diff --git a/libs/utils/include/utils/Panic.h b/libs/utils/include/utils/Panic.h
index a3415e10d5..872b99d4bf 100644
--- a/libs/utils/include/utils/Panic.h
+++ b/libs/utils/include/utils/Panic.h
@@ -582,19 +582,19 @@ public:
 
 #define PANIC_PRECONDITION_IMPL(cond, format, ...)                                                 \
     ::utils::PreconditionPanic::panic(PANIC_FUNCTION,                                              \
-            PANIC_FILE(__FILE__), __LINE__, #cond, format, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+            PANIC_FILE(__FILE__), __LINE__, #cond, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define PANIC_POSTCONDITION_IMPL(cond, format, ...)                                                \
     ::utils::PostconditionPanic::panic(PANIC_FUNCTION,                                             \
-            PANIC_FILE(__FILE__), __LINE__, #cond, format, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+            PANIC_FILE(__FILE__), __LINE__, #cond, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define PANIC_ARITHMETIC_IMPL(cond, format, ...)                                                   \
     ::utils::ArithmeticPanic::panic(PANIC_FUNCTION,                                                \
-            PANIC_FILE(__FILE__), __LINE__, #cond, format, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+            PANIC_FILE(__FILE__), __LINE__, #cond, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define PANIC_LOG_IMPL(cond, format, ...)                                                          \
     ::utils::details::panicLog(PANIC_FUNCTION,                                                     \
-            PANIC_FILE(__FILE__), __LINE__, #cond, format, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+            PANIC_FILE(__FILE__), __LINE__, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 /**
  * PANIC_PRECONDITION is a macro that reports a PreconditionPanic
diff --git a/libs/utils/src/Panic.cpp b/libs/utils/src/Panic.cpp
index d8577f4fd6..1b8921ac06 100644
--- a/libs/utils/src/Panic.cpp
+++ b/libs/utils/src/Panic.cpp
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ static std::string buildPanicString(
         std::string_view const& msg, const char* function, int line,
         const char* file, const char* reason) {
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-    return sprintfToString("=%.*s\nin %s:%d\nin file %s\nreason: %s",
+    return sprintfToString("%.*s\nin %s:%d\nin file %s\nreason: %s",
             msg.size(), msg.data(), function, line, file, reason);
 #else
-    return sprintfToString("=%.*s\nin %s:%d\nreason: %s",
+    return sprintfToString("%.*s\nin %s:%d\nreason: %s",
             msg.size(), msg.data(), function, line, reason);
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/libs/utils/src/debug.cpp b/libs/utils/src/debug.cpp
index 3d20475ad7..2a494d7130 100644
--- a/libs/utils/src/debug.cpp
+++ b/libs/utils/src/debug.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void abort() noexcept {
 }
 
 void panic(const char *func, const char * file, int line, const char *assertion) noexcept {
-    PANIC_LOG("%s:%d: failed assertion `%s'\n", file, line, assertion);
+    PANIC_LOG("%s:%d: failed assertion '%s'\n", file, line, assertion);
     abort(); // set a breakpoint here
     return;  // this line is needed to be able to move the cursor here in the debugger
 }