diff --git a/include/fmt/format-inl.h b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
index dac2d437a41a..553e7ce88d4b 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format-inl.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format-inl.h
@@ -1445,8 +1445,7 @@ FMT_FUNC bool write_console(std::FILE* f, string_view text) {
 // Print assuming legacy (non-Unicode) encoding.
 FMT_FUNC void vprint_mojibake(std::FILE* f, string_view fmt, format_args args) {
   auto buffer = memory_buffer();
-  detail::vformat_to(buffer, fmt,
-                     basic_format_args<buffer_context<char>>(args));
+  detail::vformat_to(buffer, fmt, args);
   fwrite_fully(buffer.data(), 1, buffer.size(), f);
 }
 #endif