diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 433966d39ba30..4945fa0f690f4 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <cstring>           // std::memcpy
 #include <initializer_list>  // std::initializer_list
 #include <limits>            // std::numeric_limits
-#include <memory>            // std::allocator_traits
 #include <stdexcept>         // std::runtime_error
 #include <string>            // std::string
 #include <system_error>      // std::system_error
@@ -907,8 +906,8 @@ class basic_memory_buffer : public detail::buffer<T> {
   static FMT_CONSTEXPR20 void grow(detail::buffer<T>& buf, size_t size) {
     detail::abort_fuzzing_if(size > 5000);
     auto& self = static_cast<basic_memory_buffer&>(buf);
-    const size_t max_size =
-        std::allocator_traits<Allocator>::max_size(self.alloc_);
+    constexpr size_t max_size =
+        detail::max_value<typename Allocator::size_type>() / sizeof(T);
     size_t old_capacity = buf.capacity();
     size_t new_capacity = old_capacity + old_capacity / 2;
     if (size > new_capacity)
@@ -916,8 +915,7 @@ class basic_memory_buffer : public detail::buffer<T> {
     else if (new_capacity > max_size)
       new_capacity = size > max_size ? size : max_size;
     T* old_data = buf.data();
-    T* new_data =
-        std::allocator_traits<Allocator>::allocate(self.alloc_, new_capacity);
+    T* new_data = self.alloc_.allocate(new_capacity);
     // Suppress a bogus -Wstringop-overflow in gcc 13.1 (#3481).
     detail::assume(buf.size() <= new_capacity);
     // The following code doesn't throw, so the raw pointer above doesn't leak.
diff --git a/include/fmt/ranges.h b/include/fmt/ranges.h
index c0acfa7747563..f66b34102667c 100644
--- a/include/fmt/ranges.h
+++ b/include/fmt/ranges.h
@@ -360,9 +360,7 @@ struct formatter<Tuple, Char,
 
 template <typename T, typename Char> struct is_range {
   static constexpr const bool value =
-      detail::is_range_<T>::value && !detail::has_to_string_view<T>::value &&
-      !std::is_convertible<T, std::basic_string<Char>>::value &&
-      !std::is_convertible<T, detail::std_string_view<Char>>::value;
+      detail::is_range_<T>::value && !detail::has_to_string_view<T>::value;
 };
 
 namespace detail {
diff --git a/test/format-test.cc b/test/format-test.cc
index 3e53147d3f681..a76c44cf76505 100644
--- a/test/format-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-test.cc
@@ -413,37 +413,30 @@ TEST(memory_buffer_test, exception_in_deallocate) {
   EXPECT_CALL(alloc, deallocate(&mem2[0], 2 * size));
 }
 
-template <typename Allocator, size_t MaxSize>
-class max_size_allocator : public Allocator {
+class smol_allocator : public std::allocator<char> {
  public:
-  using typename Allocator::value_type;
-  size_t max_size() const noexcept { return MaxSize; }
-  value_type* allocate(size_t n) {
-    if (n > max_size()) {
+  using size_type = unsigned char;
+
+  auto allocate(size_t n) -> value_type* {
+    if (n > fmt::detail::max_value<size_type>())
       throw std::length_error("size > max_size");
-    }
-    return std::allocator_traits<Allocator>::allocate(
-        *static_cast<Allocator*>(this), n);
+    return std::allocator<char>::allocate(n);
   }
   void deallocate(value_type* p, size_t n) {
-    std::allocator_traits<Allocator>::deallocate(*static_cast<Allocator*>(this),
-                                                 p, n);
+    std::allocator<char>::deallocate(p, n);
   }
 };
 
 TEST(memory_buffer_test, max_size_allocator) {
-  // 160 = 128 + 32
-  using test_allocator = max_size_allocator<std::allocator<char>, 160>;
-  basic_memory_buffer<char, 10, test_allocator> buffer;
-  buffer.resize(128);
-  // new_capacity = 128 + 128/2 = 192 > 160
-  buffer.resize(160);  // Shouldn't throw.
+  basic_memory_buffer<char, 10, smol_allocator> buffer;
+  buffer.resize(200);
+  // new_capacity = 200 + 200/2 = 300 > 256
+  buffer.resize(255);  // Shouldn't throw.
 }
 
 TEST(memory_buffer_test, max_size_allocator_overflow) {
-  using test_allocator = max_size_allocator<std::allocator<char>, 160>;
-  basic_memory_buffer<char, 10, test_allocator> buffer;
-  EXPECT_THROW(buffer.resize(161), std::exception);
+  basic_memory_buffer<char, 10, smol_allocator> buffer;
+  EXPECT_THROW(buffer.resize(256), std::exception);
 }
 
 TEST(format_test, exception_from_lib) {
diff --git a/test/mock-allocator.h b/test/mock-allocator.h
index dc4942f1758df..baba1cda0ba95 100644
--- a/test/mock-allocator.h
+++ b/test/mock-allocator.h
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@
 
 template <typename T> class mock_allocator {
  public:
+  using value_type = T;
+  using size_type = size_t;
+
   mock_allocator() {}
   mock_allocator(const mock_allocator&) {}
-  using value_type = T;
+
   MOCK_METHOD(T*, allocate, (size_t));
   MOCK_METHOD(void, deallocate, (T*, size_t));
 };
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ template <typename Allocator> class allocator_ref {
 
  public:
   using value_type = typename Allocator::value_type;
+  using size_type = typename Allocator::size_type;
 
   explicit allocator_ref(Allocator* alloc = nullptr) : alloc_(alloc) {}