diff --git a/game/kernel/jak1/kmachine.cpp b/game/kernel/jak1/kmachine.cpp
index c7730491d9b..dfac2eec4bf 100644
--- a/game/kernel/jak1/kmachine.cpp
+++ b/game/kernel/jak1/kmachine.cpp
@@ -391,14 +391,12 @@ u64 kopen(u64 fs, u64 name, u64 mode) {
   file_stream->name = name;
   file_stream->flags = 0;
   lg::print("****** CALL TO kopen() ******\n");
-  char buffer[128];
   // sprintf(buffer, "host:%s", Ptr<String>(name)->data());
-  sprintf(buffer, "%s", Ptr<String>(name)->data());
   if (!strcmp(info(Ptr<Symbol>(mode))->str->data(), "read")) {
-    file_stream->file = sceOpen(buffer, SCE_RDONLY);
+    file_stream->file = sceOpen(Ptr<String>(name)->data(), SCE_RDONLY);
   } else {
     // 0x602
-    file_stream->file = sceOpen(buffer, SCE_TRUNC | SCE_CREAT | SCE_WRONLY);
+    file_stream->file = sceOpen(Ptr<String>(name)->data(), SCE_TRUNC | SCE_CREAT | SCE_WRONLY);
   }
 
   return fs;
diff --git a/game/kernel/jak2/kmachine.cpp b/game/kernel/jak2/kmachine.cpp
index 6ad8fc76727..397eb1ba33a 100644
--- a/game/kernel/jak2/kmachine.cpp
+++ b/game/kernel/jak2/kmachine.cpp
@@ -505,19 +505,17 @@ u64 kopen(u64 fs, u64 name, u64 mode) {
   file_stream->name = name;
   file_stream->flags = 0;
   lg::print("****** CALL TO kopen() ******\n");
-  char buffer[128];
   // sprintf(buffer, "host:%s", Ptr<String>(name)->data());
-  sprintf(buffer, "%s", Ptr<String>(name)->data());
   if (!strcmp(symbol_name_cstr(*Ptr<Symbol4<u8>>(mode)), "read")) {
     // 0x1
-    file_stream->file = sceOpen(buffer, SCE_RDONLY);
+    file_stream->file = sceOpen(Ptr<String>(name)->data(), SCE_RDONLY);
   } else if (!strcmp(symbol_name_cstr(*Ptr<Symbol4<u8>>(mode)), "append")) {
     // new in jak 2!
     // 0x202
-    file_stream->file = sceOpen(buffer, SCE_CREAT | SCE_WRONLY);
+    file_stream->file = sceOpen(Ptr<String>(name)->data(), SCE_CREAT | SCE_WRONLY);
   } else {
     // 0x602
-    file_stream->file = sceOpen(buffer, SCE_TRUNC | SCE_CREAT | SCE_WRONLY);
+    file_stream->file = sceOpen(Ptr<String>(name)->data(), SCE_TRUNC | SCE_CREAT | SCE_WRONLY);
   }
 
   return fs;
diff --git a/game/kernel/jak3/kmachine.cpp b/game/kernel/jak3/kmachine.cpp
index 3c185bb0614..fc19d0e8e51 100644
--- a/game/kernel/jak3/kmachine.cpp
+++ b/game/kernel/jak3/kmachine.cpp
@@ -324,19 +324,17 @@ u64 kopen(u64 fs, u64 name, u64 mode) {
   file_stream->name = name;
   file_stream->flags = 0;
   lg::print("****** CALL TO kopen() ******\n");
-  char buffer[128];
   // sprintf(buffer, "host:%s", Ptr<String>(name)->data());
-  sprintf(buffer, "%s", Ptr<String>(name)->data());
   if (!strcmp(sym_to_cstring(Ptr<Symbol4<u8>>(mode)), "read")) {
     // 0x1
-    file_stream->file = ee::sceOpen(buffer, SCE_RDONLY);
+    file_stream->file = ee::sceOpen(Ptr<String>(name)->data(), SCE_RDONLY);
   } else if (!strcmp(sym_to_cstring(Ptr<Symbol4<u8>>(mode)), "append")) {
     // new in jak 2!
     // 0x202
-    file_stream->file = ee::sceOpen(buffer, SCE_CREAT | SCE_WRONLY);
+    file_stream->file = ee::sceOpen(Ptr<String>(name)->data(), SCE_CREAT | SCE_WRONLY);
   } else {
     // 0x602
-    file_stream->file = ee::sceOpen(buffer, SCE_TRUNC | SCE_CREAT | SCE_WRONLY);
+    file_stream->file = ee::sceOpen(Ptr<String>(name)->data(), SCE_TRUNC | SCE_CREAT | SCE_WRONLY);
   }
 
   return fs;