diff --git a/examples/editor/src/main.rs b/examples/editor/src/main.rs
index d55f9bdfec..bc10e43c6e 100644
--- a/examples/editor/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/editor/src/main.rs
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ impl Editor {
             },
             Task::batch([
                 Task::perform(
-                    load_file(format!(
-                        "{}/src/main.rs",
-                        env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")
+                    load_file(concat!(
+                        env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
+                        "/src/main.rs",
                     )),
                     Message::FileOpened,
                 ),
diff --git a/examples/ferris/src/main.rs b/examples/ferris/src/main.rs
index eaf51354fa..95f2c12cb2 100644
--- a/examples/ferris/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/ferris/src/main.rs
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ impl Image {
         let i_am_ferris = column![
             "Hello!",
             Element::from(
-                image(format!(
-                    "{}/../tour/images/ferris.png",
-                    env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")
+                image(concat!(
+                    env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
+                    "/../tour/images/ferris.png",
                 ))
                 .width(self.width)
                 .content_fit(self.content_fit)
diff --git a/examples/svg/src/main.rs b/examples/svg/src/main.rs
index 02cb85cc0f..64ac316310 100644
--- a/examples/svg/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/svg/src/main.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ impl Tiger {
     }
 
     fn view(&self) -> Element<Message> {
-        let handle = svg::Handle::from_path(format!(
-            "{}/resources/tiger.svg",
-            env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")
+        let handle = svg::Handle::from_path(concat!(
+            env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
+            "/resources/tiger.svg",
         ));
 
         let svg =
diff --git a/examples/tour/src/main.rs b/examples/tour/src/main.rs
index d8c0b29ab4..f13e501fcb 100644
--- a/examples/tour/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/tour/src/main.rs
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ fn ferris<'a>(
         if cfg!(target_arch = "wasm32") {
             image("tour/images/ferris.png")
         } else {
-            image(format!("{}/images/ferris.png", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")))
+            image(concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/images/ferris.png"))
         }
         .filter_method(filter_method)
         .width(width),
diff --git a/runtime/src/debug/basic.rs b/runtime/src/debug/basic.rs
index 4c994a2f94..6ee0892b78 100644
--- a/runtime/src/debug/basic.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/debug/basic.rs
@@ -147,12 +147,16 @@ impl Debug {
             format!("{key} {value:?}")
         }
 
-        lines.push(format!(
-            "{} {} - {}",
-            env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"),
-            env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
-            env!("CARGO_PKG_REPOSITORY"),
-        ));
+        lines.push(
+            concat!(
+                env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"),
+                " ",
+                env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+                " - ",
+                env!("CARGO_PKG_REPOSITORY"),
+            )
+            .to_string(),
+        );
         lines.push(key_value("Startup:", self.startup_duration));
         lines.push(key_value("Update:", self.update_durations.average()));
         lines.push(key_value("View:", self.view_durations.average()));