diff --git a/core/os/os2/internal_util.odin b/core/os/os2/internal_util.odin
index c85a6bc10..e26cf7439 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/internal_util.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/internal_util.odin
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ package os2
 
 import "base:intrinsics"
 import "base:runtime"
-import "core:fmt"
-import "core:strings"
+
 
 // Splits pattern by the last wildcard "*", if it exists, and returns the prefix and suffix
 // parts which are split by the last "*"
@@ -48,16 +47,6 @@ temp_cstring :: proc(s: string) -> (cstring, runtime.Allocator_Error) {
 	return clone_to_cstring(s, temp_allocator())
 }
 
-@(require_results)
-ctprintf :: proc(format: string, args: ..any, newline := false) -> cstring {
-	str: strings.Builder
-	strings.builder_init(&str, temp_allocator())
-	fmt.sbprintf(&str, format, ..args, newline=newline)
-	strings.write_byte(&str, 0)
-	s := strings.to_string(str)
-	return cstring(raw_data(s))
-}
-
 @(require_results)
 string_from_null_terminated_bytes :: proc(b: []byte) -> (res: string) {
 	s := string(b)
diff --git a/core/os/os2/pipe_linux.odin b/core/os/os2/pipe_linux.odin
index 0442d17ac..20c9e37f0 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/pipe_linux.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/pipe_linux.odin
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ _pipe :: proc() -> (r, w: ^File, err: Error) {
 		return nil, nil,_get_platform_error(errno)
 	}
 
-	r = _new_file(uintptr(fds[0]))
-	w = _new_file(uintptr(fds[1]))
+	r = _new_file(uintptr(fds[0])) or_return
+	w = _new_file(uintptr(fds[1])) or_return
 
 	r_impl := (^File_Impl)(r.impl)
 	r_impl.kind = .Pipe
diff --git a/core/os/os2/process_linux.odin b/core/os/os2/process_linux.odin
index 89d54d272..7458d06d6 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/process_linux.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/process_linux.odin
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ _process_start :: proc(desc: Process_Desc) -> (process: Process, err: Error) {
 		path_dirs := filepath.split_list(path_env, temp_allocator())
 		found: bool
 		for dir in path_dirs {
-			executable_path = ctprintf("%s/%s", dir, executable_name)
+			executable_path = fmt.caprintf("%s/%s", dir, executable_name, temp_allocator())
 			fail: bool
 			if fail, errno = linux.faccessat(dir_fd, executable_path, linux.F_OK); errno == .NONE && !fail {
 				found = true
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ _process_start :: proc(desc: Process_Desc) -> (process: Process, err: Error) {
 		}
 		if !found {
 			// check in cwd to match windows behavior
-			executable_path = ctprintf("./%s", name)
+			executable_path = fmt.caprintf("./%s", name, temp_allocator())
 			fail: bool
 			if fail, errno = linux.faccessat(dir_fd, executable_path, linux.F_OK); errno != .NONE || fail {
 				return process, .Not_Exist