --git a/sentry/utils/strings.py b/sentry/utils/strings.py
index 3960aeb..748d002 100644
--- a/sentry/utils/strings.py
+++ b/sentry/utils/strings.py
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
 
 
-def truncatechars(value: str, chars=100):
-    """Truncate string and append …"""
-    return (value[:chars] + "…") if len(value) > chars else value
-
-
 def strip(value):
     if not value:
         return ""