diff --git a/scan-tree.c b/scan-tree.c
index 0d3e0ad..05caba5 100644
--- a/scan-tree.c
+++ b/scan-tree.c
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ static void add_repo(const char *base, const char *path, repo_config_fn fn)
 		return;
 
 	if (base == path)
-		rel = xstrdup(fmt("%s", path));
+		rel = xstrdup(path);
 	else
-		rel = xstrdup(fmt("%s", path + strlen(base) + 1));
+		rel = xstrdup(path + strlen(base) + 1);
 
 	if (!strcmp(rel + strlen(rel) - 5, "/.git"))
 		rel[strlen(rel) - 5] = '\0';
diff --git a/ui-plain.c b/ui-plain.c
index 482d53a..6b0d84b 100644
--- a/ui-plain.c
+++ b/ui-plain.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int print_object(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *path)
 		else
 			ctx.page.mimetype = "text/plain";
 	}
-	ctx.page.filename = fmt("%s", path);
+	ctx.page.filename = path;
 	ctx.page.size = size;
 	ctx.page.etag = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
 	cgit_print_http_headers(&ctx);