Merge branch 'quotes' of https://github.com/Mic92/nix-1

28 files changed, 320 insertions, 320 deletions

diff --git a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
index 8147345c2e1c..403b4687287e 100644
--- a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct BinaryCacheStoreAccessor : public FSAccessor
         std::string restPath = std::string(path, storePath.size());
 
         if (!store->isValidPath(storePath))
-            throw InvalidPath(format("path ‘%1%’ is not a valid store path") % storePath);
+            throw InvalidPath(format("path '%1%' is not a valid store path") % storePath);
 
         auto i = nars.find(storePath);
         if (i != nars.end()) return {i->second, restPath};
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::init()
             auto value = trim(line.substr(colon + 1, std::string::npos));
             if (name == "StoreDir") {
                 if (value != storeDir)
-                    throw Error(format("binary cache ‘%s’ is for Nix stores with prefix ‘%s’, not ‘%s’")
+                    throw Error(format("binary cache '%s' is for Nix stores with prefix '%s', not '%s'")
                         % getUri() % value % storeDir);
             } else if (name == "WantMassQuery") {
                 wantMassQuery_ = value == "1";
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, const ref<std::str
             if (ref != info.path)
                 queryPathInfo(ref);
         } catch (InvalidPath &) {
-            throw Error(format("cannot add ‘%s’ to the binary cache because the reference ‘%s’ is not valid")
+            throw Error(format("cannot add '%s' to the binary cache because the reference '%s' is not valid")
                 % info.path % ref);
         }
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, const ref<std::str
     narInfo->narHash = hashString(htSHA256, *nar);
 
     if (info.narHash && info.narHash != narInfo->narHash)
-        throw Error(format("refusing to copy corrupted path ‘%1%’ to binary cache") % info.path);
+        throw Error(format("refusing to copy corrupted path '%1%' to binary cache") % info.path);
 
     auto accessor_ = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<BinaryCacheStoreAccessor>(accessor);
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, const ref<std::str
     narInfo->fileSize = narCompressed->size();
 
     auto duration = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(now2 - now1).count();
-    printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("copying path ‘%1%’ (%2% bytes, compressed %3$.1f%% in %4% ms) to binary cache")
+    printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("copying path '%1%' (%2% bytes, compressed %3$.1f%% in %4% ms) to binary cache")
         % narInfo->path % narInfo->narSize
         % ((1.0 - (double) narCompressed->size() / nar->size()) * 100.0)
         % duration);
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::narFromPath(const Path & storePath, Sink & sink)
 
     auto nar = getFile(info->url);
 
-    if (!nar) throw Error(format("file ‘%s’ missing from binary cache") % info->url);
+    if (!nar) throw Error(format("file '%s' missing from binary cache") % info->url);
 
     stats.narRead++;
     stats.narReadCompressedBytes += nar->size();
@@ -296,13 +296,13 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::narFromPath(const Path & storePath, Sink & sink)
     try {
         nar = decompress(info->compression, *nar);
     } catch (UnknownCompressionMethod &) {
-        throw Error(format("binary cache path ‘%s’ uses unknown compression method ‘%s’")
+        throw Error(format("binary cache path '%s' uses unknown compression method '%s'")
             % storePath % info->compression);
     }
 
     stats.narReadBytes += nar->size();
 
-    printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("exporting path ‘%1%’ (%2% bytes)") % storePath % nar->size());
+    printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("exporting path '%1%' (%2% bytes)") % storePath % nar->size());
 
     assert(nar->size() % 8 == 0);
 
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<std::string> BinaryCacheStore::getBuildLog(const Path & path)
 
     auto logPath = "log/" + baseNameOf(drvPath);
 
-    debug("fetching build log from binary cache ‘%s/%s’", getUri(), logPath);
+    debug("fetching build log from binary cache '%s/%s'", getUri(), logPath);
 
     return getFile(logPath);
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 8f483a90daad..db5f606fa883 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void Goal::waiteeDone(GoalPtr waitee, ExitCode result)
     assert(waitees.find(waitee) != waitees.end());
     waitees.erase(waitee);
 
-    trace(format("waitee ‘%1%’ done; %2% left") %
+    trace(format("waitee '%1%' done; %2% left") %
         waitee->name % waitees.size());
 
     if (result == ecFailed || result == ecNoSubstituters || result == ecIncompleteClosure) ++nrFailed;
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static void commonChildInit(Pipe & logPipe)
     /* Reroute stdin to /dev/null. */
     int fdDevNull = open(pathNullDevice.c_str(), O_RDWR);
     if (fdDevNull == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("cannot open ‘%1%’") % pathNullDevice);
+        throw SysError(format("cannot open '%1%'") % pathNullDevice);
     if (dup2(fdDevNull, STDIN_FILENO) == -1)
         throw SysError("cannot dup null device into stdin");
     close(fdDevNull);
@@ -468,29 +468,29 @@ UserLock::UserLock()
     /* Get the members of the build-users-group. */
     struct group * gr = getgrnam(settings.buildUsersGroup.get().c_str());
     if (!gr)
-        throw Error(format("the group ‘%1%’ specified in ‘build-users-group’ does not exist")
+        throw Error(format("the group '%1%' specified in 'build-users-group' does not exist")
             % settings.buildUsersGroup);
     gid = gr->gr_gid;
 
     /* Copy the result of getgrnam. */
     Strings users;
     for (char * * p = gr->gr_mem; *p; ++p) {
-        debug(format("found build user ‘%1%’") % *p);
+        debug(format("found build user '%1%'") % *p);
         users.push_back(*p);
     }
 
     if (users.empty())
-        throw Error(format("the build users group ‘%1%’ has no members")
+        throw Error(format("the build users group '%1%' has no members")
             % settings.buildUsersGroup);
 
     /* Find a user account that isn't currently in use for another
        build. */
     for (auto & i : users) {
-        debug(format("trying user ‘%1%’") % i);
+        debug(format("trying user '%1%'") % i);
 
         struct passwd * pw = getpwnam(i.c_str());
         if (!pw)
-            throw Error(format("the user ‘%1%’ in the group ‘%2%’ does not exist")
+            throw Error(format("the user '%1%' in the group '%2%' does not exist")
                 % i % settings.buildUsersGroup);
 
         createDirs(settings.nixStateDir + "/userpool");
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ UserLock::UserLock()
 
             AutoCloseFD fd = open(fnUserLock.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, 0600);
             if (!fd)
-                throw SysError(format("opening user lock ‘%1%’") % fnUserLock);
+                throw SysError(format("opening user lock '%1%'") % fnUserLock);
 
             if (lockFile(fd.get(), ltWrite, false)) {
                 fdUserLock = std::move(fd);
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ UserLock::UserLock()
 
                 /* Sanity check... */
                 if (uid == getuid() || uid == geteuid())
-                    throw Error(format("the Nix user should not be a member of ‘%1%’")
+                    throw Error(format("the Nix user should not be a member of '%1%'")
                         % settings.buildUsersGroup);
 
 #if __linux__
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ UserLock::UserLock()
                 int err = getgrouplist(pw->pw_name, pw->pw_gid,
                     supplementaryGIDs.data(), &ngroups);
                 if (err == -1)
-                    throw Error(format("failed to get list of supplementary groups for ‘%1%’") % pw->pw_name);
+                    throw Error(format("failed to get list of supplementary groups for '%1%'") % pw->pw_name);
 
                 supplementaryGIDs.resize(ngroups);
 #endif
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ UserLock::UserLock()
     }
 
     throw Error(format("all build users are currently in use; "
-        "consider creating additional users and adding them to the ‘%1%’ group")
+        "consider creating additional users and adding them to the '%1%' group")
         % settings.buildUsersGroup);
 }
 
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ struct HookInstance
 
 HookInstance::HookInstance()
 {
-    debug("starting build hook ‘%s’", settings.buildHook);
+    debug("starting build hook '%s'", settings.buildHook);
 
     /* Create a pipe to get the output of the child. */
     fromHook.create();
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ HookInstance::HookInstance()
 
         execv(settings.buildHook.get().c_str(), stringsToCharPtrs(args).data());
 
-        throw SysError("executing ‘%s’", settings.buildHook);
+        throw SysError("executing '%s'", settings.buildHook);
     });
 
     pid.setSeparatePG(true);
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ DerivationGoal::DerivationGoal(const Path & drvPath, const StringSet & wantedOut
     , buildMode(buildMode)
 {
     state = &DerivationGoal::getDerivation;
-    name = (format("building of ‘%1%’") % drvPath).str();
+    name = (format("building of '%1%'") % drvPath).str();
     trace("created");
 
     logger->event(evBuildCreated, act, drvPath);
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::loadDerivation()
     trace("loading derivation");
 
     if (nrFailed != 0) {
-        printError(format("cannot build missing derivation ‘%1%’") % drvPath);
+        printError(format("cannot build missing derivation '%1%'") % drvPath);
         done(BuildResult::MiscFailure);
         return;
     }
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::haveDerivation()
     /* Reject doing a hash build of anything other than a fixed-output
        derivation. */
     if (buildMode == bmHash && !drv->isFixedOutput())
-        throw Error("cannot do a hash build of non-fixed-output derivation ‘%1%’", drvPath);
+        throw Error("cannot do a hash build of non-fixed-output derivation '%1%'", drvPath);
 
     /* We are first going to try to create the invalid output paths
        through substitutes.  If that doesn't work, we'll build
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::outputsSubstituted()
     trace("all outputs substituted (maybe)");
 
     if (nrFailed > 0 && nrFailed > nrNoSubstituters + nrIncompleteClosure && !settings.tryFallback) {
-        done(BuildResult::TransientFailure, (format("some substitutes for the outputs of derivation ‘%1%’ failed (usually happens due to networking issues); try ‘--fallback’ to build derivation from source ") % drvPath).str());
+        done(BuildResult::TransientFailure, (format("some substitutes for the outputs of derivation '%1%' failed (usually happens due to networking issues); try '--fallback' to build derivation from source ") % drvPath).str());
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::outputsSubstituted()
         return;
     }
     if (buildMode == bmCheck && nrInvalid > 0)
-        throw Error(format("some outputs of ‘%1%’ are not valid, so checking is not possible") % drvPath);
+        throw Error(format("some outputs of '%1%' are not valid, so checking is not possible") % drvPath);
 
     /* Otherwise, at least one of the output paths could not be
        produced using a substitute.  So we have to build instead. */
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::outputsSubstituted()
     for (auto & i : drv->inputSrcs) {
         if (worker.store.isValidPath(i)) continue;
         if (!settings.useSubstitutes)
-            throw Error(format("dependency of ‘%1%’ of ‘%2%’ does not exist, and substitution is disabled")
+            throw Error(format("dependency of '%1%' of '%2%' does not exist, and substitution is disabled")
                 % i % drvPath);
         addWaitee(worker.makeSubstitutionGoal(i));
     }
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::repairClosure()
     PathSet broken;
     for (auto & i : outputClosure) {
         if (worker.pathContentsGood(i)) continue;
-        printError(format("found corrupted or missing path ‘%1%’ in the output closure of ‘%2%’") % i % drvPath);
+        printError(format("found corrupted or missing path '%1%' in the output closure of '%2%'") % i % drvPath);
         Path drvPath2 = outputsToDrv[i];
         if (drvPath2 == "")
             addWaitee(worker.makeSubstitutionGoal(i, Repair));
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::closureRepaired()
 {
     trace("closure repaired");
     if (nrFailed > 0)
-        throw Error(format("some paths in the output closure of derivation ‘%1%’ could not be repaired") % drvPath);
+        throw Error(format("some paths in the output closure of derivation '%1%' could not be repaired") % drvPath);
     done(BuildResult::AlreadyValid);
 }
 
@@ -1224,9 +1224,9 @@ void DerivationGoal::inputsRealised()
 
     if (nrFailed != 0) {
         if (!useDerivation)
-            throw Error(format("some dependencies of ‘%1%’ are missing") % drvPath);
+            throw Error(format("some dependencies of '%1%' are missing") % drvPath);
         printError(
-            format("cannot build derivation ‘%1%’: %2% dependencies couldn't be built")
+            format("cannot build derivation '%1%': %2% dependencies couldn't be built")
             % drvPath % nrFailed);
         done(BuildResult::DependencyFailed);
         return;
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::inputsRealised()
 
     /* The outputs are referenceable paths. */
     for (auto & i : drv->outputs) {
-        debug(format("building path ‘%1%’") % i.second.path);
+        debug(format("building path '%1%'") % i.second.path);
         allPaths.insert(i.second.path);
     }
 
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::inputsRealised()
                     worker.store.computeFSClosure(inDrv.outputs[j].path, inputPaths);
                 else
                     throw Error(
-                        format("derivation ‘%1%’ requires non-existent output ‘%2%’ from input derivation ‘%3%’")
+                        format("derivation '%1%' requires non-existent output '%2%' from input derivation '%3%'")
                         % drvPath % j % i.first);
         }
 
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::tryToBuild()
        goal to sleep until another goal finishes, then try again. */
     for (auto & i : drv->outputs)
         if (pathIsLockedByMe(worker.store.toRealPath(i.second.path))) {
-            debug(format("putting derivation ‘%1%’ to sleep because ‘%2%’ is locked by another goal")
+            debug(format("putting derivation '%1%' to sleep because '%2%' is locked by another goal")
                 % drvPath % i.second.path);
             worker.waitForAnyGoal(shared_from_this());
             return;
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::tryToBuild()
        build this derivation, so no further checks are necessary. */
     validPaths = checkPathValidity(true, buildMode == bmRepair);
     if (buildMode != bmCheck && validPaths.size() == drv->outputs.size()) {
-        debug(format("skipping build of derivation ‘%1%’, someone beat us to it") % drvPath);
+        debug(format("skipping build of derivation '%1%', someone beat us to it") % drvPath);
         outputLocks.setDeletion(true);
         done(BuildResult::AlreadyValid);
         return;
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::tryToBuild()
     for (auto & i : drv->outputs) {
         Path path = i.second.path;
         if (worker.store.isValidPath(path)) continue;
-        debug(format("removing invalid path ‘%1%’") % path);
+        debug(format("removing invalid path '%1%'") % path);
         deletePath(worker.store.toRealPath(path));
     }
 
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ void replaceValidPath(const Path & storePath, const Path tmpPath)
     if (pathExists(storePath))
         rename(storePath.c_str(), oldPath.c_str());
     if (rename(tmpPath.c_str(), storePath.c_str()) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("moving ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % tmpPath % storePath);
+        throw SysError(format("moving '%1%' to '%2%'") % tmpPath % storePath);
     deletePath(oldPath);
 }
 
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::buildDone()
        kill it. */
     int status = hook ? hook->pid.kill() : pid.kill();
 
-    debug(format("builder process for ‘%1%’ finished") % drvPath);
+    debug(format("builder process for '%1%' finished") % drvPath);
 
     result.timesBuilt++;
     result.stopTime = time(0);
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::buildDone()
                     if (pathExists(chrootRootDir + i))
                         rename((chrootRootDir + i).c_str(), i.c_str());
 
-            std::string msg = (format("builder for ‘%1%’ %2%")
+            std::string msg = (format("builder for '%1%' %2%")
                 % drvPath % statusToString(status)).str();
 
             if (!settings.verboseBuild && !logTail.empty()) {
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@ HookReply DerivationGoal::tryBuildHook()
             writeToStderr(s);
         }
 
-        debug(format("hook reply is ‘%1%’") % reply);
+        debug(format("hook reply is '%1%'") % reply);
 
         if (reply == "decline")
             return rpDecline;
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ HookReply DerivationGoal::tryBuildHook()
         else if (reply == "postpone")
             return rpPostpone;
         else if (reply != "accept")
-            throw Error(format("bad hook reply ‘%1%’") % reply);
+            throw Error(format("bad hook reply '%1%'") % reply);
 
     } catch (SysError & e) {
         if (e.errNo == EPIPE) {
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@ HookReply DerivationGoal::tryBuildHook()
 void chmod_(const Path & path, mode_t mode)
 {
     if (chmod(path.c_str(), mode) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("setting permissions on ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("setting permissions on '%1%'") % path);
 }
 
 
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
     /* Right platform? */
     if (!drv->canBuildLocally()) {
         throw Error(
-            format("a ‘%1%’ is required to build ‘%3%’, but I am a ‘%2%’")
+            format("a '%1%' is required to build '%3%', but I am a '%2%'")
             % drv->platform % settings.thisSystem % drvPath);
     }
 
@@ -1695,12 +1695,12 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
     {
         if (settings.sandboxMode == smEnabled) {
             if (get(drv->env, "__noChroot") == "1")
-                throw Error(format("derivation ‘%1%’ has ‘__noChroot’ set, "
-                    "but that's not allowed when ‘build-use-sandbox’ is ‘true’") % drvPath);
+                throw Error(format("derivation '%1%' has '__noChroot' set, "
+                    "but that's not allowed when 'build-use-sandbox' is 'true'") % drvPath);
 #if __APPLE__
             if (additionalSandboxProfile != "")
-                throw Error(format("derivation ‘%1%’ specifies a sandbox profile, "
-                    "but this is only allowed when ‘build-use-sandbox’ is ‘relaxed’") % drvPath);
+                throw Error(format("derivation '%1%' specifies a sandbox profile, "
+                    "but this is only allowed when 'build-use-sandbox' is 'relaxed'") % drvPath);
 #endif
             useChroot = true;
         }
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
                     worker.store.computeFSClosure(worker.store.toStorePath(i.second.source), closure);
             } catch (InvalidPath & e) {
             } catch (Error & e) {
-                throw Error(format("while processing ‘build-sandbox-paths’: %s") % e.what());
+                throw Error(format("while processing 'build-sandbox-paths': %s") % e.what());
             }
         for (auto & i : closure)
             dirsInChroot[i] = i;
@@ -1813,7 +1813,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
                 }
             }
             if (!found)
-                throw Error(format("derivation ‘%1%’ requested impure path ‘%2%’, but it was not in allowed-impure-host-deps") % drvPath % i);
+                throw Error(format("derivation '%1%' requested impure path '%2%', but it was not in allowed-impure-host-deps") % drvPath % i);
 
             dirsInChroot[i] = i;
         }
@@ -1829,13 +1829,13 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
         /* Clean up the chroot directory automatically. */
         autoDelChroot = std::make_shared<AutoDelete>(chrootRootDir);
 
-        printMsg(lvlChatty, format("setting up chroot environment in ‘%1%’") % chrootRootDir);
+        printMsg(lvlChatty, format("setting up chroot environment in '%1%'") % chrootRootDir);
 
         if (mkdir(chrootRootDir.c_str(), 0750) == -1)
-            throw SysError(format("cannot create ‘%1%’") % chrootRootDir);
+            throw SysError(format("cannot create '%1%'") % chrootRootDir);
 
         if (buildUser && chown(chrootRootDir.c_str(), 0, buildUser->getGID()) == -1)
-            throw SysError(format("cannot change ownership of ‘%1%’") % chrootRootDir);
+            throw SysError(format("cannot change ownership of '%1%'") % chrootRootDir);
 
         /* Create a writable /tmp in the chroot.  Many builders need
            this.  (Of course they should really respect $TMPDIR
@@ -1879,25 +1879,25 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
         chmod_(chrootStoreDir, 01775);
 
         if (buildUser && chown(chrootStoreDir.c_str(), 0, buildUser->getGID()) == -1)
-            throw SysError(format("cannot change ownership of ‘%1%’") % chrootStoreDir);
+            throw SysError(format("cannot change ownership of '%1%'") % chrootStoreDir);
 
         for (auto & i : inputPaths) {
             Path r = worker.store.toRealPath(i);
             struct stat st;
             if (lstat(r.c_str(), &st))
-                throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % i);
+                throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % i);
             if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
                 dirsInChroot[i] = r;
             else {
                 Path p = chrootRootDir + i;
-                debug("linking ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’", p, r);
+                debug("linking '%1%' to '%2%'", p, r);
                 if (link(r.c_str(), p.c_str()) == -1) {
                     /* Hard-linking fails if we exceed the maximum
                        link count on a file (e.g. 32000 of ext3),
                        which is quite possible after a `nix-store
                        --optimise'. */
                     if (errno != EMLINK)
-                        throw SysError(format("linking ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % p % i);
+                        throw SysError(format("linking '%1%' to '%2%'") % p % i);
                     StringSink sink;
                     dumpPath(r, sink);
                     StringSource source(*sink.s);
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
     else {
 
         if (pathExists(homeDir))
-            throw Error(format("directory ‘%1%’ exists; please remove it") % homeDir);
+            throw Error(format("directory '%1%' exists; please remove it") % homeDir);
 
         /* We're not doing a chroot build, but we have some valid
            output paths.  Since we can't just overwrite or delete
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
     }
 
     if (useChroot && settings.preBuildHook != "" && dynamic_cast<Derivation *>(drv.get())) {
-        printMsg(lvlChatty, format("executing pre-build hook ‘%1%’")
+        printMsg(lvlChatty, format("executing pre-build hook '%1%'")
             % settings.preBuildHook);
         auto args = useChroot ? Strings({drvPath, chrootRootDir}) :
             Strings({ drvPath });
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
                 if (line == "extra-sandbox-paths" || line == "extra-chroot-dirs") {
                     state = stExtraChrootDirs;
                 } else {
-                    throw Error(format("unknown pre-build hook command ‘%1%’")
+                    throw Error(format("unknown pre-build hook command '%1%'")
                         % line);
                 }
             } else if (state == stExtraChrootDirs) {
@@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
     }
 
     /* Run the builder. */
-    printMsg(lvlChatty, format("executing builder ‘%1%’") % drv->builder);
+    printMsg(lvlChatty, format("executing builder '%1%'") % drv->builder);
 
     /* Create the log file. */
     Path logFile = openLogFile();
@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::chownToBuilder(const Path & path)
 {
     if (!buildUser) return;
     if (chown(path.c_str(), buildUser->getUID(), buildUser->getGID()) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("cannot change ownership of ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("cannot change ownership of '%1%'") % path);
 }
 
 
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::doExportReferencesGraph()
     string s = get(drv->env, "exportReferencesGraph");
     Strings ss = tokenizeString<Strings>(s);
     if (ss.size() % 2 != 0)
-        throw BuildError(format("odd number of tokens in ‘exportReferencesGraph’: ‘%1%’") % s);
+        throw BuildError(format("odd number of tokens in 'exportReferencesGraph': '%1%'") % s);
     for (Strings::iterator i = ss.begin(); i != ss.end(); ) {
         string fileName = *i++;
         checkStoreName(fileName); /* !!! abuse of this function */
@@ -2256,11 +2256,11 @@ void DerivationGoal::doExportReferencesGraph()
         /* Check that the store path is valid. */
         Path storePath = *i++;
         if (!worker.store.isInStore(storePath))
-            throw BuildError(format("‘exportReferencesGraph’ contains a non-store path ‘%1%’")
+            throw BuildError(format("'exportReferencesGraph' contains a non-store path '%1%'")
                 % storePath);
         storePath = worker.store.toStorePath(storePath);
         if (!worker.store.isValidPath(storePath))
-            throw BuildError(format("‘exportReferencesGraph’ contains an invalid path ‘%1%’")
+            throw BuildError(format("'exportReferencesGraph' contains an invalid path '%1%'")
                 % storePath);
 
         /* If there are derivations in the graph, then include their
@@ -2418,13 +2418,13 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
                local to the namespace, though, so setting MS_PRIVATE
                does not affect the outside world. */
             if (mount(0, "/", 0, MS_REC|MS_PRIVATE, 0) == -1) {
-                throw SysError("unable to make ‘/’ private mount");
+                throw SysError("unable to make '/' private mount");
             }
 
             /* Bind-mount chroot directory to itself, to treat it as a
                different filesystem from /, as needed for pivot_root. */
             if (mount(chrootRootDir.c_str(), chrootRootDir.c_str(), 0, MS_BIND, 0) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("unable to bind mount ‘%1%’") % chrootRootDir);
+                throw SysError(format("unable to bind mount '%1%'") % chrootRootDir);
 
             /* Set up a nearly empty /dev, unless the user asked to
                bind-mount the host /dev. */
@@ -2464,13 +2464,13 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
                filesystem that we want in the chroot
                environment. */
             auto doBind = [&](const Path & source, const Path & target, bool optional = false) {
-                debug(format("bind mounting ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % source % target);
+                debug(format("bind mounting '%1%' to '%2%'") % source % target);
                 struct stat st;
                 if (stat(source.c_str(), &st) == -1) {
                     if (optional && errno == ENOENT)
                         return;
                     else
-                        throw SysError("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’", source);
+                        throw SysError("getting attributes of path '%1%'", source);
                 }
                 if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
                     createDirs(target);
@@ -2479,7 +2479,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
                     writeFile(target, "");
                 }
                 if (mount(source.c_str(), target.c_str(), "", MS_BIND | MS_REC, 0) == -1)
-                    throw SysError("bind mount from ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’ failed", source, target);
+                    throw SysError("bind mount from '%1%' to '%2%' failed", source, target);
             };
 
             for (auto & i : dirsInChroot) {
@@ -2523,16 +2523,16 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
 
             /* Do the chroot(). */
             if (chdir(chrootRootDir.c_str()) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("cannot change directory to ‘%1%’") % chrootRootDir);
+                throw SysError(format("cannot change directory to '%1%'") % chrootRootDir);
 
             if (mkdir("real-root", 0) == -1)
                 throw SysError("cannot create real-root directory");
 
             if (pivot_root(".", "real-root") == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("cannot pivot old root directory onto ‘%1%’") % (chrootRootDir + "/real-root"));
+                throw SysError(format("cannot pivot old root directory onto '%1%'") % (chrootRootDir + "/real-root"));
 
             if (chroot(".") == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("cannot change root directory to ‘%1%’") % chrootRootDir);
+                throw SysError(format("cannot change root directory to '%1%'") % chrootRootDir);
 
             if (umount2("real-root", MNT_DETACH) == -1)
                 throw SysError("cannot unmount real root filesystem");
@@ -2553,7 +2553,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
 #endif
 
         if (chdir(tmpDirInSandbox.c_str()) == -1)
-            throw SysError(format("changing into ‘%1%’") % tmpDir);
+            throw SysError(format("changing into '%1%'") % tmpDir);
 
         /* Close all other file descriptors. */
         closeMostFDs(set<int>());
@@ -2699,7 +2699,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
                     if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st)) {
                         if (i.second.optional && errno == ENOENT)
                             continue;
-                        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % path);
+                        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % path);
                     }
                     if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
                         sandboxProfile += (format("\t(subpath \"%1%\")\n") % path).str();
@@ -2762,7 +2762,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
                 if (drv->builder == "builtin:fetchurl")
                     builtinFetchurl(*drv, netrcData);
                 else
-                    throw Error(format("unsupported builtin function ‘%1%’") % string(drv->builder, 8));
+                    throw Error(format("unsupported builtin function '%1%'") % string(drv->builder, 8));
                 _exit(0);
             } catch (std::exception & e) {
                 writeFull(STDERR_FILENO, "error: " + string(e.what()) + "\n");
@@ -2772,7 +2772,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::runChild()
 
         execve(builder, stringsToCharPtrs(args).data(), stringsToCharPtrs(envStrs).data());
 
-        throw SysError(format("executing ‘%1%’") % drv->builder);
+        throw SysError(format("executing '%1%'") % drv->builder);
 
     } catch (std::exception & e) {
         writeFull(STDERR_FILENO, "\1while setting up the build environment: " + string(e.what()) + "\n");
@@ -2794,7 +2794,7 @@ PathSet parseReferenceSpecifiers(Store & store, const BasicDerivation & drv, str
         else if (drv.outputs.find(i) != drv.outputs.end())
             result.insert(drv.outputs.find(i)->second.path);
         else throw BuildError(
-            format("derivation contains an illegal reference specifier ‘%1%’") % i);
+            format("derivation contains an illegal reference specifier '%1%'") % i);
     }
     return result;
 }
@@ -2841,7 +2841,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                     replaceValidPath(path, actualPath);
                 else
                     if (buildMode != bmCheck && rename(actualPath.c_str(), worker.store.toRealPath(path).c_str()) == -1)
-                        throw SysError(format("moving build output ‘%1%’ from the sandbox to the Nix store") % path);
+                        throw SysError(format("moving build output '%1%' from the sandbox to the Nix store") % path);
             }
             if (buildMode != bmCheck) actualPath = worker.store.toRealPath(path);
         } else {
@@ -2858,9 +2858,9 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
         if (lstat(actualPath.c_str(), &st) == -1) {
             if (errno == ENOENT)
                 throw BuildError(
-                    format("builder for ‘%1%’ failed to produce output path ‘%2%’")
+                    format("builder for '%1%' failed to produce output path '%2%'")
                     % drvPath % path);
-            throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % actualPath);
+            throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % actualPath);
         }
 
 #ifndef __CYGWIN__
@@ -2870,13 +2870,13 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
            user. */
         if ((!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && (st.st_mode & (S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH))) ||
             (buildUser && st.st_uid != buildUser->getUID()))
-            throw BuildError(format("suspicious ownership or permission on ‘%1%’; rejecting this build output") % path);
+            throw BuildError(format("suspicious ownership or permission on '%1%'; rejecting this build output") % path);
 #endif
 
         /* Apply hash rewriting if necessary. */
         bool rewritten = false;
         if (!outputRewrites.empty()) {
-            printError(format("warning: rewriting hashes in ‘%1%’; cross fingers") % path);
+            printError(format("warning: rewriting hashes in '%1%'; cross fingers") % path);
 
             /* Canonicalise first.  This ensures that the path we're
                rewriting doesn't contain a hard link to /etc/shadow or
@@ -2907,7 +2907,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                    execute permission. */
                 if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR) != 0)
                     throw BuildError(
-                        format("output path ‘%1%’ should be a non-executable regular file") % path);
+                        format("output path '%1%' should be a non-executable regular file") % path);
             }
 
             /* Check the hash. In hash mode, move the path produced by
@@ -2915,7 +2915,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
             Hash h2 = recursive ? hashPath(h.type, actualPath).first : hashFile(h.type, actualPath);
             if (buildMode == bmHash) {
                 Path dest = worker.store.makeFixedOutputPath(recursive, h2, drv->env["name"]);
-                printError(format("build produced path ‘%1%’ with %2% hash ‘%3%’")
+                printError(format("build produced path '%1%' with %2% hash '%3%'")
                     % dest % printHashType(h.type) % printHash16or32(h2));
                 if (worker.store.isValidPath(dest))
                     return;
@@ -2924,14 +2924,14 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                     PathLocks outputLocks({actualDest});
                     deletePath(actualDest);
                     if (rename(actualPath.c_str(), actualDest.c_str()) == -1)
-                        throw SysError(format("moving ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % actualPath % dest);
+                        throw SysError(format("moving '%1%' to '%2%'") % actualPath % dest);
                 }
                 path = dest;
                 actualPath = actualDest;
             } else {
                 if (h != h2)
                     throw BuildError(
-                        format("output path ‘%1%’ has %2% hash ‘%3%’ when ‘%4%’ was expected")
+                        format("output path '%1%' has %2% hash '%3%' when '%4%' was expected")
                         % path % i.second.hashAlgo % printHash16or32(h2) % printHash16or32(h));
             }
 
@@ -2947,7 +2947,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
            contained in it.  Compute the SHA-256 NAR hash at the same
            time.  The hash is stored in the database so that we can
            verify later on whether nobody has messed with the store. */
-        debug("scanning for references inside ‘%1%’", path);
+        debug("scanning for references inside '%1%'", path);
         HashResult hash;
         PathSet references = scanForReferences(actualPath, allPaths, hash);
 
@@ -2959,11 +2959,11 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                     Path dst = worker.store.toRealPath(path + checkSuffix);
                     deletePath(dst);
                     if (rename(actualPath.c_str(), dst.c_str()))
-                        throw SysError(format("renaming ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % actualPath % dst);
-                    throw Error(format("derivation ‘%1%’ may not be deterministic: output ‘%2%’ differs from ‘%3%’")
+                        throw SysError(format("renaming '%1%' to '%2%'") % actualPath % dst);
+                    throw Error(format("derivation '%1%' may not be deterministic: output '%2%' differs from '%3%'")
                         % drvPath % path % dst);
                 } else
-                    throw Error(format("derivation ‘%1%’ may not be deterministic: output ‘%2%’ differs")
+                    throw Error(format("derivation '%1%' may not be deterministic: output '%2%' differs")
                         % drvPath % path);
             }
 
@@ -2983,9 +2983,9 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
         for (auto & i : inputPaths) {
             PathSet::iterator j = references.find(i);
             if (j == references.end())
-                debug(format("unreferenced input: ‘%1%’") % i);
+                debug(format("unreferenced input: '%1%'") % i);
             else
-                debug(format("referenced input: ‘%1%’") % i);
+                debug(format("referenced input: '%1%'") % i);
         }
 
         /* Enforce `allowedReferences' and friends. */
@@ -3021,7 +3021,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                     badPathsStr += "\n\t";
                     badPathsStr += i;
                 }
-                throw BuildError(format("output ‘%1%’ is not allowed to refer to the following paths:%2%") % actualPath % badPathsStr);
+                throw BuildError(format("output '%1%' is not allowed to refer to the following paths:%2%") % actualPath % badPathsStr);
             }
         };
 
@@ -3058,8 +3058,8 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
                 Path prev = i->path + checkSuffix;
                 bool prevExists = keepPreviousRound && pathExists(prev);
                 auto msg = prevExists
-                    ? fmt("output ‘%1%’ of ‘%2%’ differs from ‘%3%’ from previous round", i->path, drvPath, prev)
-                    : fmt("output ‘%1%’ of ‘%2%’ differs from previous round", i->path, drvPath);
+                    ? fmt("output '%1%' of '%2%' differs from '%3%' from previous round", i->path, drvPath, prev)
+                    : fmt("output '%1%' of '%2%' differs from previous round", i->path, drvPath);
 
                 auto diffHook = settings.diffHook;
                 if (prevExists && diffHook != "" && runDiffHook) {
@@ -3088,7 +3088,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::registerOutputs()
             deletePath(prev);
             Path dst = i.second.path + checkSuffix;
             if (rename(i.second.path.c_str(), dst.c_str()))
-                throw SysError(format("renaming ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % i.second.path % dst);
+                throw SysError(format("renaming '%1%' to '%2%'") % i.second.path % dst);
         }
     }
 
@@ -3129,7 +3129,7 @@ Path DerivationGoal::openLogFile()
         settings.compressLog ? ".bz2" : "");
 
     fdLogFile = open(logFileName.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CLOEXEC, 0666);
-    if (!fdLogFile) throw SysError(format("creating log file ‘%1%’") % logFileName);
+    if (!fdLogFile) throw SysError(format("creating log file '%1%'") % logFileName);
 
     logFileSink = std::make_shared<FdSink>(fdLogFile.get());
 
@@ -3159,7 +3159,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::deleteTmpDir(bool force)
            might have privileged stuff (like a copy of netrc). */
         if (settings.keepFailed && !force && !drv->isBuiltin()) {
             printError(
-                format("note: keeping build directory ‘%2%’")
+                format("note: keeping build directory '%2%'")
                 % drvPath % tmpDir);
             chmod(tmpDir.c_str(), 0755);
         }
@@ -3351,7 +3351,7 @@ SubstitutionGoal::SubstitutionGoal(const Path & storePath, Worker & worker, Repa
 {
     this->storePath = storePath;
     state = &SubstitutionGoal::init;
-    name = (format("substitution of ‘%1%’") % storePath).str();
+    name = (format("substitution of '%1%'") % storePath).str();
     trace("created");
     logger->event(evSubstitutionCreated, act, storePath);
 }
@@ -3390,7 +3390,7 @@ void SubstitutionGoal::init()
     }
 
     if (settings.readOnlyMode)
-        throw Error(format("cannot substitute path ‘%1%’ - no write access to the Nix store") % storePath);
+        throw Error(format("cannot substitute path '%1%' - no write access to the Nix store") % storePath);
 
     subs = settings.useSubstitutes ? getDefaultSubstituters() : std::list<ref<Store>>();
 
@@ -3405,7 +3405,7 @@ void SubstitutionGoal::tryNext()
     if (subs.size() == 0) {
         /* None left.  Terminate this goal and let someone else deal
            with it. */
-        debug(format("path ‘%1%’ is required, but there is no substituter that can build it") % storePath);
+        debug(format("path '%1%' is required, but there is no substituter that can build it") % storePath);
 
         /* Hack: don't indicate failure if there were no substituters.
            In that case the calling derivation should just do a
@@ -3436,7 +3436,7 @@ void SubstitutionGoal::tryNext()
        signature. LocalStore::addToStore() also checks for this, but
        only after we've downloaded the path. */
     if (worker.store.requireSigs && !info->checkSignatures(worker.store, worker.store.publicKeys)) {
-        printInfo(format("warning: substituter ‘%s’ does not have a valid signature for path ‘%s’")
+        printInfo(format("warning: substituter '%s' does not have a valid signature for path '%s'")
             % sub->getUri() % storePath);
         tryNext();
         return;
@@ -3460,7 +3460,7 @@ void SubstitutionGoal::referencesValid()
     trace("all references realised");
 
     if (nrFailed > 0) {
-        debug(format("some references of path ‘%1%’ could not be realised") % storePath);
+        debug(format("some references of path '%1%' could not be realised") % storePath);
         amDone(nrNoSubstituters > 0 || nrIncompleteClosure > 0 ? ecIncompleteClosure : ecFailed);
         return;
     }
@@ -3487,7 +3487,7 @@ void SubstitutionGoal::tryToRun()
         return;
     }
 
-    printInfo(format("fetching path ‘%1%’...") % storePath);
+    printInfo(format("fetching path '%1%'...") % storePath);
 
     logger->event(evSubstitutionStarted, act);
 
@@ -3536,7 +3536,7 @@ void SubstitutionGoal::finished()
     worker.markContentsGood(storePath);
 
     printMsg(lvlChatty,
-        format("substitution of path ‘%1%’ succeeded") % storePath);
+        format("substitution of path '%1%' succeeded") % storePath);
 
     amDone(ecSuccess);
 }
@@ -3766,7 +3766,7 @@ void Worker::run(const Goals & _topGoals)
             waitForInput();
         else {
             if (awake.empty() && 0 == settings.maxBuildJobs) throw Error(
-                "unable to start any build; either increase ‘--max-jobs’ "
+                "unable to start any build; either increase '--max-jobs' "
                 "or enable distributed builds");
             assert(!awake.empty());
         }
@@ -3927,7 +3927,7 @@ bool Worker::pathContentsGood(const Path & path)
 {
     std::map<Path, bool>::iterator i = pathContentsGoodCache.find(path);
     if (i != pathContentsGoodCache.end()) return i->second;
-    printInfo(format("checking path ‘%1%’...") % path);
+    printInfo(format("checking path '%1%'...") % path);
     auto info = store.queryPathInfo(path);
     bool res;
     if (!pathExists(path))
@@ -3938,7 +3938,7 @@ bool Worker::pathContentsGood(const Path & path)
         res = info->narHash == nullHash || info->narHash == current.first;
     }
     pathContentsGoodCache[path] = res;
-    if (!res) printError(format("path ‘%1%’ is corrupted or missing!") % path);
+    if (!res) printError(format("path '%1%' is corrupted or missing!") % path);
     return res;
 }
 
@@ -4013,7 +4013,7 @@ void LocalStore::ensurePath(const Path & path)
     worker.run(goals);
 
     if (goal->getExitCode() != Goal::ecSuccess)
-        throw Error(worker.exitStatus(), "path ‘%s’ does not exist and cannot be created", path);
+        throw Error(worker.exitStatus(), "path '%s' does not exist and cannot be created", path);
 }
 
 
@@ -4034,7 +4034,7 @@ void LocalStore::repairPath(const Path & path)
             goals.insert(worker.makeDerivationGoal(deriver, StringSet(), bmRepair));
             worker.run(goals);
         } else
-            throw Error(worker.exitStatus(), "cannot repair path ‘%s’", path);
+            throw Error(worker.exitStatus(), "cannot repair path '%s'", path);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/builtins.cc b/src/libstore/builtins.cc
index a01dbba4ede4..1075b45c00b5 100644
--- a/src/libstore/builtins.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/builtins.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData)
 
     auto getAttr = [&](const string & name) {
         auto i = drv.env.find(name);
-        if (i == drv.env.end()) throw Error(format("attribute ‘%s’ missing") % name);
+        if (i == drv.env.end()) throw Error(format("attribute '%s' missing") % name);
         return i->second;
     };
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData)
     auto executable = drv.env.find("executable");
     if (executable != drv.env.end() && executable->second == "1") {
         if (chmod(storePath.c_str(), 0755) == -1)
-            throw SysError(format("making ‘%1%’ executable") % storePath);
+            throw SysError(format("making '%1%' executable") % storePath);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/derivations.cc b/src/libstore/derivations.cc
index 48c0837ffaaa..a0a0d78b7d30 100644
--- a/src/libstore/derivations.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/derivations.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void DerivationOutput::parseHashInfo(bool & recursive, Hash & hash) const
 
     HashType hashType = parseHashType(algo);
     if (hashType == htUnknown)
-        throw Error(format("unknown hash algorithm ‘%1%’") % algo);
+        throw Error(format("unknown hash algorithm '%1%'") % algo);
 
     hash = Hash(this->hash, hashType);
 }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Path BasicDerivation::findOutput(const string & id) const
 {
     auto i = outputs.find(id);
     if (i == outputs.end())
-        throw Error(format("derivation has no output ‘%1%’") % id);
+        throw Error(format("derivation has no output '%1%'") % id);
     return i->second.path;
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void expect(std::istream & str, const string & s)
     char s2[s.size()];
     str.read(s2, s.size());
     if (string(s2, s.size()) != s)
-        throw FormatError(format("expected string ‘%1%’") % s);
+        throw FormatError(format("expected string '%1%'") % s);
 }
 
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static Path parsePath(std::istream & str)
 {
     string s = parseString(str);
     if (s.size() == 0 || s[0] != '/')
-        throw FormatError(format("bad path ‘%1%’ in derivation") % s);
+        throw FormatError(format("bad path '%1%' in derivation") % s);
     return s;
 }
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ Derivation readDerivation(const Path & drvPath)
     try {
         return parseDerivation(readFile(drvPath));
     } catch (FormatError & e) {
-        throw Error(format("error parsing derivation ‘%1%’: %2%") % drvPath % e.msg());
+        throw Error(format("error parsing derivation '%1%': %2%") % drvPath % e.msg());
     }
 }
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Derivation Store::derivationFromPath(const Path & drvPath)
     try {
         return parseDerivation(accessor->readFile(drvPath));
     } catch (FormatError & e) {
-        throw Error(format("error parsing derivation ‘%1%’: %2%") % drvPath % e.msg());
+        throw Error(format("error parsing derivation '%1%': %2%") % drvPath % e.msg());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/download.cc b/src/libstore/download.cc
index ac9a2b8fede3..b731297a2086 100644
--- a/src/libstore/download.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/download.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ref<std::string> decodeContent(const std::string & encoding, ref<std::string> da
     else if (encoding == "br")
         return decompress(encoding, *data);
     else
-        throw Error("unsupported Content-Encoding ‘%s’", encoding);
+        throw Error("unsupported Content-Encoding '%s'", encoding);
 }
 
 struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
             if (requestHeaders) curl_slist_free_all(requestHeaders);
             try {
                 if (!done)
-                    fail(DownloadError(Interrupted, format("download of ‘%s’ was interrupted") % request.uri));
+                    fail(DownloadError(Interrupted, format("download of '%s' was interrupted") % request.uri));
             } catch (...) {
                 ignoreException();
             }
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
         {
             size_t realSize = size * nmemb;
             std::string line((char *) contents, realSize);
-            printMsg(lvlVomit, format("got header for ‘%s’: %s") % request.uri % trim(line));
+            printMsg(lvlVomit, format("got header for '%s': %s") % request.uri % trim(line));
             if (line.compare(0, 5, "HTTP/") == 0) { // new response starts
                 result.etag = "";
                 auto ss = tokenizeString<vector<string>>(line, " ");
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
             if (effectiveUrlCStr)
                 result.effectiveUrl = effectiveUrlCStr;
 
-            debug(format("finished download of ‘%s’; curl status = %d, HTTP status = %d, body = %d bytes")
+            debug(format("finished download of '%s'; curl status = %d, HTTP status = %d, body = %d bytes")
                 % request.uri % code % httpStatus % (result.data ? result.data->size() : 0));
 
             if (code == CURLE_WRITE_ERROR && result.etag == request.expectedETag) {
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
 
                 auto exc =
                     code == CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK && _isInterrupted
-                    ? DownloadError(Interrupted, format("download of ‘%s’ was interrupted") % request.uri)
+                    ? DownloadError(Interrupted, format("download of '%s' was interrupted") % request.uri)
                     : httpStatus != 0
-                      ? DownloadError(err, format("unable to download ‘%s’: HTTP error %d (curl error: %s)") % request.uri % httpStatus % curl_easy_strerror(code))
-                      : DownloadError(err, format("unable to download ‘%s’: %s (%d)") % request.uri % curl_easy_strerror(code) % code);
+                      ? DownloadError(err, format("unable to download '%s': HTTP error %d (curl error: %s)") % request.uri % httpStatus % curl_easy_strerror(code))
+                      : DownloadError(err, format("unable to download '%s': %s (%d)") % request.uri % curl_easy_strerror(code) % code);
 
                 /* If this is a transient error, then maybe retry the
                    download after a while. */
@@ -512,18 +512,18 @@ struct CurlDownloader : public Downloader
                 S3Helper s3Helper(Aws::Region::US_EAST_1); // FIXME: make configurable
                 auto slash = request.uri.find('/', 5);
                 if (slash == std::string::npos)
-                    throw nix::Error("bad S3 URI ‘%s’", request.uri);
+                    throw nix::Error("bad S3 URI '%s'", request.uri);
                 std::string bucketName(request.uri, 5, slash - 5);
                 std::string key(request.uri, slash + 1);
                 // FIXME: implement ETag
                 auto s3Res = s3Helper.getObject(bucketName, key);
                 DownloadResult res;
                 if (!s3Res.data)
-                    throw DownloadError(NotFound, fmt("S3 object ‘%s’ does not exist", request.uri));
+                    throw DownloadError(NotFound, fmt("S3 object '%s' does not exist", request.uri));
                 res.data = s3Res.data;
                 return res;
 #else
-                throw nix::Error("cannot download ‘%s’ because Nix is not built with S3 support", request.uri);
+                throw nix::Error("cannot download '%s' because Nix is not built with S3 support", request.uri);
 #endif
             });
             return;
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ Path Downloader::downloadCached(ref<Store> store, const string & url_, bool unpa
     Path dataFile = cacheDir + "/" + urlHash + ".info";
     Path fileLink = cacheDir + "/" + urlHash + "-file";
 
-    PathLocks lock({fileLink}, fmt("waiting for lock on ‘%1%’...", fileLink));
+    PathLocks lock({fileLink}, fmt("waiting for lock on '%1%'...", fileLink));
 
     Path storePath;
 
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ Path Downloader::downloadCached(ref<Store> store, const string & url_, bool unpa
                     if (effectiveUrl)
                         *effectiveUrl = url_;
                 } else if (!ss[1].empty()) {
-                    debug(format("verifying previous ETag ‘%1%’") % ss[1]);
+                    debug(format("verifying previous ETag '%1%'") % ss[1]);
                     expectedETag = ss[1];
                 }
             }
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ Path Downloader::downloadCached(ref<Store> store, const string & url_, bool unpa
 
     if (unpack) {
         Path unpackedLink = cacheDir + "/" + baseNameOf(storePath) + "-unpacked";
-        PathLocks lock2({unpackedLink}, fmt("waiting for lock on ‘%1%’...", unpackedLink));
+        PathLocks lock2({unpackedLink}, fmt("waiting for lock on '%1%'...", unpackedLink));
         Path unpackedStorePath;
         if (pathExists(unpackedLink)) {
             unpackedStorePath = readLink(unpackedLink);
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ Path Downloader::downloadCached(ref<Store> store, const string & url_, bool unpa
                 unpackedStorePath = "";
         }
         if (unpackedStorePath.empty()) {
-            printInfo(format("unpacking ‘%1%’...") % url);
+            printInfo(format("unpacking '%1%'...") % url);
             Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
             AutoDelete autoDelete(tmpDir, true);
             // FIXME: this requires GNU tar for decompression.
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ Path Downloader::downloadCached(ref<Store> store, const string & url_, bool unpa
     }
 
     if (expectedStorePath != "" && storePath != expectedStorePath)
-        throw nix::Error("store path mismatch in file downloaded from ‘%s’", url);
+        throw nix::Error("store path mismatch in file downloaded from '%s'", url);
 
     return storePath;
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/export-import.cc b/src/libstore/export-import.cc
index 2cbcedc6fb00..ef3fea7c838b 100644
--- a/src/libstore/export-import.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/export-import.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void Store::exportPaths(const Paths & paths, Sink & sink)
     //logger->incExpected(doneLabel, sorted.size());
 
     for (auto & path : sorted) {
-        //Activity act(*logger, lvlInfo, format("exporting path ‘%s’") % path);
+        //Activity act(*logger, lvlInfo, format("exporting path '%s'") % path);
         sink << 1;
         exportPath(path, sink);
         //logger->incProgress(doneLabel);
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void Store::exportPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink)
        Don't complain if the stored hash is zero (unknown). */
     Hash hash = hashAndWriteSink.currentHash();
     if (hash != info->narHash && info->narHash != Hash(info->narHash.type))
-        throw Error(format("hash of path ‘%1%’ has changed from ‘%2%’ to ‘%3%’!") % path
+        throw Error(format("hash of path '%1%' has changed from '%2%' to '%3%'!") % path
             % info->narHash.to_string() % hash.to_string());
 
     hashAndWriteSink << exportMagic << path << info->references << info->deriver << 0;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Paths Store::importPaths(Source & source, std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor,
     while (true) {
         auto n = readNum<uint64_t>(source);
         if (n == 0) break;
-        if (n != 1) throw Error("input doesn't look like something created by ‘nix-store --export’");
+        if (n != 1) throw Error("input doesn't look like something created by 'nix-store --export'");
 
         /* Extract the NAR from the source. */
         TeeSink tee(source);
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Paths Store::importPaths(Source & source, std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor,
 
         info.path = readStorePath(*this, source);
 
-        //Activity act(*logger, lvlInfo, format("importing path ‘%s’") % info.path);
+        //Activity act(*logger, lvlInfo, format("importing path '%s'") % info.path);
 
         info.references = readStorePaths<PathSet>(*this, source);
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index 0cf9f87cac32..bd335fbb49e3 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ int LocalStore::openGCLock(LockType lockType)
     Path fnGCLock = (format("%1%/%2%")
         % stateDir % gcLockName).str();
 
-    debug(format("acquiring global GC lock ‘%1%’") % fnGCLock);
+    debug(format("acquiring global GC lock '%1%'") % fnGCLock);
 
     AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = open(fnGCLock.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, 0600);
     if (!fdGCLock)
-        throw SysError(format("opening global GC lock ‘%1%’") % fnGCLock);
+        throw SysError(format("opening global GC lock '%1%'") % fnGCLock);
 
     if (!lockFile(fdGCLock.get(), lockType, false)) {
         printError(format("waiting for the big garbage collector lock..."));
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void makeSymlink(const Path & link, const Path & target)
 
     /* Atomically replace the old one. */
     if (rename(tempLink.c_str(), link.c_str()) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("cannot rename ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’")
+        throw SysError(format("cannot rename '%1%' to '%2%'")
             % tempLink % link);
 }
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Path LocalFSStore::addPermRoot(const Path & _storePath,
         /* Don't clobber the link if it already exists and doesn't
            point to the Nix store. */
         if (pathExists(gcRoot) && (!isLink(gcRoot) || !isInStore(readLink(gcRoot))))
-            throw Error(format("cannot create symlink ‘%1%’; already exists") % gcRoot);
+            throw Error(format("cannot create symlink '%1%'; already exists") % gcRoot);
         makeSymlink(gcRoot, storePath);
         addIndirectRoot(gcRoot);
     }
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ Path LocalFSStore::addPermRoot(const Path & _storePath,
 
             if (string(gcRoot, 0, rootsDir.size() + 1) != rootsDir + "/")
                 throw Error(format(
-                    "path ‘%1%’ is not a valid garbage collector root; "
-                    "it's not in the directory ‘%2%’")
+                    "path '%1%' is not a valid garbage collector root; "
+                    "it's not in the directory '%2%'")
                     % gcRoot % rootsDir);
         }
 
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ Path LocalFSStore::addPermRoot(const Path & _storePath,
         if (roots.find(gcRoot) == roots.end())
             printError(
                 format(
-                    "warning: ‘%1%’ is not in a directory where the garbage collector looks for roots; "
-                    "therefore, ‘%2%’ might be removed by the garbage collector")
+                    "warning: '%1%' is not in a directory where the garbage collector looks for roots; "
+                    "therefore, '%2%' might be removed by the garbage collector")
                 % gcRoot % storePath);
     }
 
@@ -169,14 +169,14 @@ void LocalStore::addTempRoot(const Path & path)
 
             fdGCLock = -1;
 
-            debug(format("acquiring read lock on ‘%1%’") % state->fnTempRoots);
+            debug(format("acquiring read lock on '%1%'") % state->fnTempRoots);
             lockFile(state->fdTempRoots.get(), ltRead, true);
 
             /* Check whether the garbage collector didn't get in our
                way. */
             struct stat st;
             if (fstat(state->fdTempRoots.get(), &st) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("statting ‘%1%’") % state->fnTempRoots);
+                throw SysError(format("statting '%1%'") % state->fnTempRoots);
             if (st.st_size == 0) break;
 
             /* The garbage collector deleted this file before we could
@@ -188,14 +188,14 @@ void LocalStore::addTempRoot(const Path & path)
 
     /* Upgrade the lock to a write lock.  This will cause us to block
        if the garbage collector is holding our lock. */
-    debug(format("acquiring write lock on ‘%1%’") % state->fnTempRoots);
+    debug(format("acquiring write lock on '%1%'") % state->fnTempRoots);
     lockFile(state->fdTempRoots.get(), ltWrite, true);
 
     string s = path + '\0';
     writeFull(state->fdTempRoots.get(), s);
 
     /* Downgrade to a read lock. */
-    debug(format("downgrading to read lock on ‘%1%’") % state->fnTempRoots);
+    debug(format("downgrading to read lock on '%1%'") % state->fnTempRoots);
     lockFile(state->fdTempRoots.get(), ltRead, true);
 }
 
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ void LocalStore::readTempRoots(PathSet & tempRoots, FDs & fds)
     for (auto & i : tempRootFiles) {
         Path path = (format("%1%/%2%/%3%") % stateDir % tempRootsDir % i.name).str();
 
-        debug(format("reading temporary root file ‘%1%’") % path);
+        debug(format("reading temporary root file '%1%'") % path);
         FDPtr fd(new AutoCloseFD(open(path.c_str(), O_CLOEXEC | O_RDWR, 0666)));
         if (!*fd) {
             /* It's okay if the file has disappeared. */
             if (errno == ENOENT) continue;
-            throw SysError(format("opening temporary roots file ‘%1%’") % path);
+            throw SysError(format("opening temporary roots file '%1%'") % path);
         }
 
         /* This should work, but doesn't, for some reason. */
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ void LocalStore::readTempRoots(PathSet & tempRoots, FDs & fds)
            only succeed if the owning process has died.  In that case
            we don't care about its temporary roots. */
         if (lockFile(fd->get(), ltWrite, false)) {
-            printError(format("removing stale temporary roots file ‘%1%’") % path);
+            printError(format("removing stale temporary roots file '%1%'") % path);
             unlink(path.c_str());
             writeFull(fd->get(), "d");
             continue;
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void LocalStore::readTempRoots(PathSet & tempRoots, FDs & fds)
         /* Acquire a read lock.  This will prevent the owning process
            from upgrading to a write lock, therefore it will block in
            addTempRoot(). */
-        debug(format("waiting for read lock on ‘%1%’") % path);
+        debug(format("waiting for read lock on '%1%'") % path);
         lockFile(fd->get(), ltRead, true);
 
         /* Read the entire file. */
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void LocalStore::readTempRoots(PathSet & tempRoots, FDs & fds)
 
         while ((end = contents.find((char) 0, pos)) != string::npos) {
             Path root(contents, pos, end - pos);
-            debug(format("got temporary root ‘%1%’") % root);
+            debug(format("got temporary root '%1%'") % root);
             assertStorePath(root);
             tempRoots.insert(root);
             pos = end + 1;
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ void LocalStore::findRoots(const Path & path, unsigned char type, Roots & roots)
         if (isStorePath(storePath) && isValidPath(storePath))
             roots[path] = storePath;
         else
-            printInfo(format("skipping invalid root from ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % path % storePath);
+            printInfo(format("skipping invalid root from '%1%' to '%2%'") % path % storePath);
     };
 
     try {
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void LocalStore::findRoots(const Path & path, unsigned char type, Roots & roots)
                 target = absPath(target, dirOf(path));
                 if (!pathExists(target)) {
                     if (isInDir(path, stateDir + "/" + gcRootsDir + "/auto")) {
-                        printInfo(format("removing stale link from ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % path % target);
+                        printInfo(format("removing stale link from '%1%' to '%2%'") % path % target);
                         unlink(path.c_str());
                     }
                 } else {
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ void LocalStore::findRoots(const Path & path, unsigned char type, Roots & roots)
     catch (SysError & e) {
         /* We only ignore permanent failures. */
         if (e.errNo == EACCES || e.errNo == ENOENT || e.errNo == ENOTDIR)
-            printInfo(format("cannot read potential root ‘%1%’") % path);
+            printInfo(format("cannot read potential root '%1%'") % path);
         else
             throw;
     }
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ void LocalStore::findRuntimeRoots(PathSet & roots)
         if (isInStore(i)) {
             Path path = toStorePath(i);
             if (roots.find(path) == roots.end() && isStorePath(path) && isValidPath(path)) {
-                debug(format("got additional root ‘%1%’") % path);
+                debug(format("got additional root '%1%'") % path);
                 roots.insert(path);
             }
         }
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ void LocalStore::deletePathRecursive(GCState & state, const Path & path)
         throw SysError(format("getting status of %1%") % realPath);
     }
 
-    printInfo(format("deleting ‘%1%’") % path);
+    printInfo(format("deleting '%1%'") % path);
 
     state.results.paths.insert(path);
 
@@ -532,14 +532,14 @@ void LocalStore::deletePathRecursive(GCState & state, const Path & path)
         // size.
         try {
             if (chmod(realPath.c_str(), st.st_mode | S_IWUSR) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("making ‘%1%’ writable") % realPath);
+                throw SysError(format("making '%1%' writable") % realPath);
             Path tmp = trashDir + "/" + baseNameOf(path);
             if (rename(realPath.c_str(), tmp.c_str()))
-                throw SysError(format("unable to rename ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % realPath % tmp);
+                throw SysError(format("unable to rename '%1%' to '%2%'") % realPath % tmp);
             state.bytesInvalidated += size;
         } catch (SysError & e) {
             if (e.errNo == ENOSPC) {
-                printInfo(format("note: can't create move ‘%1%’: %2%") % realPath % e.msg());
+                printInfo(format("note: can't create move '%1%': %2%") % realPath % e.msg());
                 deleteGarbage(state, realPath);
             }
         }
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ bool LocalStore::canReachRoot(GCState & state, PathSet & visited, const Path & p
     }
 
     if (state.roots.find(path) != state.roots.end()) {
-        debug(format("cannot delete ‘%1%’ because it's a root") % path);
+        debug(format("cannot delete '%1%' because it's a root") % path);
         state.alive.insert(path);
         return true;
     }
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ void LocalStore::tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path)
     auto realPath = realStoreDir + "/" + baseNameOf(path);
     if (realPath == linksDir || realPath == trashDir) return;
 
-    //Activity act(*logger, lvlDebug, format("considering whether to delete ‘%1%’") % path);
+    //Activity act(*logger, lvlDebug, format("considering whether to delete '%1%'") % path);
 
     if (!isStorePath(path) || !isValidPath(path)) {
         /* A lock file belonging to a path that we're building right
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ void LocalStore::tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path)
     PathSet visited;
 
     if (canReachRoot(state, visited, path)) {
-        debug(format("cannot delete ‘%1%’ because it's still reachable") % path);
+        debug(format("cannot delete '%1%' because it's still reachable") % path);
     } else {
         /* No path we visited was a root, so everything is garbage.
            But we only delete ‘path’ and its referrers here so that
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ void LocalStore::tryToDelete(GCState & state, const Path & path)
 void LocalStore::removeUnusedLinks(const GCState & state)
 {
     AutoCloseDir dir(opendir(linksDir.c_str()));
-    if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory ‘%1%’") % linksDir);
+    if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory '%1%'") % linksDir);
 
     long long actualSize = 0, unsharedSize = 0;
 
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ void LocalStore::removeUnusedLinks(const GCState & state)
 
         struct stat st;
         if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st) == -1)
-            throw SysError(format("statting ‘%1%’") % path);
+            throw SysError(format("statting '%1%'") % path);
 
         if (st.st_nlink != 1) {
             unsigned long long size = st.st_blocks * 512ULL;
@@ -678,17 +678,17 @@ void LocalStore::removeUnusedLinks(const GCState & state)
             continue;
         }
 
-        printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("deleting unused link ‘%1%’") % path);
+        printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("deleting unused link '%1%'") % path);
 
         if (unlink(path.c_str()) == -1)
-            throw SysError(format("deleting ‘%1%’") % path);
+            throw SysError(format("deleting '%1%'") % path);
 
         state.results.bytesFreed += st.st_blocks * 512ULL;
     }
 
     struct stat st;
     if (stat(linksDir.c_str(), &st) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("statting ‘%1%’") % linksDir);
+        throw SysError(format("statting '%1%'") % linksDir);
     long long overhead = st.st_blocks * 512ULL;
 
     printInfo(format("note: currently hard linking saves %.2f MiB")
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
             assertStorePath(i);
             tryToDelete(state, i);
             if (state.dead.find(i) == state.dead.end())
-                throw Error(format("cannot delete path ‘%1%’ since it is still alive") % i);
+                throw Error(format("cannot delete path '%1%' since it is still alive") % i);
         }
 
     } else if (options.maxFreed > 0) {
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
         try {
 
             AutoCloseDir dir(opendir(realStoreDir.c_str()));
-            if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory ‘%1%’") % realStoreDir);
+            if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory '%1%'") % realStoreDir);
 
             /* Read the store and immediately delete all paths that
                aren't valid.  When using --max-freed etc., deleting
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
     fds.clear();
 
     /* Delete the trash directory. */
-    printInfo(format("deleting ‘%1%’") % trashDir);
+    printInfo(format("deleting '%1%'") % trashDir);
     deleteGarbage(state, trashDir);
 
     /* Clean up the links directory. */
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.cc b/src/libstore/globals.cc
index 935018132d31..7da4bce87753 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.cc
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void MaxBuildJobsSetting::set(const std::string & str)
 {
     if (str == "auto") value = std::max(1U, std::thread::hardware_concurrency());
     else if (!string2Int(str, value))
-        throw UsageError("configuration setting ‘%s’ should be ‘auto’ or an integer", name);
+        throw UsageError("configuration setting '%s' should be 'auto' or an integer", name);
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
index cead81514ab4..057337685791 100644
--- a/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/http-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public:
             try {
                 BinaryCacheStore::init();
             } catch (UploadToHTTP &) {
-                throw Error(format("‘%s’ does not appear to be a binary cache") % cacheUri);
+                throw Error(format("'%s' does not appear to be a binary cache") % cacheUri);
             }
             diskCache->createCache(cacheUri, storeDir, wantMassQuery_, priority);
         }
diff --git a/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc b/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
index a84f85c1b95a..65fe575d2536 100644
--- a/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/legacy-ssh-store.cc
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public Store
 
             unsigned int magic = readInt(conn->from);
             if (magic != SERVE_MAGIC_2)
-                throw Error("protocol mismatch with ‘nix-store --serve’ on ‘%s’", host);
+                throw Error("protocol mismatch with 'nix-store --serve' on '%s'", host);
             conn->remoteVersion = readInt(conn->from);
             if (GET_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(conn->remoteVersion) != 0x200)
-                throw Error("unsupported ‘nix-store --serve’ protocol version on ‘%s’", host);
+                throw Error("unsupported 'nix-store --serve' protocol version on '%s'", host);
 
         } catch (EndOfFile & e) {
-            throw Error("cannot connect to ‘%1%’", host);
+            throw Error("cannot connect to '%1%'", host);
         }
 
         return conn;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public Store
         sync2async<std::shared_ptr<ValidPathInfo>>(success, failure, [&]() -> std::shared_ptr<ValidPathInfo> {
             auto conn(connections->get());
 
-            debug("querying remote host ‘%s’ for info on ‘%s’", host, path);
+            debug("querying remote host '%s' for info on '%s'", host, path);
 
             conn->to << cmdQueryPathInfos << PathSet{path};
             conn->to.flush();
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public Store
         RepairFlag repair, CheckSigsFlag checkSigs,
         std::shared_ptr<FSAccessor> accessor) override
     {
-        debug("adding path ‘%s’ to remote host ‘%s’", info.path, host);
+        debug("adding path '%s' to remote host '%s'", info.path, host);
 
         auto conn(connections->get());
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ struct LegacySSHStore : public Store
         conn->to.flush();
 
         if (readInt(conn->from) != 1)
-            throw Error("failed to add path ‘%s’ to remote host ‘%s’, info.path, host");
+            throw Error("failed to add path '%s' to remote host '%s', info.path, host");
 
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
index aff22f9fcc22..2577e90aef23 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static void atomicWrite(const Path & path, const std::string & s)
     AutoDelete del(tmp, false);
     writeFile(tmp, s);
     if (rename(tmp.c_str(), path.c_str()))
-        throw SysError(format("renaming ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % tmp % path);
+        throw SysError(format("renaming '%1%' to '%2%'") % tmp % path);
     del.cancel();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-fs-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-fs-store.cc
index bf28a1c70c62..642e4070d459 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-fs-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-fs-store.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct LocalStoreAccessor : public FSAccessor
     {
         Path storePath = store->toStorePath(path);
         if (!store->isValidPath(storePath))
-            throw InvalidPath(format("path ‘%1%’ is not a valid store path") % storePath);
+            throw InvalidPath(format("path '%1%' is not a valid store path") % storePath);
         return store->getRealStoreDir() + std::string(path, store->storeDir.size());
     }
 
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ struct LocalStoreAccessor : public FSAccessor
         struct stat st;
         if (lstat(realPath.c_str(), &st)) {
             if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR) return {Type::tMissing, 0, false};
-            throw SysError(format("getting status of ‘%1%’") % path);
+            throw SysError(format("getting status of '%1%'") % path);
         }
 
         if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode) && !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) && !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
-            throw Error(format("file ‘%1%’ has unsupported type") % path);
+            throw Error(format("file '%1%' has unsupported type") % path);
 
         return {
             S_ISREG(st.st_mode) ? Type::tRegular :
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ ref<FSAccessor> LocalFSStore::getFSAccessor()
 void LocalFSStore::narFromPath(const Path & path, Sink & sink)
 {
     if (!isValidPath(path))
-        throw Error(format("path ‘%s’ is not valid") % path);
+        throw Error(format("path '%s' is not valid") % path);
     dumpPath(getRealStoreDir() + std::string(path, storeDir.size()), sink);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 7c41dfca7f31..95b05f8afd31 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -76,24 +76,24 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(const Params & params)
         Path perUserDir = profilesDir + "/per-user";
         createDirs(perUserDir);
         if (chmod(perUserDir.c_str(), 01777) == -1)
-            throw SysError(format("could not set permissions on ‘%1%’ to 1777") % perUserDir);
+            throw SysError(format("could not set permissions on '%1%' to 1777") % perUserDir);
 
         mode_t perm = 01775;
 
         struct group * gr = getgrnam(settings.buildUsersGroup.get().c_str());
         if (!gr)
-            printError(format("warning: the group ‘%1%’ specified in ‘build-users-group’ does not exist")
+            printError(format("warning: the group '%1%' specified in 'build-users-group' does not exist")
                 % settings.buildUsersGroup);
         else {
             struct stat st;
             if (stat(realStoreDir.c_str(), &st))
-                throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % realStoreDir);
+                throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % realStoreDir);
 
             if (st.st_uid != 0 || st.st_gid != gr->gr_gid || (st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT) != perm) {
                 if (chown(realStoreDir.c_str(), 0, gr->gr_gid) == -1)
-                    throw SysError(format("changing ownership of path ‘%1%’") % realStoreDir);
+                    throw SysError(format("changing ownership of path '%1%'") % realStoreDir);
                 if (chmod(realStoreDir.c_str(), perm) == -1)
-                    throw SysError(format("changing permissions on path ‘%1%’") % realStoreDir);
+                    throw SysError(format("changing permissions on path '%1%'") % realStoreDir);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(const Params & params)
         struct stat st;
         while (path != "/") {
             if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-                throw SysError(format("getting status of ‘%1%’") % path);
+                throw SysError(format("getting status of '%1%'") % path);
             if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
                 throw Error(format(
-                        "the path ‘%1%’ is a symlink; "
+                        "the path '%1%' is a symlink; "
                         "this is not allowed for the Nix store and its parent directories")
                     % path);
             path = dirOf(path);
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ int LocalStore::getSchema()
     if (pathExists(schemaPath)) {
         string s = readFile(schemaPath);
         if (!string2Int(s, curSchema))
-            throw Error(format("‘%1%’ is corrupt") % schemaPath);
+            throw Error(format("'%1%' is corrupt") % schemaPath);
     }
     return curSchema;
 }
@@ -276,14 +276,14 @@ int LocalStore::getSchema()
 void LocalStore::openDB(State & state, bool create)
 {
     if (access(dbDir.c_str(), R_OK | W_OK))
-        throw SysError(format("Nix database directory ‘%1%’ is not writable") % dbDir);
+        throw SysError(format("Nix database directory '%1%' is not writable") % dbDir);
 
     /* Open the Nix database. */
     string dbPath = dbDir + "/db.sqlite";
     auto & db(state.db);
     if (sqlite3_open_v2(dbPath.c_str(), &db.db,
             SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE | (create ? SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE : 0), 0) != SQLITE_OK)
-        throw Error(format("cannot open Nix database ‘%1%’") % dbPath);
+        throw Error(format("cannot open Nix database '%1%'") % dbPath);
 
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
     /* The cygwin version of sqlite3 has a patch which calls
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path, const struct
                  | 0444
                  | (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR ? 0111 : 0);
             if (chmod(path.c_str(), mode) == -1)
-                throw SysError(format("changing mode of ‘%1%’ to %2$o") % path % mode);
+                throw SysError(format("changing mode of '%1%' to %2$o") % path % mode);
         }
 
     }
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path, const struct
 #else
         if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) && utimes(path.c_str(), times) == -1)
 #endif
-            throw SysError(format("changing modification time of ‘%1%’") % path);
+            throw SysError(format("changing modification time of '%1%'") % path);
     }
 }
 
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ void canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(const Path & path)
 {
     struct stat st;
     if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % path);
     canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path, st);
 }
 
@@ -420,17 +420,17 @@ static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSe
        setattrlist() to remove other attributes as well. */
     if (lchflags(path.c_str(), 0)) {
         if (errno != ENOTSUP)
-            throw SysError(format("clearing flags of path ‘%1%’") % path);
+            throw SysError(format("clearing flags of path '%1%'") % path);
     }
 #endif
 
     struct stat st;
     if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % path);
 
     /* Really make sure that the path is of a supported type. */
     if (!(S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)))
-        throw Error(format("file ‘%1%’ has an unsupported type") % path);
+        throw Error(format("file '%1%' has an unsupported type") % path);
 
 #if __linux__
     /* Remove extended attributes / ACLs. */
@@ -438,19 +438,19 @@ static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSe
 
     if (eaSize < 0) {
         if (errno != ENOTSUP)
-            throw SysError("querying extended attributes of ‘%s’", path);
+            throw SysError("querying extended attributes of '%s'", path);
     } else if (eaSize > 0) {
         std::vector<char> eaBuf(eaSize);
 
         if ((eaSize = llistxattr(path.c_str(), eaBuf.data(), eaBuf.size())) < 0)
-            throw SysError("querying extended attributes of ‘%s’", path);
+            throw SysError("querying extended attributes of '%s'", path);
 
         for (auto & eaName: tokenizeString<Strings>(std::string(eaBuf.data(), eaSize), std::string("\000", 1))) {
             /* Ignore SELinux security labels since these cannot be
                removed even by root. */
             if (eaName == "security.selinux") continue;
             if (lremovexattr(path.c_str(), eaName.c_str()) == -1)
-                throw SysError("removing extended attribute ‘%s’ from ‘%s’", eaName, path);
+                throw SysError("removing extended attribute '%s' from '%s'", eaName, path);
         }
      }
 #endif
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSe
     if (fromUid != (uid_t) -1 && st.st_uid != fromUid) {
         assert(!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode));
         if (inodesSeen.find(Inode(st.st_dev, st.st_ino)) == inodesSeen.end())
-            throw BuildError(format("invalid ownership on file ‘%1%’") % path);
+            throw BuildError(format("invalid ownership on file '%1%'") % path);
         mode_t mode = st.st_mode & ~S_IFMT;
         assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) || (st.st_uid == geteuid() && (mode == 0444 || mode == 0555) && st.st_mtime == mtimeStore));
         return;
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static void canonicalisePathMetaData_(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSe
         if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) &&
             chown(path.c_str(), geteuid(), getegid()) == -1)
 #endif
-            throw SysError(format("changing owner of ‘%1%’ to %2%")
+            throw SysError(format("changing owner of '%1%' to %2%")
                 % path % geteuid());
     }
 
@@ -508,11 +508,11 @@ void canonicalisePathMetaData(const Path & path, uid_t fromUid, InodesSeen & ino
        be a symlink, since we can't change its ownership. */
     struct stat st;
     if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % path);
 
     if (st.st_uid != geteuid()) {
         assert(S_ISLNK(st.st_mode));
-        throw Error(format("wrong ownership of top-level store path ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw Error(format("wrong ownership of top-level store path '%1%'") % path);
     }
 }
 
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ void LocalStore::checkDerivationOutputs(const Path & drvPath, const Derivation &
     if (drv.isFixedOutput()) {
         DerivationOutputs::const_iterator out = drv.outputs.find("out");
         if (out == drv.outputs.end())
-            throw Error(format("derivation ‘%1%’ does not have an output named ‘out’") % drvPath);
+            throw Error(format("derivation '%1%' does not have an output named 'out'") % drvPath);
 
         bool recursive; Hash h;
         out->second.parseHashInfo(recursive, h);
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ void LocalStore::checkDerivationOutputs(const Path & drvPath, const Derivation &
 
         StringPairs::const_iterator j = drv.env.find("out");
         if (out->second.path != outPath || j == drv.env.end() || j->second != outPath)
-            throw Error(format("derivation ‘%1%’ has incorrect output ‘%2%’, should be ‘%3%’")
+            throw Error(format("derivation '%1%' has incorrect output '%2%', should be '%3%'")
                 % drvPath % out->second.path % outPath);
     }
 
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ void LocalStore::checkDerivationOutputs(const Path & drvPath, const Derivation &
             Path outPath = makeOutputPath(i.first, h, drvName);
             StringPairs::const_iterator j = drv.env.find(i.first);
             if (i.second.path != outPath || j == drv.env.end() || j->second != outPath)
-                throw Error(format("derivation ‘%1%’ has incorrect output ‘%2%’, should be ‘%3%’")
+                throw Error(format("derivation '%1%' has incorrect output '%2%', should be '%3%'")
                     % drvPath % i.second.path % outPath);
         }
     }
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ void LocalStore::queryPathInfoUncached(const Path & path,
             try {
                 info->narHash = Hash(useQueryPathInfo.getStr(1));
             } catch (BadHash & e) {
-                throw Error("in valid-path entry for ‘%s’: %s", path, e.what());
+                throw Error("in valid-path entry for '%s': %s", path, e.what());
             }
 
             info->registrationTime = useQueryPathInfo.getInt(2);
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ uint64_t LocalStore::queryValidPathId(State & state, const Path & path)
 {
     auto use(state.stmtQueryPathInfo.use()(path));
     if (!use.next())
-        throw Error(format("path ‘%1%’ is not valid") % path);
+        throw Error(format("path '%1%' is not valid") % path);
     return use.getInt(0);
 }
 
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ void LocalStore::querySubstitutablePathInfos(const PathSet & paths,
         if (sub->storeDir != storeDir) continue;
         for (auto & path : paths) {
             if (infos.count(path)) continue;
-            debug(format("checking substituter ‘%s’ for path ‘%s’")
+            debug(format("checking substituter '%s' for path '%s'")
                 % sub->getUri() % path);
             try {
                 auto info = sub->queryPathInfo(path);
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ void LocalStore::registerValidPaths(const ValidPathInfos & infos)
    there are no referrers. */
 void LocalStore::invalidatePath(State & state, const Path & path)
 {
-    debug(format("invalidating path ‘%1%’") % path);
+    debug(format("invalidating path '%1%'") % path);
 
     state.stmtInvalidatePath.use()(path).exec();
 
@@ -957,15 +957,15 @@ void LocalStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, const ref<std::string> &
 
     Hash h = hashString(htSHA256, *nar);
     if (h != info.narHash)
-        throw Error("hash mismatch importing path ‘%s’; expected hash ‘%s’, got ‘%s’",
+        throw Error("hash mismatch importing path '%s'; expected hash '%s', got '%s'",
             info.path, info.narHash.to_string(), h.to_string());
 
     if (nar->size() != info.narSize)
-        throw Error("size mismatch importing path ‘%s’; expected %s, got %s",
+        throw Error("size mismatch importing path '%s'; expected %s, got %s",
             info.path, info.narSize, nar->size());
 
     if (requireSigs && checkSigs && !info.checkSignatures(*this, publicKeys))
-        throw Error("cannot add path ‘%s’ because it lacks a valid signature", info.path);
+        throw Error("cannot add path '%s' because it lacks a valid signature", info.path);
 
     addTempRoot(info.path);
 
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ void LocalStore::invalidatePathChecked(const Path & path)
             PathSet referrers; queryReferrers(*state, path, referrers);
             referrers.erase(path); /* ignore self-references */
             if (!referrers.empty())
-                throw PathInUse(format("cannot delete path ‘%1%’ because it is in use by %2%")
+                throw PathInUse(format("cannot delete path '%1%' because it is in use by %2%")
                     % path % showPaths(referrers));
             invalidatePath(*state, path);
         }
@@ -1195,12 +1195,12 @@ bool LocalStore::verifyStore(bool checkContents, RepairFlag repair)
                 auto info = std::const_pointer_cast<ValidPathInfo>(std::shared_ptr<const ValidPathInfo>(queryPathInfo(i)));
 
                 /* Check the content hash (optionally - slow). */
-                printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("checking contents of ‘%1%’") % i);
+                printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("checking contents of '%1%'") % i);
                 HashResult current = hashPath(info->narHash.type, i);
 
                 if (info->narHash != nullHash && info->narHash != current.first) {
-                    printError(format("path ‘%1%’ was modified! "
-                            "expected hash ‘%2%’, got ‘%3%’")
+                    printError(format("path '%1%' was modified! "
+                            "expected hash '%2%', got '%3%'")
                         % i % info->narHash.to_string() % current.first.to_string());
                     if (repair) repairPath(i); else errors = true;
                 } else {
@@ -1209,14 +1209,14 @@ bool LocalStore::verifyStore(bool checkContents, RepairFlag repair)
 
                     /* Fill in missing hashes. */
                     if (info->narHash == nullHash) {
-                        printError(format("fixing missing hash on ‘%1%’") % i);
+                        printError(format("fixing missing hash on '%1%'") % i);
                         info->narHash = current.first;
                         update = true;
                     }
 
                     /* Fill in missing narSize fields (from old stores). */
                     if (info->narSize == 0) {
-                        printError(format("updating size field on ‘%1%’ to %2%") % i % current.second);
+                        printError(format("updating size field on '%1%' to %2%") % i % current.second);
                         info->narSize = current.second;
                         update = true;
                     }
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ void LocalStore::verifyPath(const Path & path, const PathSet & store,
     done.insert(path);
 
     if (!isStorePath(path)) {
-        printError(format("path ‘%1%’ is not in the Nix store") % path);
+        printError(format("path '%1%' is not in the Nix store") % path);
         auto state(_state.lock());
         invalidatePath(*state, path);
         return;
@@ -1272,11 +1272,11 @@ void LocalStore::verifyPath(const Path & path, const PathSet & store,
             }
 
         if (canInvalidate) {
-            printError(format("path ‘%1%’ disappeared, removing from database...") % path);
+            printError(format("path '%1%' disappeared, removing from database...") % path);
             auto state(_state.lock());
             invalidatePath(*state, path);
         } else {
-            printError(format("path ‘%1%’ disappeared, but it still has valid referrers!") % path);
+            printError(format("path '%1%' disappeared, but it still has valid referrers!") % path);
             if (repair)
                 try {
                     repairPath(path);
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ static void makeMutable(const Path & path)
     AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW | O_CLOEXEC);
     if (fd == -1) {
         if (errno == ELOOP) return; // it's a symlink
-        throw SysError(format("opening file ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("opening file '%1%'") % path);
     }
 
     unsigned int flags = 0, old;
diff --git a/src/libstore/machines.cc b/src/libstore/machines.cc
index 7491037b2d79..076c3cab3e90 100644
--- a/src/libstore/machines.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/machines.cc
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void parseMachines(const std::string & s, Machines & machines)
         auto tokens = tokenizeString<std::vector<string>>(line);
         auto sz = tokens.size();
         if (sz < 1)
-            throw FormatError("bad machine specification ‘%s’", line);
+            throw FormatError("bad machine specification '%s'", line);
 
         auto isSet = [&](size_t n) {
             return tokens.size() > n && tokens[n] != "" && tokens[n] != "-";
diff --git a/src/libstore/misc.cc b/src/libstore/misc.cc
index 9a88cdc317b6..8fa84d3a2787 100644
--- a/src/libstore/misc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/misc.cc
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ Paths Store::topoSortPaths(const PathSet & paths)
 
     dfsVisit = [&](const Path & path, const Path * parent) {
         if (parents.find(path) != parents.end())
-            throw BuildError(format("cycle detected in the references of ‘%1%’ from ‘%2%’") % path % *parent);
+            throw BuildError(format("cycle detected in the references of '%1%' from '%2%'") % path % *parent);
 
         if (visited.find(path) != visited.end()) return;
         visited.insert(path);
diff --git a/src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc b/src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc
index 82595e76a9b5..2afdeb021a93 100644
--- a/src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/nar-accessor.cc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct NarIndexer : ParseSink, StringSource
             parents.push(&root);
         } else {
             if(parents.top()->type != FSAccessor::Type::tDirectory) {
-                throw Error(format("NAR file missing parent directory of path ‘%1%’") % path);
+                throw Error(format("NAR file missing parent directory of path '%1%'") % path);
             }
             auto result = parents.top()->children.emplace(baseNameOf(path), std::move(member));
             parents.push(&result.first->second);
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ struct NarIndexer : ParseSink, StringSource
     NarMember& at(const Path & path) {
         auto result = find(path);
         if(result == nullptr) {
-            throw Error(format("NAR file does not contain path ‘%1%’") % path);
+            throw Error(format("NAR file does not contain path '%1%'") % path);
         }
         return *result;
     }
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct NarAccessor : public FSAccessor
         auto i = indexer.at(path);
 
         if (i.type != FSAccessor::Type::tDirectory)
-            throw Error(format("path ‘%1%’ inside NAR file is not a directory") % path);
+            throw Error(format("path '%1%' inside NAR file is not a directory") % path);
 
         StringSet res;
         for(auto&& child : i.children) {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ struct NarAccessor : public FSAccessor
     {
         auto i = indexer.at(path);
         if (i.type != FSAccessor::Type::tRegular)
-            throw Error(format("path ‘%1%’ inside NAR file is not a regular file") % path);
+            throw Error(format("path '%1%' inside NAR file is not a regular file") % path);
         return std::string(*nar, i.start, i.size);
     }
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ struct NarAccessor : public FSAccessor
     {
         auto i = indexer.at(path);
         if (i.type != FSAccessor::Type::tSymlink)
-            throw Error(format("path ‘%1%’ inside NAR file is not a symlink") % path);
+            throw Error(format("path '%1%' inside NAR file is not a symlink") % path);
         return i.target;
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/libstore/nar-info.cc b/src/libstore/nar-info.cc
index 660f6a42a19d..cb568ccdc828 100644
--- a/src/libstore/nar-info.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/nar-info.cc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace nix {
 NarInfo::NarInfo(const Store & store, const std::string & s, const std::string & whence)
 {
     auto corrupt = [&]() {
-        throw Error(format("NAR info file ‘%1%’ is corrupt") % whence);
+        throw Error(format("NAR info file '%1%' is corrupt") % whence);
     };
 
     auto parseHashField = [&](const string & s) {
diff --git a/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc b/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc
index 8e8002a30db5..4461fc6dd70d 100644
--- a/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/optimise-store.cc
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ static void makeWritable(const Path & path)
 {
     struct stat st;
     if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % path);
     if (chmod(path.c_str(), st.st_mode | S_IWUSR) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("changing writability of ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("changing writability of '%1%'") % path);
 }
 
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ LocalStore::InodeHash LocalStore::loadInodeHash()
     InodeHash inodeHash;
 
     AutoCloseDir dir(opendir(linksDir.c_str()));
-    if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory ‘%1%’") % linksDir);
+    if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory '%1%'") % linksDir);
 
     struct dirent * dirent;
     while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir.get())) { /* sic */
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ LocalStore::InodeHash LocalStore::loadInodeHash()
         // We don't care if we hit non-hash files, anything goes
         inodeHash.insert(dirent->d_ino);
     }
-    if (errno) throw SysError(format("reading directory ‘%1%’") % linksDir);
+    if (errno) throw SysError(format("reading directory '%1%'") % linksDir);
 
     printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("loaded %1% hash inodes") % inodeHash.size());
 
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ Strings LocalStore::readDirectoryIgnoringInodes(const Path & path, const InodeHa
     Strings names;
 
     AutoCloseDir dir(opendir(path.c_str()));
-    if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory ‘%1%’") % path);
+    if (!dir) throw SysError(format("opening directory '%1%'") % path);
 
     struct dirent * dirent;
     while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir.get())) { /* sic */
         checkInterrupt();
 
         if (inodeHash.count(dirent->d_ino)) {
-            debug(format("‘%1%’ is already linked") % dirent->d_name);
+            debug(format("'%1%' is already linked") % dirent->d_name);
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Strings LocalStore::readDirectoryIgnoringInodes(const Path & path, const InodeHa
         if (name == "." || name == "..") continue;
         names.push_back(name);
     }
-    if (errno) throw SysError(format("reading directory ‘%1%’") % path);
+    if (errno) throw SysError(format("reading directory '%1%'") % path);
 
     return names;
 }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void LocalStore::optimisePath_(OptimiseStats & stats, const Path & path, InodeHa
 
     struct stat st;
     if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % path);
 
 #if __APPLE__
     /* HFS/OS X has some undocumented security feature disabling hardlinking for
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void LocalStore::optimisePath_(OptimiseStats & stats, const Path & path, InodeHa
 
     if (std::regex_search(path, std::regex("\\.app/Contents/PkgInfo$")) ||
         std::regex_search(path, std::regex("\\.app/Contents/Resources/.+\\.lproj$"))) {
-        debug(format("‘%1%’ is not allowed to be linked in OS X") % path);
+        debug(format("'%1%' is not allowed to be linked in OS X") % path);
         return;
     }
 #endif
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ void LocalStore::optimisePath_(OptimiseStats & stats, const Path & path, InodeHa
        NixOS (example: $fontconfig/var/cache being modified).  Skip
        those files.  FIXME: check the modification time. */
     if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode) && (st.st_mode & S_IWUSR)) {
-        printError(format("skipping suspicious writable file ‘%1%’") % path);
+        printError(format("skipping suspicious writable file '%1%'") % path);
         return;
     }
 
     /* This can still happen on top-level files. */
     if (st.st_nlink > 1 && inodeHash.count(st.st_ino)) {
-        debug(format("‘%1%’ is already linked, with %2% other file(s)") % path % (st.st_nlink - 2));
+        debug(format("'%1%' is already linked, with %2% other file(s)") % path % (st.st_nlink - 2));
         return;
     }
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void LocalStore::optimisePath_(OptimiseStats & stats, const Path & path, InodeHa
        contents of the symlink (i.e. the result of readlink()), not
        the contents of the target (which may not even exist). */
     Hash hash = hashPath(htSHA256, path).first;
-    debug(format("‘%1%’ has hash ‘%2%’") % path % hash.to_string());
+    debug(format("'%1%' has hash '%2%'") % path % hash.to_string());
 
     /* Check if this is a known hash. */
     Path linkPath = linksDir + "/" + hash.to_string(Base32, false);
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ void LocalStore::optimisePath_(OptimiseStats & stats, const Path & path, InodeHa
                full.  When that happens, it's fine to ignore it: we
                just effectively disable deduplication of this
                file.  */
-            printInfo("cannot link ‘%s’ to ‘%s’: %s", linkPath, path, strerror(errno));
+            printInfo("cannot link '%s' to '%s': %s", linkPath, path, strerror(errno));
             return;
 
         default:
-            throw SysError("cannot link ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’", linkPath, path);
+            throw SysError("cannot link '%1%' to '%2%'", linkPath, path);
         }
     }
 
@@ -185,20 +185,20 @@ void LocalStore::optimisePath_(OptimiseStats & stats, const Path & path, InodeHa
        current file with a hard link to that file. */
     struct stat stLink;
     if (lstat(linkPath.c_str(), &stLink))
-        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path ‘%1%’") % linkPath);
+        throw SysError(format("getting attributes of path '%1%'") % linkPath);
 
     if (st.st_ino == stLink.st_ino) {
-        debug(format("‘%1%’ is already linked to ‘%2%’") % path % linkPath);
+        debug(format("'%1%' is already linked to '%2%'") % path % linkPath);
         return;
     }
 
     if (st.st_size != stLink.st_size) {
-        printError(format("removing corrupted link ‘%1%’") % linkPath);
+        printError(format("removing corrupted link '%1%'") % linkPath);
         unlink(linkPath.c_str());
         goto retry;
     }
 
-    printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("linking ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % path % linkPath);
+    printMsg(lvlTalkative, format("linking '%1%' to '%2%'") % path % linkPath);
 
     /* Make the containing directory writable, but only if it's not
        the store itself (we don't want or need to mess with its
@@ -219,25 +219,25 @@ void LocalStore::optimisePath_(OptimiseStats & stats, const Path & path, InodeHa
                systems).  This is likely to happen with empty files.
                Just shrug and ignore. */
             if (st.st_size)
-                printInfo(format("‘%1%’ has maximum number of links") % linkPath);
+                printInfo(format("'%1%' has maximum number of links") % linkPath);
             return;
         }
-        throw SysError("cannot link ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’", tempLink, linkPath);
+        throw SysError("cannot link '%1%' to '%2%'", tempLink, linkPath);
     }
 
     /* Atomically replace the old file with the new hard link. */
     if (rename(tempLink.c_str(), path.c_str()) == -1) {
         if (unlink(tempLink.c_str()) == -1)
-            printError(format("unable to unlink ‘%1%’") % tempLink);
+            printError(format("unable to unlink '%1%'") % tempLink);
         if (errno == EMLINK) {
             /* Some filesystems generate too many links on the rename,
                rather than on the original link.  (Probably it
                temporarily increases the st_nlink field before
                decreasing it again.) */
-            debug("‘%s’ has reached maximum number of links", linkPath);
+            debug("'%s' has reached maximum number of links", linkPath);
             return;
         }
-        throw SysError(format("cannot rename ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % tempLink % path);
+        throw SysError(format("cannot rename '%1%' to '%2%'") % tempLink % path);
     }
 
     stats.filesLinked++;
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ void LocalStore::optimiseStore(OptimiseStats & stats)
     for (auto & i : paths) {
         addTempRoot(i);
         if (!isValidPath(i)) continue; /* path was GC'ed, probably */
-        //Activity act(*logger, lvlChatty, format("hashing files in ‘%1%’") % i);
+        //Activity act(*logger, lvlChatty, format("hashing files in '%1%'") % i);
         optimisePath_(stats, realStoreDir + "/" + baseNameOf(i), inodeHash);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc b/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
index bf7ad3d21851..587f29598851 100644
--- a/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/pathlocks.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ AutoCloseFD openLockFile(const Path & path, bool create)
 
     fd = open(path.c_str(), O_CLOEXEC | O_RDWR | (create ? O_CREAT : 0), 0600);
     if (!fd && (create || errno != ENOENT))
-        throw SysError(format("opening lock file ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("opening lock file '%1%'") % path);
 
     return fd;
 }
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ bool PathLocks::lockPaths(const PathSet & _paths,
         checkInterrupt();
         Path lockPath = path + ".lock";
 
-        debug(format("locking path ‘%1%’") % path);
+        debug(format("locking path '%1%'") % path);
 
         {
             auto lockedPaths(lockedPaths_.lock());
             if (lockedPaths->count(lockPath))
-                throw Error("deadlock: trying to re-acquire self-held lock ‘%s’", lockPath);
+                throw Error("deadlock: trying to re-acquire self-held lock '%s'", lockPath);
             lockedPaths->insert(lockPath);
         }
 
@@ -141,19 +141,19 @@ bool PathLocks::lockPaths(const PathSet & _paths,
                     }
                 }
 
-                debug(format("lock acquired on ‘%1%’") % lockPath);
+                debug(format("lock acquired on '%1%'") % lockPath);
 
                 /* Check that the lock file hasn't become stale (i.e.,
                    hasn't been unlinked). */
                 struct stat st;
                 if (fstat(fd.get(), &st) == -1)
-                    throw SysError(format("statting lock file ‘%1%’") % lockPath);
+                    throw SysError(format("statting lock file '%1%'") % lockPath);
                 if (st.st_size != 0)
                     /* This lock file has been unlinked, so we're holding
                        a lock on a deleted file.  This means that other
                        processes may create and acquire a lock on
                        `lockPath', and proceed.  So we must retry. */
-                    debug(format("open lock file ‘%1%’ has become stale") % lockPath);
+                    debug(format("open lock file '%1%' has become stale") % lockPath);
                 else
                     break;
             }
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ void PathLocks::unlock()
 
         if (close(i.first) == -1)
             printError(
-                format("error (ignored): cannot close lock file on ‘%1%’") % i.second);
+                format("error (ignored): cannot close lock file on '%1%'") % i.second);
 
-        debug(format("lock released on ‘%1%’") % i.second);
+        debug(format("lock released on '%1%'") % i.second);
     }
 
     fds.clear();
diff --git a/src/libstore/profiles.cc b/src/libstore/profiles.cc
index f24daa8862a1..4a607b584506 100644
--- a/src/libstore/profiles.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/profiles.cc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Generations findGenerations(Path profile, int & curGen)
             gen.number = n;
             struct stat st;
             if (lstat(gen.path.c_str(), &st) != 0)
-                throw SysError(format("statting ‘%1%’") % gen.path);
+                throw SysError(format("statting '%1%'") % gen.path);
             gen.creationTime = st.st_mtime;
             gens.push_back(gen);
         }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Path createGeneration(ref<LocalFSStore> store, Path profile, Path outPath)
 static void removeFile(const Path & path)
 {
     if (remove(path.c_str()) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("cannot unlink ‘%1%’") % path);
+        throw SysError(format("cannot unlink '%1%'") % path);
 }
 
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void deleteGenerations(const Path & profile, const std::set<unsigned int> & gens
     Generations gens = findGenerations(profile, curGen);
 
     if (gensToDelete.find(curGen) != gensToDelete.end())
-        throw Error(format("cannot delete current generation of profile %1%’") % profile);
+        throw Error(format("cannot delete current generation of profile %1%'") % profile);
 
     for (auto & i : gens) {
         if (gensToDelete.find(i.number) == gensToDelete.end()) continue;
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ void deleteGenerationsOlderThan(const Path & profile, const string & timeSpec, b
     int days;
 
     if (!string2Int(strDays, days) || days < 1)
-        throw Error(format("invalid number of days specifier ‘%1%’") % timeSpec);
+        throw Error(format("invalid number of days specifier '%1%'") % timeSpec);
 
     time_t oldTime = curTime - days * 24 * 3600;
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ void switchLink(Path link, Path target)
 
 void lockProfile(PathLocks & lock, const Path & profile)
 {
-    lock.lockPaths({profile}, (format("waiting for lock on profile ‘%1%’") % profile).str());
+    lock.lockPaths({profile}, (format("waiting for lock on profile '%1%'") % profile).str());
     lock.setDeletion(true);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/references.cc b/src/libstore/references.cc
index 33eab5a240b5..ba9f18b9ca5e 100644
--- a/src/libstore/references.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/references.cc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static void search(const unsigned char * s, unsigned int len,
         if (!match) continue;
         string ref((const char *) s + i, refLength);
         if (hashes.find(ref) != hashes.end()) {
-            debug(format("found reference to ‘%1%’ at offset ‘%2%’")
+            debug(format("found reference to '%1%' at offset '%2%'")
                   % ref % i);
             seen.insert(ref);
             hashes.erase(ref);
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ PathSet scanForReferences(const string & path,
         string baseName = baseNameOf(i);
         string::size_type pos = baseName.find('-');
         if (pos == string::npos)
-            throw Error(format("bad reference ‘%1%’") % i);
+            throw Error(format("bad reference '%1%'") % i);
         string s = string(baseName, 0, pos);
         assert(s.size() == refLength);
         assert(backMap.find(s) == backMap.end());
diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-fs-accessor.cc b/src/libstore/remote-fs-accessor.cc
index ca14057c2e28..098151f8c0f6 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-fs-accessor.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-fs-accessor.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ std::pair<ref<FSAccessor>, Path> RemoteFSAccessor::fetch(const Path & path_)
     std::string restPath = std::string(path, storePath.size());
 
     if (!store->isValidPath(storePath))
-        throw InvalidPath(format("path ‘%1%’ is not a valid store path") % storePath);
+        throw InvalidPath(format("path '%1%' is not a valid store path") % storePath);
 
     auto i = nars.find(storePath);
     if (i != nars.end()) return {i->second, restPath};
diff --git a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
index ab726e79534a..e9f2cee80db0 100644
--- a/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/remote-store.cc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ RemoteStore::RemoteStore(const Params & params)
 ref<RemoteStore::Connection> RemoteStore::openConnectionWrapper()
 {
     if (failed)
-        throw Error("opening a connection to remote store ‘%s’ previously failed", getUri());
+        throw Error("opening a connection to remote store '%s' previously failed", getUri());
     try {
         return openConnection();
     } catch (...) {
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ ref<RemoteStore::Connection> UDSRemoteStore::openConnection()
     struct sockaddr_un addr;
     addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
     if (socketPath.size() + 1 >= sizeof(addr.sun_path))
-        throw Error(format("socket path ‘%1%’ is too long") % socketPath);
+        throw Error(format("socket path '%1%' is too long") % socketPath);
     strcpy(addr.sun_path, socketPath.c_str());
 
     if (::connect(conn->fd.get(), (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("cannot connect to daemon at ‘%1%’") % socketPath);
+        throw SysError(format("cannot connect to daemon at '%1%'") % socketPath);
 
     conn->from.fd = conn->fd.get();
     conn->to.fd = conn->fd.get();
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void RemoteStore::initConnection(Connection & conn)
         conn.processStderr();
     }
     catch (Error & e) {
-        throw Error("cannot open connection to remote store ‘%s’: %s", getUri(), e.what());
+        throw Error("cannot open connection to remote store '%s': %s", getUri(), e.what());
     }
 
     setOptions(conn);
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ void RemoteStore::queryPathInfoUncached(const Path & path,
         }
         if (GET_PROTOCOL_MINOR(conn->daemonVersion) >= 17) {
             bool valid; conn->from >> valid;
-            if (!valid) throw InvalidPath(format("path ‘%s’ is not valid") % path);
+            if (!valid) throw InvalidPath(format("path '%s' is not valid") % path);
         }
         auto info = std::make_shared<ValidPathInfo>();
         info->path = path;
diff --git a/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc
index 145a8191c55c..5fc7371a5198 100644
--- a/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/s3-binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ ref<Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration> S3Helper::makeConfig(const string & region
 S3Helper::DownloadResult S3Helper::getObject(
     const std::string & bucketName, const std::string & key)
 {
-    debug("fetching ‘s3://%s/%s’...", bucketName, key);
+    debug("fetching 's3://%s/%s'...", bucketName, key);
 
     auto request =
         Aws::S3::Model::GetObjectRequest()
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ S3Helper::DownloadResult S3Helper::getObject(
 
     try {
 
-        auto result = checkAws(fmt("AWS error fetching ‘%s’", key),
+        auto result = checkAws(fmt("AWS error fetching '%s'", key),
             client->GetObject(request));
 
         res.data = decodeContent(
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
 
             if (!res.IsSuccess()) {
                 if (res.GetError().GetErrorType() != Aws::S3::S3Errors::NO_SUCH_BUCKET)
-                    throw Error(format("AWS error checking bucket ‘%s’: %s") % bucketName % res.GetError().GetMessage());
+                    throw Error(format("AWS error checking bucket '%s': %s") % bucketName % res.GetError().GetMessage());
 
-                printInfo("creating S3 bucket ‘%s’...", bucketName);
+                printInfo("creating S3 bucket '%s'...", bucketName);
 
                 // Stupid S3 bucket locations.
                 auto bucketConfig = Aws::S3::Model::CreateBucketConfiguration();
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
                         Aws::S3::Model::BucketLocationConstraintMapper::GetBucketLocationConstraintForName(
                             s3Helper.config->region));
 
-                checkAws(format("AWS error creating bucket ‘%s’") % bucketName,
+                checkAws(format("AWS error creating bucket '%s'") % bucketName,
                     s3Helper.client->CreateBucket(
                         Aws::S3::Model::CreateBucketRequest()
                         .WithBucket(bucketName)
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
                 || (error.GetErrorType() == Aws::S3::S3Errors::UNKNOWN // FIXME
                     && error.GetMessage().find("404") != std::string::npos))
                 return false;
-            throw Error(format("AWS error fetching ‘%s’: %s") % path % error.GetMessage());
+            throw Error(format("AWS error fetching '%s': %s") % path % error.GetMessage());
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -273,14 +273,14 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
 
         auto now1 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
-        auto result = checkAws(format("AWS error uploading ‘%s’") % path,
+        auto result = checkAws(format("AWS error uploading '%s'") % path,
             s3Helper.client->PutObject(request));
 
         auto now2 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
         auto duration = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(now2 - now1).count();
 
-        printInfo(format("uploaded ‘s3://%1%/%2%’ (%3% bytes) in %4% ms")
+        printInfo(format("uploaded 's3://%1%/%2%' (%3% bytes) in %4% ms")
             % bucketName % path % data.size() % duration);
 
         stats.putTimeMs += duration;
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
             stats.getTimeMs += res.durationMs;
 
             if (res.data)
-                printTalkative("downloaded ‘s3://%s/%s’ (%d bytes) in %d ms",
+                printTalkative("downloaded 's3://%s/%s' (%d bytes) in %d ms",
                     bucketName, path, res.data->size(), res.durationMs);
 
             return res.data;
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
         std::string marker;
 
         do {
-            debug(format("listing bucket ‘s3://%s’ from key ‘%s’...") % bucketName % marker);
+            debug(format("listing bucket 's3://%s' from key '%s'...") % bucketName % marker);
 
-            auto res = checkAws(format("AWS error listing bucket ‘%s’") % bucketName,
+            auto res = checkAws(format("AWS error listing bucket '%s'") % bucketName,
                 s3Helper.client->ListObjects(
                     Aws::S3::Model::ListObjectsRequest()
                     .WithBucket(bucketName)
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ struct S3BinaryCacheStoreImpl : public S3BinaryCacheStore
 
             auto & contents = res.GetContents();
 
-            debug(format("got %d keys, next marker ‘%s’")
+            debug(format("got %d keys, next marker '%s'")
                 % contents.size() % res.GetNextMarker());
 
             for (auto object : contents) {
diff --git a/src/libstore/sqlite.cc b/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
index a81e62dbd6eb..b13001b06d57 100644
--- a/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/sqlite.cc
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ namespace nix {
     if (err == SQLITE_BUSY || err == SQLITE_PROTOCOL) {
         throw SQLiteBusy(
             err == SQLITE_PROTOCOL
-            ? fmt("SQLite database ‘%s’ is busy (SQLITE_PROTOCOL)", path)
-            : fmt("SQLite database ‘%s’ is busy", path));
+            ? fmt("SQLite database '%s' is busy (SQLITE_PROTOCOL)", path)
+            : fmt("SQLite database '%s' is busy", path));
     }
     else
-        throw SQLiteError("%s: %s (in ‘%s’)", f.str(), sqlite3_errstr(err), path);
+        throw SQLiteError("%s: %s (in '%s')", f.str(), sqlite3_errstr(err), path);
 }
 
 SQLite::SQLite(const Path & path)
 {
     if (sqlite3_open_v2(path.c_str(), &db,
             SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE | SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
-        throw Error(format("cannot open SQLite database ‘%s’") % path);
+        throw Error(format("cannot open SQLite database '%s'") % path);
 }
 
 SQLite::~SQLite()
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void SQLite::exec(const std::string & stmt)
 {
     retrySQLite<void>([&]() {
         if (sqlite3_exec(db, stmt.c_str(), 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
-            throwSQLiteError(db, format("executing SQLite statement ‘%s’") % stmt);
+            throwSQLiteError(db, format("executing SQLite statement '%s'") % stmt);
     });
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void SQLiteStmt::create(sqlite3 * db, const string & sql)
     checkInterrupt();
     assert(!stmt);
     if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, sql.c_str(), -1, &stmt, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
-        throwSQLiteError(db, fmt("creating statement ‘%s’", sql));
+        throwSQLiteError(db, fmt("creating statement '%s'", sql));
     this->db = db;
     this->sql = sql;
 }
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ SQLiteStmt::~SQLiteStmt()
 {
     try {
         if (stmt && sqlite3_finalize(stmt) != SQLITE_OK)
-            throwSQLiteError(db, fmt("finalizing statement ‘%s’", sql));
+            throwSQLiteError(db, fmt("finalizing statement '%s'", sql));
     } catch (...) {
         ignoreException();
     }
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ void SQLiteStmt::Use::exec()
     int r = step();
     assert(r != SQLITE_ROW);
     if (r != SQLITE_DONE)
-        throwSQLiteError(stmt.db, fmt("executing SQLite statement ‘%s’", stmt.sql));
+        throwSQLiteError(stmt.db, fmt("executing SQLite statement '%s'", stmt.sql));
 }
 
 bool SQLiteStmt::Use::next()
 {
     int r = step();
     if (r != SQLITE_DONE && r != SQLITE_ROW)
-        throwSQLiteError(stmt.db, fmt("executing SQLite query ‘%s’", stmt.sql));
+        throwSQLiteError(stmt.db, fmt("executing SQLite query '%s'", stmt.sql));
     return r == SQLITE_ROW;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/ssh.cc b/src/libstore/ssh.cc
index 6edabaa3a1d9..776ffdb83431 100644
--- a/src/libstore/ssh.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/ssh.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<SSHMaster::Connection> SSHMaster::startCommand(const std::string
         args.push_back(command);
         execvp(args.begin()->c_str(), stringsToCharPtrs(args).data());
 
-        throw SysError("executing ‘%s’ on ‘%s’", command, host);
+        throw SysError("executing '%s' on '%s'", command, host);
     });
 
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Path SSHMaster::startMaster()
     } catch (EndOfFile & e) { }
 
     if (reply != "started")
-        throw Error("failed to start SSH master connection to ‘%s’", host);
+        throw Error("failed to start SSH master connection to '%s'", host);
 
     return state->socketPath;
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
index 27bfbcb8f129..dd87a046e380 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ bool Store::isStorePath(const Path & path) const
 void Store::assertStorePath(const Path & path) const
 {
     if (!isStorePath(path))
-        throw Error(format("path ‘%1%’ is not in the Nix store") % path);
+        throw Error(format("path '%1%' is not in the Nix store") % path);
 }
 
 
 Path Store::toStorePath(const Path & path) const
 {
     if (!isInStore(path))
-        throw Error(format("path ‘%1%’ is not in the Nix store") % path);
+        throw Error(format("path '%1%' is not in the Nix store") % path);
     Path::size_type slash = path.find('/', storeDir.size() + 1);
     if (slash == Path::npos)
         return path;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Path Store::followLinksToStore(const Path & _path) const
         path = absPath(target, dirOf(path));
     }
     if (!isInStore(path))
-        throw Error(format("path ‘%1%’ is not in the Nix store") % path);
+        throw Error(format("path '%1%' is not in the Nix store") % path);
     return path;
 }
 
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ void checkStoreName(const string & name)
     /* Disallow names starting with a dot for possible security
        reasons (e.g., "." and ".."). */
     if (string(name, 0, 1) == ".")
-        throw Error(format("illegal name: ‘%1%’") % name);
+        throw Error(format("illegal name: '%1%'") % name);
     for (auto & i : name)
         if (!((i >= 'A' && i <= 'Z') ||
               (i >= 'a' && i <= 'z') ||
               (i >= '0' && i <= '9') ||
               validChars.find(i) != string::npos))
         {
-            throw Error(format("invalid character ‘%1%’ in name ‘%2%’")
+            throw Error(format("invalid character '%1%' in name '%2%'")
                 % i % name);
         }
 }
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ void Store::queryPathInfo(const Path & storePath,
             if (res) {
                 stats.narInfoReadAverted++;
                 if (!*res)
-                    throw InvalidPath(format("path ‘%s’ is not valid") % storePath);
+                    throw InvalidPath(format("path '%s' is not valid") % storePath);
                 return success(ref<ValidPathInfo>(*res));
             }
         }
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void Store::queryPathInfo(const Path & storePath,
                         res.first == NarInfoDiskCache::oInvalid ? 0 : res.second);
                     if (res.first == NarInfoDiskCache::oInvalid ||
                         (res.second->path != storePath && storePathToName(storePath) != ""))
-                        throw InvalidPath(format("path ‘%s’ is not valid") % storePath);
+                        throw InvalidPath(format("path '%s' is not valid") % storePath);
                 }
                 return success(ref<ValidPathInfo>(res.second));
             }
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ void Store::queryPathInfo(const Path & storePath,
                 || (info->path != storePath && storePathToName(storePath) != ""))
             {
                 stats.narInfoMissing++;
-                return failure(std::make_exception_ptr(InvalidPath(format("path ‘%s’ is not valid") % storePath)));
+                return failure(std::make_exception_ptr(InvalidPath(format("path '%s' is not valid") % storePath)));
             }
 
             callSuccess(success, failure, ref<ValidPathInfo>(info));
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ void copyPaths(ref<Store> srcStore, ref<Store> dstStore, const PathSet & storePa
             checkInterrupt();
 
             if (!dstStore->isValidPath(storePath)) {
-                printInfo("copying ‘%s’...", storePath);
+                printInfo("copying '%s'...", storePath);
                 copyStorePath(srcStore, dstStore, storePath, repair, checkSigs);
             }
         });
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ string showPaths(const PathSet & paths)
     string s;
     for (auto & i : paths) {
         if (s.size() != 0) s += ", ";
-        s += "‘" + i + "’";
+        s += "'" + i + "'";
     }
     return s;
 }
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ string showPaths(const PathSet & paths)
 std::string ValidPathInfo::fingerprint() const
 {
     if (narSize == 0 || !narHash)
-        throw Error(format("cannot calculate fingerprint of path ‘%s’ because its size/hash is not known")
+        throw Error(format("cannot calculate fingerprint of path '%s' because its size/hash is not known")
             % path);
     return
         "1;" + path + ";"
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ void ValidPathInfo::sign(const SecretKey & secretKey)
 bool ValidPathInfo::isContentAddressed(const Store & store) const
 {
     auto warn = [&]() {
-        printError(format("warning: path ‘%s’ claims to be content-addressed but isn't") % path);
+        printError(format("warning: path '%s' claims to be content-addressed but isn't") % path);
     };
 
     if (hasPrefix(ca, "text:")) {
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ ref<Store> openStore(const std::string & uri_,
         }
     }
 
-    throw Error("don't know how to open Nix store ‘%s’", uri);
+    throw Error("don't know how to open Nix store '%s'", uri);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.hh b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
index 3247a67678cf..5f3d8c7b9529 100644
--- a/src/libstore/store-api.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/store-api.hh
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ protected:
     /* Unsupported methods. */
     [[noreturn]] void unsupported()
     {
-        throw Unsupported("requested operation is not supported by store ‘%s’", getUri());
+        throw Unsupported("requested operation is not supported by store '%s'", getUri());
     }
 
 };