diff --git a/pkg/machine/apple/apple.go b/pkg/machine/apple/apple.go
index 5e0811eb45..5facae4ada 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/apple/apple.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/apple/apple.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func StartGenericAppleVM(mc *vmconfigs.MachineConfig, cmdBinary string, bootload
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 		for _, arg := range cmd.Args {
-			_, err = f.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%q ", arg))
+			_, err = fmt.Fprintf(f, "%q ", arg)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/systemd/parser/split.go b/pkg/systemd/parser/split.go
index 647ee6c754..b7acc695c1 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/parser/split.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/parser/split.go
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ func escapeString(escaped *strings.Builder, word string, isPath bool) {
 					escaped.WriteString("-")
 				}
 			default:
-				escaped.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\\x%.2x", c))
+				fmt.Fprintf(escaped, "\\x%.2x", c)
 			}
 		} else {
 			escaped.WriteRune(c)
diff --git a/test/e2e/common_test.go b/test/e2e/common_test.go
index d4f2eb82d3..adf9115b44 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/common_test.go
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ func (p *PodmanTestIntegration) StopPod(nameOrID string) {
 
 func processTestResult(r SpecReport) {
 	tr := testResult{length: r.RunTime.Seconds(), name: r.FullText()}
-	_, err := timingsFile.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s\t\t%f\n", tr.name, tr.length))
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(timingsFile, "%s\t\t%f\n", tr.name, tr.length)
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "write timings")
 }