diff --git a/qb/select.go b/qb/select.go
index 0287dec..bc6ed74 100644
--- a/qb/select.go
+++ b/qb/select.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package qb
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // Order specifies sorting order.
@@ -53,9 +54,7 @@ func (b *SelectBuilder) ToCql() (stmt string, names []string) {
 		cql.WriteString("DISTINCT ")
 		b.distinct.writeCql(&cql)
 	case len(b.groupBy) > 0:
-		b.groupBy.writeCql(&cql)
-		cql.WriteByte(',')
-		b.columns.writeCql(&cql)
+		cql.WriteString(strings.Join(append(b.groupBy, b.columns...), ","))
 	case len(b.columns) == 0:
 		cql.WriteByte('*')
 	default:
diff --git a/qb/utils.go b/qb/utils.go
index ffa4ab4..8b78b2b 100644
--- a/qb/utils.go
+++ b/qb/utils.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package qb
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // placeholders returns a string with count ? placeholders joined with commas.
@@ -24,10 +25,5 @@ func placeholders(cql *bytes.Buffer, count int) {
 type columns []string
 
 func (cols columns) writeCql(cql *bytes.Buffer) {
-	for i, c := range cols {
-		cql.WriteString(c)
-		if i < len(cols)-1 {
-			cql.WriteByte(',')
-		}
-	}
+	cql.WriteString(strings.Join(cols, ","))
 }