diff --git a/library/std/src/lib.rs b/library/std/src/lib.rs
index 318a46d1b637e..d53f1a2b2fff1 100644
--- a/library/std/src/lib.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/lib.rs
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
 #![feature(allocator_internals)]
 #![feature(allow_internal_unsafe)]
 #![feature(allow_internal_unstable)]
+#![feature(c_str_literals)]
 #![feature(c_unwind)]
 #![feature(cfg_target_thread_local)]
 #![feature(concat_idents)]
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/args.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/args.rs
index 9ed4d9c1e0dd3..1e4c2445232db 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/args.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/args.rs
@@ -242,13 +242,13 @@ mod imp {
         let mut res = Vec::new();
 
         unsafe {
-            let process_info_sel = sel_registerName("processInfo\0".as_ptr());
-            let arguments_sel = sel_registerName("arguments\0".as_ptr());
-            let utf8_sel = sel_registerName("UTF8String\0".as_ptr());
-            let count_sel = sel_registerName("count\0".as_ptr());
-            let object_at_sel = sel_registerName("objectAtIndex:\0".as_ptr());
+            let process_info_sel = sel_registerName(c"processInfo".as_ptr());
+            let arguments_sel = sel_registerName(c"arguments".as_ptr());
+            let utf8_sel = sel_registerName(c"UTF8String".as_ptr());
+            let count_sel = sel_registerName(c"count".as_ptr());
+            let object_at_sel = sel_registerName(c"objectAtIndex:".as_ptr());
 
-            let klass = objc_getClass("NSProcessInfo\0".as_ptr());
+            let klass = objc_getClass(c"NSProcessInfo".as_ptr());
             let info = objc_msgSend(klass, process_info_sel);
             let args = objc_msgSend(info, arguments_sel);
 
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/fs.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/fs.rs
index 09e9ae2720f5b..0e5691d40d176 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/fs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/fs.rs
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ impl File {
         cfg_has_statx! {
             if let Some(ret) = unsafe { try_statx(
                 fd,
-                b"\0" as *const _ as *const c_char,
+                c"".as_ptr() as *const c_char,
                 libc::AT_EMPTY_PATH | libc::AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT,
                 libc::STATX_ALL,
             ) } {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/mod.rs
index bb9e65e68e5e8..54e2f20b31703 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #![allow(missing_docs, nonstandard_style)]
 
-use crate::ffi::CStr;
 use crate::io::ErrorKind;
 
 pub use self::rand::hashmap_random_keys;
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ pub unsafe fn init(argc: isize, argv: *const *const u8, sigpipe: u8) {
     // thread-id for the main thread and so renaming the main thread will rename the
     // process and we only want to enable this on platforms we've tested.
     if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
-        thread::Thread::set_name(&CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(b"main\0"));
+        thread::Thread::set_name(&c"main");
     }
 
     unsafe fn sanitize_standard_fds() {
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ pub unsafe fn init(argc: isize, argv: *const *const u8, sigpipe: u8) {
                 if pfd.revents & libc::POLLNVAL == 0 {
                     continue;
                 }
-                if open64("/dev/null\0".as_ptr().cast(), libc::O_RDWR, 0) == -1 {
+                if open64(c"/dev/null".as_ptr().cast(), libc::O_RDWR, 0) == -1 {
                     // If the stream is closed but we failed to reopen it, abort the
                     // process. Otherwise we wouldn't preserve the safety of
                     // operations on the corresponding Rust object Stdin, Stdout, or
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ pub unsafe fn init(argc: isize, argv: *const *const u8, sigpipe: u8) {
             use libc::open64;
             for fd in 0..3 {
                 if libc::fcntl(fd, libc::F_GETFD) == -1 && errno() == libc::EBADF {
-                    if open64("/dev/null\0".as_ptr().cast(), libc::O_RDWR, 0) == -1 {
+                    if open64(c"/dev/null".as_ptr().cast(), libc::O_RDWR, 0) == -1 {
                         // If the stream is closed but we failed to reopen it, abort the
                         // process. Otherwise we wouldn't preserve the safety of
                         // operations on the corresponding Rust object Stdin, Stdout, or
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_common.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_common.rs
index 640648e870748..5f316b12b625d 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_common.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_common.rs
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ cfg_if::cfg_if! {
     if #[cfg(target_os = "fuchsia")] {
         // fuchsia doesn't have /dev/null
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "redox")] {
-        const DEV_NULL: &str = "null:\0";
+        const DEV_NULL: &CStr = c"null:";
     } else if #[cfg(target_os = "vxworks")] {
-        const DEV_NULL: &str = "/null\0";
+        const DEV_NULL: &CStr = c"/null";
     } else {
-        const DEV_NULL: &str = "/dev/null\0";
+        const DEV_NULL: &CStr = c"/dev/null";
     }
 }
 
@@ -474,8 +474,7 @@ impl Stdio {
                 let mut opts = OpenOptions::new();
                 opts.read(readable);
                 opts.write(!readable);
-                let path = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(DEV_NULL.as_ptr() as *const _) };
-                let fd = File::open_c(&path, &opts)?;
+                let fd = File::open_c(DEV_NULL, &opts)?;
                 Ok((ChildStdio::Owned(fd.into_inner()), None))
             }
 
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/thread.rs
index 7307d9b2c8616..878af5088d9f4 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/thread.rs
@@ -163,10 +163,9 @@ impl Thread {
     #[cfg(target_os = "netbsd")]
     pub fn set_name(name: &CStr) {
         unsafe {
-            let cname = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(b"%s\0".as_slice());
             let res = libc::pthread_setname_np(
                 libc::pthread_self(),
-                cname.as_ptr(),
+                c"%s".as_ptr(),
                 name.as_ptr() as *mut libc::c_void,
             );
             debug_assert_eq!(res, 0);
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/c.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/c.rs
index 2bc40c4748a35..07b0610d463fa 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/c.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/c.rs
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ pub unsafe fn NtWriteFile(
 // Functions that aren't available on every version of Windows that we support,
 // but we still use them and just provide some form of a fallback implementation.
 compat_fn_with_fallback! {
-    pub static KERNEL32: &CStr = ansi_str!("kernel32");
+    pub static KERNEL32: &CStr = c"kernel32";
 
     // >= Win10 1607
     // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/processthreadsapi/nf-processthreadsapi-setthreaddescription
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ compat_fn_optional! {
 }
 
 compat_fn_with_fallback! {
-    pub static NTDLL: &CStr = ansi_str!("ntdll");
+    pub static NTDLL: &CStr = c"ntdll";
 
     pub fn NtCreateKeyedEvent(
         KeyedEventHandle: LPHANDLE,
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/compat.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/compat.rs
index 4fe95d41116b5..649cc4bfdbf1a 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/compat.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/compat.rs
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ macro_rules! compat_fn_optional {
 /// Load all needed functions from "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0".
 pub(super) fn load_synch_functions() {
     fn try_load() -> Option<()> {
-        const MODULE_NAME: &CStr = ansi_str!("api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0");
-        const WAIT_ON_ADDRESS: &CStr = ansi_str!("WaitOnAddress");
-        const WAKE_BY_ADDRESS_SINGLE: &CStr = ansi_str!("WakeByAddressSingle");
+        const MODULE_NAME: &CStr = c"api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0";
+        const WAIT_ON_ADDRESS: &CStr = c"WaitOnAddress";
+        const WAKE_BY_ADDRESS_SINGLE: &CStr = c"WakeByAddressSingle";
 
         // Try loading the library and all the required functions.
         // If any step fails, then they all fail.
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/mod.rs
index bcc172b0fae36..b11c89622032e 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(missing_docs, nonstandard_style)]
 
-use crate::ffi::{CStr, OsStr, OsString};
+use crate::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use crate::io::ErrorKind;
 use crate::mem::MaybeUninit;
 use crate::os::windows::ffi::{OsStrExt, OsStringExt};
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub unsafe fn init(_argc: isize, _argv: *const *const u8, _sigpipe: u8) {
 
     // Normally, `thread::spawn` will call `Thread::set_name` but since this thread already
     // exists, we have to call it ourselves.
-    thread::Thread::set_name(&CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(b"main\0"));
+    thread::Thread::set_name(&c"main");
 }
 
 // SAFETY: must be called only once during runtime cleanup.
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs
index db2b7910b711c..abaed95a08426 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ const PERMITTED_RUSTC_DEPENDENCIES: &[&str] = &[
     "crossbeam-epoch",
     "crossbeam-utils",
     "crypto-common",
-    "cstr",
     "datafrog",
     "derive_more",
     "digest",