diff --git a/src/translate_c.zig b/src/translate_c.zig
index 42f11f473e..e82583bd07 100644
--- a/src/translate_c.zig
+++ b/src/translate_c.zig
@@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ fn transPredefinedExpr(c: *Context, scope: *Scope, expr: *const clang.Predefined
 
 fn transCreateCharLitNode(c: *Context, narrow: bool, val: u32) TransError!Node {
     return Tag.char_literal.create(c.arena, if (narrow)
-        try std.fmt.allocPrint(c.arena, "'{s}'", .{std.zig.fmtEscapes(&.{@intCast(u8, val)})})
+        try std.fmt.allocPrint(c.arena, "'{'}'", .{std.zig.fmtEscapes(&.{@intCast(u8, val)})})
     else
         try std.fmt.allocPrint(c.arena, "'\\u{{{x}}}'", .{val}));
 }
diff --git a/src/translate_c/ast.zig b/src/translate_c/ast.zig
index 47e4f520c5..c02b4048f7 100644
--- a/src/translate_c/ast.zig
+++ b/src/translate_c/ast.zig
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ fn renderNode(c: *Context, node: Node) Allocator.Error!NodeIndex {
 
             const compile_error_tok = try c.addToken(.builtin, "@compileError");
             _ = try c.addToken(.l_paren, "(");
-            const err_msg_tok = try c.addTokenFmt(.string_literal, "\"{s}\"", .{std.zig.fmtEscapes(payload.mangled)});
+            const err_msg_tok = try c.addTokenFmt(.string_literal, "\"{}\"", .{std.zig.fmtEscapes(payload.mangled)});
             const err_msg = try c.addNode(.{
                 .tag = .string_literal,
                 .main_token = err_msg_tok,
@@ -2265,7 +2265,7 @@ fn renderVar(c: *Context, node: Node) !NodeIndex {
         _ = try c.addToken(.l_paren, "(");
         const res = try c.addNode(.{
             .tag = .string_literal,
-            .main_token = try c.addTokenFmt(.string_literal, "\"{s}\"", .{std.zig.fmtEscapes(some)}),
+            .main_token = try c.addTokenFmt(.string_literal, "\"{}\"", .{std.zig.fmtEscapes(some)}),
             .data = undefined,
         });
         _ = try c.addToken(.r_paren, ")");
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ fn renderFunc(c: *Context, node: Node) !NodeIndex {
         _ = try c.addToken(.l_paren, "(");
         const res = try c.addNode(.{
             .tag = .string_literal,
-            .main_token = try c.addTokenFmt(.string_literal, "\"{s}\"", .{std.zig.fmtEscapes(some)}),
+            .main_token = try c.addTokenFmt(.string_literal, "\"{}\"", .{std.zig.fmtEscapes(some)}),
             .data = undefined,
         });
         _ = try c.addToken(.r_paren, ")");