diff --git a/lib/std/ascii.zig b/lib/std/ascii.zig
index e346e87eb6805c0328d909a1709223c628db5858..90fce8cb531c90659dccabb235b00c46e06bdfa1 100644
--- a/lib/std/ascii.zig
+++ b/lib/std/ascii.zig
@@ -511,11 +511,11 @@ pub const HexEscape = struct {
 };
 
 /// Replaces non-ASCII bytes with hex escapes.
-pub fn hexEscape(bytes: []const u8, case: std.fmt.Case) std.fmt.Alt(HexEscape, HexEscape.format) {
-    return .{ .data = .{ .bytes = bytes, .charset = switch (case) {
+pub fn hexEscape(bytes: []const u8, case: std.fmt.Case) HexEscape {
+    return .{ .bytes = bytes, .charset = switch (case) {
         .lower => HexEscape.lower_charset,
         .upper => HexEscape.upper_charset,
-    } } };
+    } };
 }
 
 test hexEscape {
diff --git a/lib/std/zig.zig b/lib/std/zig.zig
index 858fb169439c2cdffa31f200e650e7151a2da991..3a456af0ca2a16978dd405886ecbeac1b273d609 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig.zig
@@ -545,8 +545,7 @@ pub fn stringEscape(bytes: []const u8, w: *Writer) Writer.Error!void {
         '\t' => try w.writeAll("\\t"),
         '\\' => try w.writeAll("\\\\"),
         '"' => try w.writeAll("\\\""),
-        '\'' => try w.writeByte('\''),
-        ' ', '!', '#'...'&', '('...'[', ']'...'~' => try w.writeByte(byte),
+        ' ', '!', '#'...'[', ']'...'~' => try w.writeByte(byte),
         else => {
             try w.writeAll("\\x");
             try w.printInt(byte, 16, .lower, .{ .width = 2, .fill = '0' });