diff --git a/rust/kernel/device.rs b/rust/kernel/device.rs
index 21bde8d95185..a13f6ee24b09 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/device.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/device.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 };
 use core::{any::TypeId, marker::PhantomData, ptr};
 
-#[cfg(CONFIG_PRINTK)]
-use crate::c_str;
 use crate::str::CStrExt as _;
 
 pub mod property;
@@ -463,7 +461,7 @@ unsafe fn printk(&self, klevel: &[u8], msg: fmt::Arguments<'_>) {
             bindings::_dev_printk(
                 klevel.as_ptr().cast::<crate::ffi::c_char>(),
                 self.as_raw(),
-                c_str!("%pA").as_char_ptr(),
+                c"%pA".as_char_ptr(),
                 core::ptr::from_ref(&msg).cast::<crate::ffi::c_void>(),
             )
         };
diff --git a/rust/kernel/device/property.rs b/rust/kernel/device/property.rs
index 413221817ef1..5aead835fbbc 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/device/property.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/device/property.rs
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ pub fn property_count_elem<T: PropertyInt>(&self, name: &CStr) -> Result<usize>
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// # use kernel::{c_str, device::{Device, property::FwNode}, str::CString};
+    /// # use kernel::{device::{Device, property::FwNode}, str::CString};
     /// fn examples(dev: &Device) -> Result {
     ///     let fwnode = dev.fwnode().ok_or(ENOENT)?;
-    ///     let b: u32 = fwnode.property_read(c_str!("some-number")).required_by(dev)?;
-    ///     if let Some(s) = fwnode.property_read::<CString>(c_str!("some-str")).optional() {
+    ///     let b: u32 = fwnode.property_read(c"some-number").required_by(dev)?;
+    ///     if let Some(s) = fwnode.property_read::<CString>(c"some-str").optional() {
     ///         // ...
     ///     }
     ///     Ok(())