diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index b208d0c7ece59..177c98f0fdfd1 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -424,13 +424,13 @@ bool set_process_priority(enum ggml_sched_priority prio);
 //
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-#define LLAMA_COMMON_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(gnu_printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
+#    if defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__clang__)
+#        define LLAMA_COMMON_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(gnu_printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
+#    else
+#        define LLAMA_COMMON_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
+#    endif
 #else
-#define LLAMA_COMMON_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
-#endif
-#else
-#define LLAMA_COMMON_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...)
+#    define LLAMA_COMMON_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...)
 #endif
 
 LLAMA_COMMON_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(1, 2)
diff --git a/common/log.h b/common/log.h
index 4ebc6314b25d6..c56bb50d95db0 100644
--- a/common/log.h
+++ b/common/log.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #ifndef __GNUC__
 #    define LOG_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...)
-#elif defined(__MINGW32__)
+#elif defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__clang__)
 #    define LOG_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(gnu_printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
 #else
 #    define LOG_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
diff --git a/ggml/include/ggml.h b/ggml/include/ggml.h
index 5bd8d9c8b5023..dd0c6a96eaee8 100644
--- a/ggml/include/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml/include/ggml.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 
 #ifndef __GNUC__
 #    define GGML_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...)
-#elif defined(__MINGW32__)
+#elif defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__clang__)
 #    define GGML_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(gnu_printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
 #else
 #    define GGML_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
diff --git a/src/llama-impl.h b/src/llama-impl.h
index 12d1fb0828d3a..02b1d07f8400d 100644
--- a/src/llama-impl.h
+++ b/src/llama-impl.h
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
-#define LLAMA_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(gnu_printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
+#    if defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__clang__)
+#        define LLAMA_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(gnu_printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
+#    else
+#        define LLAMA_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
+#    endif
 #else
-#define LLAMA_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...) __attribute__((format(printf, __VA_ARGS__)))
-#endif
-#else
-#define LLAMA_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...)
+#    define LLAMA_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(...)
 #endif
 
 //
diff --git a/tests/test-gguf.cpp b/tests/test-gguf.cpp
index 6ed696328d71a..eaf572c666410 100644
--- a/tests/test-gguf.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-gguf.cpp
@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ static std::pair<int, int> test_handcrafted_file(const unsigned int seed) {
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
         if (!file) {
-            printf("%s: failed to create tmpfile(), needs elevated privileges on Windows");
-            printf("%s: skipping tests");
+            printf("failed to create tmpfile(), needs elevated privileges on Windows");
+            printf("skipping tests");
             continue;
         }
 #else
@@ -1086,8 +1086,8 @@ static std::pair<int, int> test_roundtrip(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, const unsigned
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
     if (!file) {
-        printf("%s: failed to create tmpfile(), needs elevated privileges on Windows");
-        printf("%s: skipping tests");
+        printf("failed to create tmpfile(), needs elevated privileges on Windows");
+        printf("skipping tests");
         return std::make_pair(0, 0);
     }
 #else