diff --git a/Zend/zend.c b/Zend/zend.c
index 8643c248e6be..1718972e592f 100644
--- a/Zend/zend.c
+++ b/Zend/zend.c
@@ -1830,11 +1830,7 @@ ZEND_API ZEND_COLD void zend_throw_error(zend_class_entry *exception_ce, const c
 
 	//TODO: we can't convert compile-time errors to exceptions yet???
 	if (EG(current_execute_data) && !CG(in_compilation)) {
-		// %S is used for zend_string pointers by smart str printing, but normally
-		// is for wide character strings and so compilers complain if this is inline
-		// Use "%S" so that the message can contain null bytes.
-		const char *format = "%S";
-		zend_throw_exception_ex(exception_ce, 0, format, message);
+		zend_throw_exception_ex(exception_ce, 0, "%pS", message);
 	} else {
 		zend_error_noreturn(E_ERROR, "%s", ZSTR_VAL(message));
 	}
diff --git a/Zend/zend_partial.c b/Zend/zend_partial.c
index ce1604ddc67a..643cc634e7e8 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_partial.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_partial.c
@@ -701,8 +701,7 @@ static zend_op_array *zp_compile(zval *this_ptr, zend_function *function,
 	zend_op_array *op_array = NULL;
 
 	if (UNEXPECTED(function->common.fn_flags2 & ZEND_ACC2_FORBID_DYN_CALLS)) {
-		const char *format = "Cannot call %S() dynamically";
-		zend_throw_error(NULL, format, function->common.function_name);
+		zend_throw_error(NULL, "Cannot call %pS() dynamically", function->common.function_name);
 		return NULL;
 	}