diff --git a/install/install.cpp b/install/install.cpp
index 5d514fa2..d62bffc5 100644
--- a/install/install.cpp
+++ b/install/install.cpp
@@ -73,9 +73,8 @@ bool ReadMetadataFromPackage(ZipArchiveHandle zip, std::map<std::string, std::st
   CHECK(metadata != nullptr);
 
   static constexpr const char* METADATA_PATH = "META-INF/com/android/metadata";
-  ZipString path(METADATA_PATH);
   ZipEntry entry;
-  if (FindEntry(zip, path, &entry) != 0) {
+  if (FindEntry(zip, METADATA_PATH, &entry) != 0) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to find " << METADATA_PATH;
     return false;
   }
@@ -236,9 +235,8 @@ bool SetUpAbUpdateCommands(const std::string& package, ZipArchiveHandle zip, int
   // For A/B updates we extract the payload properties to a buffer and obtain the RAW payload offset
   // in the zip file.
   static constexpr const char* AB_OTA_PAYLOAD_PROPERTIES = "payload_properties.txt";
-  ZipString property_name(AB_OTA_PAYLOAD_PROPERTIES);
   ZipEntry properties_entry;
-  if (FindEntry(zip, property_name, &properties_entry) != 0) {
+  if (FindEntry(zip, AB_OTA_PAYLOAD_PROPERTIES, &properties_entry) != 0) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to find " << AB_OTA_PAYLOAD_PROPERTIES;
     return false;
   }
@@ -252,9 +250,8 @@ bool SetUpAbUpdateCommands(const std::string& package, ZipArchiveHandle zip, int
   }
 
   static constexpr const char* AB_OTA_PAYLOAD = "payload.bin";
-  ZipString payload_name(AB_OTA_PAYLOAD);
   ZipEntry payload_entry;
-  if (FindEntry(zip, payload_name, &payload_entry) != 0) {
+  if (FindEntry(zip, AB_OTA_PAYLOAD, &payload_entry) != 0) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to find " << AB_OTA_PAYLOAD;
     return false;
   }
@@ -275,9 +272,8 @@ bool SetUpNonAbUpdateCommands(const std::string& package, ZipArchiveHandle zip,
 
   // In non-A/B updates we extract the update binary from the package.
   static constexpr const char* UPDATE_BINARY_NAME = "META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary";
-  ZipString binary_name(UPDATE_BINARY_NAME);
   ZipEntry binary_entry;
-  if (FindEntry(zip, binary_name, &binary_entry) != 0) {
+  if (FindEntry(zip, UPDATE_BINARY_NAME, &binary_entry) != 0) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to find update binary " << UPDATE_BINARY_NAME;
     return false;
   }
@@ -508,9 +504,8 @@ bool verify_package_compatibility(ZipArchiveHandle package_zip) {
   LOG(INFO) << "Verifying package compatibility...";
 
   static constexpr const char* COMPATIBILITY_ZIP_ENTRY = "compatibility.zip";
-  ZipString compatibility_entry_name(COMPATIBILITY_ZIP_ENTRY);
   ZipEntry compatibility_entry;
-  if (FindEntry(package_zip, compatibility_entry_name, &compatibility_entry) != 0) {
+  if (FindEntry(package_zip, COMPATIBILITY_ZIP_ENTRY, &compatibility_entry) != 0) {
     LOG(INFO) << "Package doesn't contain " << COMPATIBILITY_ZIP_ENTRY << " entry";
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/install/wipe_device.cpp b/install/wipe_device.cpp
index 5a9b512c..89d5d31a 100644
--- a/install/wipe_device.cpp
+++ b/install/wipe_device.cpp
@@ -49,9 +49,8 @@ std::vector<std::string> GetWipePartitionList(Package* wipe_package) {
   constexpr char RECOVERY_WIPE_ENTRY_NAME[] = "recovery.wipe";
 
   std::string partition_list_content;
-  ZipString path(RECOVERY_WIPE_ENTRY_NAME);
   ZipEntry entry;
-  if (FindEntry(zip, path, &entry) == 0) {
+  if (FindEntry(zip, RECOVERY_WIPE_ENTRY_NAME, &entry) == 0) {
     uint32_t length = entry.uncompressed_length;
     partition_list_content = std::string(length, '\0');
     if (auto err = ExtractToMemory(
diff --git a/tests/unit/install_test.cpp b/tests/unit/install_test.cpp
index c1d77fb7..4ec40990 100644
--- a/tests/unit/install_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/install_test.cpp
@@ -271,9 +271,8 @@ static void VerifyAbUpdateCommands(const std::string& serialno, bool success = t
 
   ZipArchiveHandle zip;
   ASSERT_EQ(0, OpenArchive(temp_file.path, &zip));
-  ZipString payload_name("payload.bin");
   ZipEntry payload_entry;
-  ASSERT_EQ(0, FindEntry(zip, payload_name, &payload_entry));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, FindEntry(zip, "payload.bin", &payload_entry));
 
   std::map<std::string, std::string> metadata;
   ASSERT_TRUE(ReadMetadataFromPackage(zip, &metadata));
diff --git a/tests/unit/package_test.cpp b/tests/unit/package_test.cpp
index a735a699..5e31f7fa 100644
--- a/tests/unit/package_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/package_test.cpp
@@ -105,10 +105,9 @@ TEST_F(PackageTest, GetZipArchiveHandle_extract_entry) {
     ASSERT_TRUE(zip);
 
     // Check that we can extract one zip entry.
-    std::string entry_name = "dir1/file3.txt";
-    ZipString path(entry_name.c_str());
+    std::string_view entry_name = "dir1/file3.txt";
     ZipEntry entry;
-    ASSERT_EQ(0, FindEntry(zip, path, &entry));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, FindEntry(zip, entry_name, &entry));
 
     std::vector<uint8_t> extracted(entry_name.size());
     ASSERT_EQ(0, ExtractToMemory(zip, &entry, extracted.data(), extracted.size()));
diff --git a/tests/unit/zip_test.cpp b/tests/unit/zip_test.cpp
index dfe617eb..0753d64e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/zip_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/zip_test.cpp
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ TEST(ZipTest, OpenFromMemory) {
   ASSERT_EQ(0, OpenArchiveFromMemory(map.addr, map.length, zip_path.c_str(), &handle));
 
   static constexpr const char* BINARY_PATH = "META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary";
-  ZipString binary_path(BINARY_PATH);
   ZipEntry binary_entry;
   // Make sure the package opens correctly and its entry can be read.
-  ASSERT_EQ(0, FindEntry(handle, binary_path, &binary_entry));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, FindEntry(handle, BINARY_PATH, &binary_entry));
 
   TemporaryFile tmp_binary;
   ASSERT_NE(-1, tmp_binary.fd);
diff --git a/updater/blockimg.cpp b/updater/blockimg.cpp
index 07c3c7b5..b008c28b 100644
--- a/updater/blockimg.cpp
+++ b/updater/blockimg.cpp
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ static Value* PerformBlockImageUpdate(const char* name, State* state,
     return StringValue("");
   }
 
-  ZipString path_data(patch_data_fn->data.c_str());
+  std::string_view path_data(patch_data_fn->data);
   ZipEntry patch_entry;
   if (FindEntry(za, path_data, &patch_entry) != 0) {
     LOG(ERROR) << name << "(): no file \"" << patch_data_fn->data << "\" in package";
@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ static Value* PerformBlockImageUpdate(const char* name, State* state,
   }
 
   params.patch_start = ui->package_zip_addr + patch_entry.offset;
-  ZipString new_data(new_data_fn->data.c_str());
+  std::string_view new_data(new_data_fn->data);
   ZipEntry new_entry;
   if (FindEntry(za, new_data, &new_entry) != 0) {
     LOG(ERROR) << name << "(): no file \"" << new_data_fn->data << "\" in package";
diff --git a/updater/install.cpp b/updater/install.cpp
index 8eba64f5..c30f6396 100644
--- a/updater/install.cpp
+++ b/updater/install.cpp
@@ -130,9 +130,8 @@ Value* PackageExtractFileFn(const char* name, State* state,
     const std::string& dest_path = args[1];
 
     ZipArchiveHandle za = static_cast<UpdaterInfo*>(state->cookie)->package_zip;
-    ZipString zip_string_path(zip_path.c_str());
     ZipEntry entry;
-    if (FindEntry(za, zip_string_path, &entry) != 0) {
+    if (FindEntry(za, zip_path, &entry) != 0) {
       LOG(ERROR) << name << ": no " << zip_path << " in package";
       return StringValue("");
     }
@@ -174,9 +173,8 @@ Value* PackageExtractFileFn(const char* name, State* state,
     const std::string& zip_path = args[0];
 
     ZipArchiveHandle za = static_cast<UpdaterInfo*>(state->cookie)->package_zip;
-    ZipString zip_string_path(zip_path.c_str());
     ZipEntry entry;
-    if (FindEntry(za, zip_string_path, &entry) != 0) {
+    if (FindEntry(za, zip_path, &entry) != 0) {
       return ErrorAbort(state, kPackageExtractFileFailure, "%s(): no %s in package", name,
                         zip_path.c_str());
     }
diff --git a/updater/updater.cpp b/updater/updater.cpp
index 7b5a3f93..a020699c 100644
--- a/updater/updater.cpp
+++ b/updater/updater.cpp
@@ -101,9 +101,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     return 3;
   }
 
-  ZipString script_name(SCRIPT_NAME);
   ZipEntry script_entry;
-  int find_err = FindEntry(za, script_name, &script_entry);
+  int find_err = FindEntry(za, SCRIPT_NAME, &script_entry);
   if (find_err != 0) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "failed to find " << SCRIPT_NAME << " in " << package_filename << ": "
                << ErrorCodeString(find_err);