diff --git a/objc2/src/declare.rs b/objc2/src/declare.rs
index f7236db1a..db670d8d8 100644
--- a/objc2/src/declare.rs
+++ b/objc2/src/declare.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ mod ivar;
 mod ivar_forwarding_impls;
 
 use alloc::format;
-use alloc::string::ToString;
 use core::mem;
 use core::mem::ManuallyDrop;
 use core::ptr;
@@ -409,7 +408,7 @@ impl ClassBuilder {
     /// happens if there already was an ivar with that name.
     pub fn add_ivar<T: Encode>(&mut self, name: &str) {
         let c_name = CString::new(name).unwrap();
-        let encoding = CString::new(T::ENCODING.to_string()).unwrap();
+        let encoding = T::ENCODING_CSTR;
         let size = mem::size_of::<T>();
         let align = log2_align_of::<T>();
         let success = Bool::from_raw(unsafe {
diff --git a/objc2/src/foundation/value.rs b/objc2/src/foundation/value.rs
index 670c96bd8..5e7d5987a 100644
--- a/objc2/src/foundation/value.rs
+++ b/objc2/src/foundation/value.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-use alloc::string::ToString;
 use core::ffi::c_void;
 use core::fmt;
 use core::hash;
 use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
 use core::ptr::NonNull;
 use core::str;
-use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
+use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::os::raw::c_char;
 
 use super::{NSCopying, NSObject, NSPoint, NSRange, NSRect, NSSize};
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ impl NSValue {
     pub fn new<T: 'static + Copy + Encode>(value: T) -> Id<Self, Shared> {
         let bytes: *const T = &value;
         let bytes: *const c_void = bytes.cast();
-        let encoding = CString::new(T::ENCODING.to_string()).unwrap();
+        let encoding = T::ENCODING_CSTR;
         unsafe {
             msg_send_id![
                 msg_send_id![Self::class(), alloc],