diff --git a/src/native/clr/host/bridge-processing.cc b/src/native/clr/host/bridge-processing.cc
index ad7bb02639b..49451f02475 100644
--- a/src/native/clr/host/bridge-processing.cc
+++ b/src/native/clr/host/bridge-processing.cc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ TemporaryPeerMap::TemporaryPeerMap (JNIEnv *jni_env, MarkCrossReferencesArgs *ar
 
 	if (env->EnsureLocalCapacity (requested_capacity) != JNI_OK) [[unlikely]] {
 		env->ExceptionClear ();
-		log_warn (LOG_GC, "Failed to reserve JNI local reference capacity for {} temporary peers", map_capacity);
+		log_warnf (LOG_GC, "Failed to reserve JNI local reference capacity for %zu temporary peers", map_capacity);
 	}
 
 	capacity = map_capacity;
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ void BridgeProcessingShared::log_missing_add_references_method ([[maybe_unused]]
 	}
 
 	char *class_name = Host::get_java_class_name_for_TypeManager (java_class);
-	log_error (LOG_GC, "Missing monodroidAddReferences method for object of class {}", optional_string (class_name));
+	log_errorf (LOG_GC, "Missing monodroidAddReferences method for object of class %s", optional_string (class_name));
 	free (class_name);
 #endif
 }
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ void BridgeProcessingShared::log_missing_clear_references_method ([[maybe_unused
 	}
 
 	char *class_name = Host::get_java_class_name_for_TypeManager (java_class);
-	log_error (LOG_GC, "Missing monodroidClearReferences method for object of class {}", optional_string (class_name));
+	log_errorf (LOG_GC, "Missing monodroidClearReferences method for object of class %s", optional_string (class_name));
 	free (class_name);
 #endif
 }
@@ -594,5 +594,5 @@ void BridgeProcessingShared::log_gc_summary () noexcept
 		}
 	}
 
-	log_info (LOG_GC, "GC cleanup summary: {} objects tested - resurrecting {}.", total, alive);
+	log_infof (LOG_GC, "GC cleanup summary: %zu objects tested - resurrecting %zu.", total, alive);
 }
diff --git a/src/native/clr/runtime-base/logger.cc b/src/native/clr/runtime-base/logger.cc
index 07edfa25d8d..ffbf9da565c 100644
--- a/src/native/clr/runtime-base/logger.cc
+++ b/src/native/clr/runtime-base/logger.cc
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ auto Logger::open_file (LogCategories category, std::string_view const& custom_p
 {
 	auto log_and_return = [&category](FILE *f, std::string_view const& path) -> FILE* {
 		if (f != nullptr) {
-			log_debug (category, "Opened file '{}' for logging.", path);
+			log_debugf (category, "Opened file '%.*s' for logging.", static_cast<int>(path.length ()), path.data ());
 		}
 		return f;
 	};
@@ -193,7 +193,13 @@ Logger::init_logging_categories () noexcept
 			auto file_name = segment.at (offset);
 
 			if (!file_name.has_value ()) {
-				log_warn (LOG_DEFAULT, "Unable to set path to {} log file: {}", file_kind, to_string (file_name.error ()));
+				log_warnf (
+					LOG_DEFAULT,
+					"Unable to set path to %.*s log file: %s",
+					static_cast<int>(file_kind.length ()),
+					file_kind.data (),
+					to_string (file_name.error ())
+				);
 				return {};
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/native/common/include/runtime-base/strings.hh b/src/native/common/include/runtime-base/strings.hh
index 589e2f45653..157ba36b050 100644
--- a/src/native/common/include/runtime-base/strings.hh
+++ b/src/native/common/include/runtime-base/strings.hh
@@ -36,16 +36,14 @@ namespace xamarin::android {
 		index_out_of_range,
 	};
 
-	static inline auto to_string (string_segment_error error) -> std::string_view const
+	static constexpr auto to_string (string_segment_error error) -> const char*
 	{
-		using std::operator""sv;
-
 		switch (error) {
 			case string_segment_error::index_out_of_range:
-				return "Index out of range"sv;
+				return "Index out of range";
 
 			default:
-				return "Unknown error"sv;
+				return "Unknown error";
 		}
 	}