diff --git a/src/builtins/set.rs b/src/builtins/set.rs
index c747972fb..00ef89752 100644
--- a/src/builtins/set.rs
+++ b/src/builtins/set.rs
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ fn show_scope(var_name: &wstr, scope: EnvMode, streams: &mut IoStreams, vars: &d
             value,
             EscapeStringStyle::Script(EscapeFlags::NO_PRINTABLES | EscapeFlags::NO_QUOTED),
         );
-        streams.out.append(wgettext_fmt!(
+        streams.out.append(sprintf!(
             "$%ls[%d]: |%ls|\n",
             var_name,
             i + 1,
diff --git a/src/builtins/shared.rs b/src/builtins/shared.rs
index a265d2438..7651153ef 100644
--- a/src/builtins/shared.rs
+++ b/src/builtins/shared.rs
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ fn builtin_breakpoint(
             .map_or(true, |b| b.typ() == BlockType::breakpoint)
         {
             streams.err.append(wgettext_fmt!(
-                "%ls: Command not valid at and interactive prompt\n",
+                "%ls: Command not valid at an interactive prompt\n",
                 cmd,
             ));
             return STATUS_ILLEGAL_CMD;
diff --git a/src/builtins/ulimit.rs b/src/builtins/ulimit.rs
index bee691725..4f771a371 100644
--- a/src/builtins/ulimit.rs
+++ b/src/builtins/ulimit.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fn print_all(hard: bool, streams: &mut IoStreams) {
         } else {
             "(kB, "
         };
-        streams.out.append(wgettext_fmt!(
+        streams.out.append(sprintf!(
             "%-*ls %10ls-%lc) ",
             w,
             resource.desc,
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index db6b4fb9d..e9c43adca 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ pub fn get_backtrace(&self, src: &wstr, errors: &ParseErrorList) -> WString {
                     which_line
                 )
             } else {
-                wgettext_fmt!("%ls: ", user_presentable_path(&filename, self.vars()))
+                sprintf!("%ls: ", user_presentable_path(&filename, self.vars()))
             }
         } else {
             L!("fish: ").to_owned()