diff --git a/lib/std/target.zig b/lib/std/target.zig
index 8e1b9f8736..3f18791eb9 100644
--- a/lib/std/target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/target.zig
@@ -967,15 +967,15 @@ pub const Target = struct {
 
     pub const stack_align = 16;
 
-    pub fn zigTriple(self: Target, allocator: *mem.Allocator) ![:0]u8 {
+    pub fn zigTriple(self: Target, allocator: *mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
         return std.zig.CrossTarget.fromTarget(self).zigTriple(allocator);
     }
 
-    pub fn linuxTripleSimple(allocator: *mem.Allocator, cpu_arch: Cpu.Arch, os_tag: Os.Tag, abi: Abi) ![:0]u8 {
-        return std.fmt.allocPrint0(allocator, "{}-{}-{}", .{ @tagName(cpu_arch), @tagName(os_tag), @tagName(abi) });
+    pub fn linuxTripleSimple(allocator: *mem.Allocator, cpu_arch: Cpu.Arch, os_tag: Os.Tag, abi: Abi) ![]u8 {
+        return std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "{}-{}-{}", .{ @tagName(cpu_arch), @tagName(os_tag), @tagName(abi) });
     }
 
-    pub fn linuxTriple(self: Target, allocator: *mem.Allocator) ![:0]u8 {
+    pub fn linuxTriple(self: Target, allocator: *mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
         return linuxTripleSimple(allocator, self.cpu.arch, self.os.tag, self.abi);
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/std/zig/cross_target.zig b/lib/std/zig/cross_target.zig
index bea69b3978..9099519274 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/cross_target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/cross_target.zig
@@ -495,16 +495,18 @@ pub const CrossTarget = struct {
         return self.isNativeCpu() and self.isNativeOs() and self.abi == null;
     }
 
-    pub fn zigTriple(self: CrossTarget, allocator: *mem.Allocator) error{OutOfMemory}![:0]u8 {
+    pub fn zigTriple(self: CrossTarget, allocator: *mem.Allocator) error{OutOfMemory}![]u8 {
         if (self.isNative()) {
-            return mem.dupeZ(allocator, u8, "native");
+            return mem.dupe(allocator, u8, "native");
         }
 
         const arch_name = if (self.cpu_arch) |arch| @tagName(arch) else "native";
         const os_name = if (self.os_tag) |os_tag| @tagName(os_tag) else "native";
 
-        var result = try std.Buffer.allocPrint(allocator, "{}-{}", .{ arch_name, os_name });
-        defer result.deinit();
+        var result = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+        errdefer result.deinit();
+
+        try result.outStream().print("{}-{}", .{ arch_name, os_name });
 
         // The zig target syntax does not allow specifying a max os version with no min, so
         // if either are present, we need the min.
@@ -532,13 +534,13 @@ pub const CrossTarget = struct {
         return result.toOwnedSlice();
     }
 
-    pub fn allocDescription(self: CrossTarget, allocator: *mem.Allocator) ![:0]u8 {
+    pub fn allocDescription(self: CrossTarget, allocator: *mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
         // TODO is there anything else worthy of the description that is not
         // already captured in the triple?
         return self.zigTriple(allocator);
     }
 
-    pub fn linuxTriple(self: CrossTarget, allocator: *mem.Allocator) ![:0]u8 {
+    pub fn linuxTriple(self: CrossTarget, allocator: *mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
         return Target.linuxTripleSimple(allocator, self.getCpuArch(), self.getOsTag(), self.getAbi());
     }
 
@@ -549,7 +551,7 @@ pub const CrossTarget = struct {
     pub const VcpkgLinkage = std.builtin.LinkMode;
 
     /// Returned slice must be freed by the caller.
-    pub fn vcpkgTriplet(self: CrossTarget, allocator: *mem.Allocator, linkage: VcpkgLinkage) ![:0]u8 {
+    pub fn vcpkgTriplet(self: CrossTarget, allocator: *mem.Allocator, linkage: VcpkgLinkage) ![]u8 {
         const arch = switch (self.getCpuArch()) {
             .i386 => "x86",
             .x86_64 => "x64",
@@ -580,7 +582,7 @@ pub const CrossTarget = struct {
             .Dynamic => "",
         };
 
-        return std.fmt.allocPrint0(allocator, "{}-{}{}", .{ arch, os, static_suffix });
+        return std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "{}-{}{}", .{ arch, os, static_suffix });
     }
 
     pub const Executor = union(enum) {