diff --git a/api/internal/plugins/execplugin/execplugin.go b/api/internal/plugins/execplugin/execplugin.go
index 0872abdb3..f6cc0b53f 100644
--- a/api/internal/plugins/execplugin/execplugin.go
+++ b/api/internal/plugins/execplugin/execplugin.go
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ func (p *ExecPlugin) invokePlugin(input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	_, err = f.Write(p.cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.WrapPrefixf(
-			err, "%s", "writing plugin config to "+f.Name())
+			err, "writing plugin config to %s", f.Name())
 	}
 	err = f.Close()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.WrapPrefixf(
-			err, "%s", "closing plugin config file "+f.Name())
+			err, "closing plugin config file %s", f.Name())
 	}
 	cmd := exec.Command(
 		p.path, append([]string{f.Name()}, p.args...)...)
diff --git a/kustomize/commands/openapi/fetch/fetch.go b/kustomize/commands/openapi/fetch/fetch.go
index b12765a1f..197ac3206 100644
--- a/kustomize/commands/openapi/fetch/fetch.go
+++ b/kustomize/commands/openapi/fetch/fetch.go
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ Installation and setup instructions: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/inst
 	command.Stderr = &stderr
 	err := command.Run()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w\n%s", err, stderr.String()+errMsg)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w\n%s%s", err, stderr.String(), errMsg)
 	} else if stdout.String() == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s", stderr.String()+errMsg)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s%s", stderr.String(), errMsg)
 	}
 
 	// format and output
diff --git a/kyaml/filesys/filesystem.go b/kyaml/filesys/filesystem.go
index a71f5d074..4e1c3d896 100644
--- a/kyaml/filesys/filesystem.go
+++ b/kyaml/filesys/filesystem.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package filesys
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/errors"
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ func ConfirmDir(fSys FileSystem, path string) (ConfirmedDir, error) {
 		return "", errors.WrapPrefixf(err, "not a valid directory")
 	}
 	if f != "" {
-		return "", errors.WrapPrefixf(errors.Errorf("file is not directory"), "%s", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", path))
+		return "", errors.WrapPrefixf(errors.Errorf("file is not directory"), "'%s'", path)
 	}
 	return d, nil
 }