diff --git a/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/Makefile b/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/Makefile
index 9d9dea504..917578e1e 100644
--- a/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/Makefile
+++ b/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ libcomponent_b.a: the_world.o guest.o
 	ar rcvs $@ $^
 
 bindgen:
-	../../../../../target/debug/wit-bindgen cpp ../wit --symmetric --wasm64 --format
+	../../../../../target/debug/wit-bindgen cpp ../wit --symmetric --new-api --format
 
 clean:
 	-rm *~ *.a *.o
diff --git a/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/guest.cpp b/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/guest.cpp
deleted file mode 120000
index f9b4d9b20..000000000
--- a/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/guest.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../native_strings/guest.cpp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/guest.cpp b/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/guest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e357dbbd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/guest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "the_world_cpp.h"
+
+void exports::foo::foo::strings::A(std::string_view x) {
+    ::foo::foo::strings::A(x);
+}
+
+wit::string exports::foo::foo::strings::B() {
+    return ::foo::foo::strings::B();
+}
+
+wit::string exports::foo::foo::strings::C(std::string_view x, std::string_view b) {
+    return ::foo::foo::strings::C(x, b);
+}
diff --git a/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/the_world.cpp b/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/the_world.cpp
index c33d57120..713810a61 100644
--- a/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/the_world.cpp
+++ b/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/the_world.cpp
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@ extern "C" __attribute__((__export_name__("foo:foo/strings#a"))) void
 fooX3AfooX2FstringsX00a(uint8_t *arg0, size_t arg1) {
   auto len0 = arg1;
 
-  auto string0 =
-      wit::string::from_view(std::string_view((char const *)(arg0), len0));
-
-  exports::foo::foo::strings::A(std::move(string0));
+  exports::foo::foo::strings::A(std::string_view((char const *)(arg0), len0));
 }
 extern "C" __attribute__((__export_name__("foo:foo/strings#b"))) void
 fooX3AfooX2FstringsX00b(uint8_t *arg0) {
@@ -89,16 +86,11 @@ fooX3AfooX2FstringsX00c(uint8_t *arg0, size_t arg1, uint8_t *arg2, size_t arg3,
                         uint8_t *arg4) {
   auto len0 = arg1;
 
-  auto string0 =
-      wit::string::from_view(std::string_view((char const *)(arg0), len0));
-
   auto len1 = arg3;
 
-  auto string1 =
-      wit::string::from_view(std::string_view((char const *)(arg2), len1));
-
-  auto result2 =
-      exports::foo::foo::strings::C(std::move(string0), std::move(string1));
+  auto result2 = exports::foo::foo::strings::C(
+      std::string_view((char const *)(arg0), len0),
+      std::string_view((char const *)(arg2), len1));
   auto const &vec3 = result2;
   auto ptr3 = (uint8_t *)(vec3.data());
   auto len3 = (size_t)(vec3.size());
diff --git a/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/the_world_cpp.h b/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/the_world_cpp.h
index 4a5792d27..718f3ddfd 100644
--- a/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/the_world_cpp.h
+++ b/crates/cpp/tests/meshless_strings/component_b/the_world_cpp.h
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ namespace exports {
 namespace foo {
 namespace foo {
 namespace strings {
-void A(wit::string &&x);
+void A(std::string_view x);
 wit::string B();
-wit::string C(wit::string &&a, wit::string &&b);
+wit::string C(std::string_view a, std::string_view b);
 } // namespace strings
 } // namespace foo
 } // namespace foo