diff --git a/include/fmt/printf.h b/include/fmt/printf.h
index ae64484b..07f80dc3 100644
--- a/include/fmt/printf.h
+++ b/include/fmt/printf.h
@@ -330,40 +330,6 @@ template <typename T> struct printf_formatter {
   }
 };
 
-namespace detail {
-template <typename, typename = void>
-struct has_container_append : std::false_type {};
-
-template <typename OutputIt>
-struct has_container_append<
-    OutputIt,
-    void_t<decltype(
-        get_container(std::declval<OutputIt>())
-            .append(std::declval<
-                        const typename OutputIt::container_type::value_type*>(),
-                    std::declval<const typename OutputIt::container_type::
-                                     value_type*>()))>> : std::true_type {};
-
-template <typename OutputIt>
-enable_if_t<has_container_append<OutputIt>::value, OutputIt>
-container_aware_copy(const typename OutputIt::container_type::value_type* first,
-                     const typename OutputIt::container_type::value_type* last,
-                     OutputIt out) {
-  detail::get_container(out).append(first, last);
-  return out;
-}
-
-static_assert(has_container_append<buffer_appender<char>>::value,
-              "has_container_append doesn't work");
-
-template <typename OutputIt, typename Char>
-enable_if_t<!has_container_append<OutputIt>::value, OutputIt>
-container_aware_copy(const Char* first, const Char* last, OutputIt out) {
-  return std::copy(first, last, out);
-}
-
-}  // namespace detail
-
 /**
  This template formats data and writes the output through an output iterator.
  */
@@ -514,11 +480,11 @@ OutputIt basic_printf_context<OutputIt, Char>::format() {
     }
     char_type c = *it++;
     if (it != end && *it == c) {
-      out = container_aware_copy(start, it, out);
+      out = detail::write(out, basic_string_view<Char>(start, it - start));
       start = ++it;
       continue;
     }
-    out = container_aware_copy(start, it - 1, out);
+    out = detail::write(out, basic_string_view<Char>(start, it - 1 - start));
 
     format_specs specs;
     specs.align = align::right;
@@ -630,7 +596,7 @@ OutputIt basic_printf_context<OutputIt, Char>::format() {
     // Format argument.
     out = visit_format_arg(ArgFormatter(out, specs, *this), arg);
   }
-  return container_aware_copy(start, it, out);
+  return detail::write(out, basic_string_view<Char>(start, it - start));
 }
 
 template <typename Char>