diff --git a/examples/arduino/z_get.ino b/examples/arduino/z_get.ino
index a4a5a9f2d..b14e64165 100644
--- a/examples/arduino/z_get.ino
+++ b/examples/arduino/z_get.ino
@@ -117,10 +117,8 @@ void loop() {
     z_get_options_default(&opts);
     // Value encoding
     if (strcmp(VALUE, "") != 0) {
-        z_view_string_t value_str;
-        z_view_string_wrap(&value_str, VALUE);
         z_owned_bytes_t payload;
-        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, z_view_string_loan(&value_str));
+        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, VALUE);
         opts.payload = &payload;
     }
     z_owned_closure_reply_t callback;
diff --git a/examples/arduino/z_queryable.ino b/examples/arduino/z_queryable.ino
index da225a613..1a62641e3 100644
--- a/examples/arduino/z_queryable.ino
+++ b/examples/arduino/z_queryable.ino
@@ -57,10 +57,8 @@ void query_handler(const z_loaned_query_t *query, void *arg) {
     z_view_keyexpr_from_string_unchecked(&ke, KEYEXPR);
 
     // Reply value encoding
-    z_view_string_t reply_str;
-    z_view_string_wrap(&reply_str, VALUE);
     z_owned_bytes_t reply_payload;
-    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, z_view_string_loan(&reply_str));
+    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, VALUE);
 
     z_query_reply(query, z_view_keyexpr_loan(&ke), z_bytes_move(&reply_payload), NULL);
 
diff --git a/examples/espidf/z_get.c b/examples/espidf/z_get.c
index 7c53b86b5..2070ed435 100644
--- a/examples/espidf/z_get.c
+++ b/examples/espidf/z_get.c
@@ -164,10 +164,8 @@ void app_main() {
         z_get_options_default(&opts);
         // Value encoding
         if (strcmp(VALUE, "") != 0) {
-            z_view_string_t value_str;
-            z_view_string_wrap(&value_str, VALUE);
             z_owned_bytes_t payload;
-            z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, z_loan(value_str));
+            z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, VALUE);
             opts.payload = &payload;
         }
         z_owned_closure_reply_t callback;
diff --git a/examples/espidf/z_queryable.c b/examples/espidf/z_queryable.c
index d10e25f57..22c673704 100644
--- a/examples/espidf/z_queryable.c
+++ b/examples/espidf/z_queryable.c
@@ -120,10 +120,8 @@ void query_handler(const z_loaned_query_t *query, void *ctx) {
     z_view_keyexpr_t ke;
     z_view_keyexpr_from_string_unchecked(&ke, KEYEXPR);
     // Reply value encoding
-    z_view_string_t reply_str;
-    z_view_string_wrap(&reply_str, VALUE);
     z_owned_bytes_t reply_payload;
-    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, z_loan(reply_str));
+    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, VALUE);
 
     z_query_reply(query, z_loan(ke), z_move(reply_payload), NULL);
     z_drop(z_move(keystr));
diff --git a/examples/freertos_plus_tcp/z_get.c b/examples/freertos_plus_tcp/z_get.c
index d91bb6065..dfb21f218 100644
--- a/examples/freertos_plus_tcp/z_get.c
+++ b/examples/freertos_plus_tcp/z_get.c
@@ -88,10 +88,8 @@ void app_main(void) {
         z_get_options_default(&opts);
         // Value encoding
         if (strcmp(VALUE, "") != 0) {
-            z_view_string_t value_str;
-            z_view_string_wrap(&value_str, VALUE);
             z_owned_bytes_t payload;
-            z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, z_loan(value_str));
+            z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, VALUE);
             opts.payload = &payload;
         }
         z_owned_closure_reply_t callback;
diff --git a/examples/freertos_plus_tcp/z_queryable.c b/examples/freertos_plus_tcp/z_queryable.c
index ca3444034..46b62888f 100644
--- a/examples/freertos_plus_tcp/z_queryable.c
+++ b/examples/freertos_plus_tcp/z_queryable.c
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@ void query_handler(const z_loaned_query_t *query, void *ctx) {
     z_query_reply_options_t options;
     z_query_reply_options_default(&options);
     // Reply value encoding
-    z_view_string_t reply_str;
-    z_view_string_wrap(&reply_str, VALUE);
     z_owned_bytes_t reply_payload;
-    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, z_loan(reply_str));
+    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, VALUE);
 
     z_query_reply(query, z_query_keyexpr(query), z_move(reply_payload), &options);
     z_drop(z_move(keystr));
diff --git a/examples/mbed/z_get.cpp b/examples/mbed/z_get.cpp
index ec2f2cef5..b0a475773 100644
--- a/examples/mbed/z_get.cpp
+++ b/examples/mbed/z_get.cpp
@@ -85,10 +85,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         z_get_options_default(&opts);
         // Value encoding
         if (strcmp(VALUE, "") != 0) {
-            z_view_string_t value_str;
-            z_view_string_wrap(&value_str, VALUE);
             z_owned_bytes_t payload;
-            z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, z_view_string_loan(&value_str));
+            z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, VALUE);
             opts.payload = &payload;
         }
         z_owned_closure_reply_t callback;
diff --git a/examples/mbed/z_queryable.cpp b/examples/mbed/z_queryable.cpp
index 7be7f79da..3a243e9ca 100644
--- a/examples/mbed/z_queryable.cpp
+++ b/examples/mbed/z_queryable.cpp
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@ void query_handler(const z_loaned_query_t *query, void *ctx) {
         z_string_drop(z_string_move(&payload_string));
     }
     // Reply value encoding
-    z_view_string_t reply_str;
-    z_view_string_wrap(&reply_str, VALUE);
     z_owned_bytes_t reply_payload;
-    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, z_view_string_loan(&reply_str));
+    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, VALUE);
 
     z_query_reply(query, z_query_keyexpr(query), z_bytes_move(&reply_payload), NULL);
     z_string_drop(z_string_move(&keystr));
diff --git a/examples/unix/c11/z_get.c b/examples/unix/c11/z_get.c
index 6066ac2e7..eb46202ec 100644
--- a/examples/unix/c11/z_get.c
+++ b/examples/unix/c11/z_get.c
@@ -136,10 +136,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     z_get_options_default(&opts);
 
     if (value != NULL) {
-        z_view_string_t value_str;
-        z_view_string_wrap(&value_str, value);
         z_owned_bytes_t payload;
-        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, z_loan(value_str));
+        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, value);
         opts.payload = &payload;
     }
 #if Z_FEATURE_ATTACHMENT == 1
diff --git a/examples/unix/c11/z_get_channel.c b/examples/unix/c11/z_get_channel.c
index e2eef163c..a6091de93 100644
--- a/examples/unix/c11/z_get_channel.c
+++ b/examples/unix/c11/z_get_channel.c
@@ -92,10 +92,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     z_get_options_default(&opts);
     // Value encoding
     if (value != NULL) {
-        z_view_string_t value_str;
-        z_view_string_wrap(&value_str, value);
         z_owned_bytes_t payload;
-        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, z_loan(value_str));
+        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, value);
         opts.payload = &payload;
     }
     z_owned_reply_ring_channel_t channel;
diff --git a/examples/unix/c11/z_queryable.c b/examples/unix/c11/z_queryable.c
index 73ee65683..002059421 100644
--- a/examples/unix/c11/z_queryable.c
+++ b/examples/unix/c11/z_queryable.c
@@ -71,10 +71,8 @@ void query_handler(const z_loaned_query_t *query, void *ctx) {
 #endif
 
     // Reply value encoding
-    z_view_string_t reply_str;
-    z_view_string_wrap(&reply_str, value);
     z_owned_bytes_t reply_payload;
-    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, z_loan(reply_str));
+    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, value);
 
     z_query_reply(query, z_query_keyexpr(query), z_move(reply_payload), &options);
     z_drop(z_move(keystr));
diff --git a/examples/unix/c11/z_queryable_channel.c b/examples/unix/c11/z_queryable_channel.c
index 05091d334..cd69bc8bf 100644
--- a/examples/unix/c11/z_queryable_channel.c
+++ b/examples/unix/c11/z_queryable_channel.c
@@ -116,10 +116,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         z_query_reply_options_t options;
         z_query_reply_options_default(&options);
         // Reply value encoding
-        z_view_string_t reply_str;
-        z_view_string_wrap(&reply_str, value);
         z_owned_bytes_t reply_payload;
-        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, z_loan(reply_str));
+        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, value);
 
         z_query_reply(q, z_query_keyexpr(q), z_move(reply_payload), &options);
         z_drop(z_move(keystr));
diff --git a/examples/unix/c99/z_get.c b/examples/unix/c99/z_get.c
index e11827800..c71f1e099 100644
--- a/examples/unix/c99/z_get.c
+++ b/examples/unix/c99/z_get.c
@@ -123,10 +123,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     z_get_options_default(&opts);
     // Value encoding
     if (value != NULL) {
-        z_view_string_t value_str;
-        z_view_string_wrap(&value_str, value);
         z_owned_bytes_t payload;
-        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, z_view_string_loan(&value_str));
+        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, value);
         opts.payload = &payload;
     }
     z_owned_closure_reply_t callback;
diff --git a/examples/unix/c99/z_queryable.c b/examples/unix/c99/z_queryable.c
index 9bdb4a910..910b66cf9 100644
--- a/examples/unix/c99/z_queryable.c
+++ b/examples/unix/c99/z_queryable.c
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ void query_handler(const z_loaned_query_t *query, void *ctx) {
     z_query_reply_options_default(&options);
     options.encoding = z_encoding_move(&encoding);
     // Reply value encoding
-    z_view_string_t reply_str;
-    z_view_string_wrap(&reply_str, value);
     z_owned_bytes_t reply_payload;
-    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, z_view_string_loan(&reply_str));
+    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, value);
 
     z_query_reply(query, z_query_keyexpr(query), z_bytes_move(&reply_payload), &options);
     z_string_drop(z_string_move(&keystr));
diff --git a/examples/windows/z_get.c b/examples/windows/z_get.c
index 42fdfea55..8c765c884 100644
--- a/examples/windows/z_get.c
+++ b/examples/windows/z_get.c
@@ -87,10 +87,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     z_get_options_default(&opts);
     // Value encoding
     if (value != NULL) {
-        z_view_string_t value_str;
-        z_view_string_wrap(&value_str, value);
         z_owned_bytes_t payload;
-        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, z_loan(value_str));
+        z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, value);
         opts.payload = &payload;
     }
     z_owned_closure_reply_t callback;
diff --git a/examples/windows/z_queryable.c b/examples/windows/z_queryable.c
index a6130c3b7..446543033 100644
--- a/examples/windows/z_queryable.c
+++ b/examples/windows/z_queryable.c
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ void query_handler(const z_loaned_query_t *query, void *ctx) {
     z_query_reply_options_default(&options);
     options.encoding = z_move(encoding);
     // Reply value encoding
-    z_view_string_t reply_str;
-    z_view_string_wrap(&reply_str, value);
     z_owned_bytes_t reply_payload;
-    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, z_loan(reply_str));
+    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, value);
 
     z_query_reply(query, z_query_keyexpr(query), z_move(reply_payload), &options);
 
diff --git a/examples/zephyr/z_get.c b/examples/zephyr/z_get.c
index 397b3d340..f473d1d98 100644
--- a/examples/zephyr/z_get.c
+++ b/examples/zephyr/z_get.c
@@ -82,10 +82,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         opts.target = Z_QUERY_TARGET_ALL;
         // Value encoding
         if (strcmp(VALUE, "") != 0) {
-            z_view_string_t value_str;
-            z_view_string_wrap(&value_str, VALUE);
             z_owned_bytes_t payload;
-            z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, z_loan(value_str));
+            z_bytes_encode_from_string(&payload, VALUE);
             opts.payload = &payload;
         }
         z_owned_closure_reply_t callback;
diff --git a/examples/zephyr/z_queryable.c b/examples/zephyr/z_queryable.c
index f210cf1b3..e2a494e3a 100644
--- a/examples/zephyr/z_queryable.c
+++ b/examples/zephyr/z_queryable.c
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@ void query_handler(const z_loaned_query_t *query, void *ctx) {
         z_drop(z_move(payload_string));
     }
     // Reply value encoding
-    z_view_string_t reply_str;
-    z_view_string_wrap(&reply_str, VALUE);
     z_owned_bytes_t reply_payload;
-    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, z_loan(reply_str));
+    z_bytes_encode_from_string(&reply_payload, VALUE);
 
     z_query_reply(query, z_query_keyexpr(query), z_move(reply_payload), NULL);
     z_drop(z_move(keystr));