diff --git a/ls.c b/ls.c
index 5f43f37..1a31acb 100644
--- a/ls.c
+++ b/ls.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ ls(const char *path, const struct entry *ent, int listdir)
 		else
 			putchar('\n');
 
-		printf("%s", path);
+		fputs(path, stdout);
 		lsdir(path, ent);
 		tree[treeind].ino = 0;
 
diff --git a/sed.c b/sed.c
index 4d35bb5..60dd37a 100644
--- a/sed.c
+++ b/sed.c
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ cmd_l(Cmd *c)
 	 */
 	for (p = patt.str, end = p + strlen(p); p < end; p += rlen) {
 		if (isascii(*p) && escapes[(unsigned int)*p]) {
-			printf("%s", escapes[(unsigned int)*p]);
+			fputs(escapes[(unsigned int)*p], stdout);
 			rlen = 1;
 		} else if (!(rlen = charntorune(&r, p, end - p))) {
 			/* ran out of chars, print the bytes of the short sequence */