diff --git a/unoidl/source/sourcetreeprovider.cxx b/unoidl/source/sourcetreeprovider.cxx
index 399329f30e40..629e50fbf8f3 100644
--- a/unoidl/source/sourcetreeprovider.cxx
+++ b/unoidl/source/sourcetreeprovider.cxx
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ rtl::Reference<Entity> SourceTreeProvider::findEntity(OUString const & name)
         throw FileFormatException( //TODO
             "", "Illegal UNOIDL identifier \"" + name + "\"");
     }
-    OUString uri(uri_ + buf.makeStringAndClear());
+    OUString uri(uri_ + buf);
     rtl::Reference<Entity> ent;
     // Prevent conflicts between foo/ and Foo.idl on case-preserving file
     // systems:
diff --git a/unotools/source/i18n/localedatawrapper.cxx b/unotools/source/i18n/localedatawrapper.cxx
index 55cde4a360a4..220d850885cb 100644
--- a/unotools/source/i18n/localedatawrapper.cxx
+++ b/unotools/source/i18n/localedatawrapper.cxx
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ const std::vector< LanguageType >& LocaleDataWrapper::getInstalledLanguageTypes(
                     aMsg.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(static_cast<sal_uInt16>(eLang)), 16);
                     aMsg.append("  ->  ");
                     aMsg.append(aBackLanguageTag.getBcp47());
-                    outputCheckMessage( aMsg.makeStringAndClear() );
+                    outputCheckMessage( aMsg );
                 }
                 eLang = LANGUAGE_DONTKNOW;
             }
diff --git a/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx b/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
index e8db8d68f12e..71e25f4571f8 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtfdocumentimpl.cxx
@@ -855,8 +855,9 @@ void RTFDocumentImpl::resolvePict(bool const bInline, uno::Reference<drawing::XS
         int count = 2;
 
         // Feed the destination text to a stream.
-        OString aStr = OUStringToOString(m_aStates.top().getDestinationText().makeStringAndClear(),
-                                         RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);
+        auto& rDestinationTextBuffer = m_aStates.top().getDestinationText();
+        OString aStr = OUStringToOString(rDestinationTextBuffer, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);
+        rDestinationTextBuffer.setLength(0);
         for (int i = 0; i < aStr.getLength(); ++i)
         {
             char ch = aStr[i];
@@ -2551,12 +2552,13 @@ RTFError RTFDocumentImpl::beforePopState(RTFParserState& rState)
         {
             if (m_bFormField)
             {
-                if (&m_aStates.top().getDestinationText()
-                    != m_aStates.top().getCurrentDestinationText())
+                OUStringBuffer* pCurrentDestinationText
+                    = m_aStates.top().getCurrentDestinationText();
+                if (&m_aStates.top().getDestinationText() != pCurrentDestinationText)
                     break; // not for nested group
-                OString aStr = OUStringToOString(
-                    m_aStates.top().getCurrentDestinationText()->makeStringAndClear(),
-                    rState.getCurrentEncoding());
+                OString aStr
+                    = OUStringToOString(*pCurrentDestinationText, rState.getCurrentEncoding());
+                pCurrentDestinationText->setLength(0);
                 // decode hex dump
                 OStringBuffer aBuf;
                 int b = 0;
@@ -2638,8 +2640,13 @@ RTFError RTFDocumentImpl::beforePopState(RTFParserState& rState)
                 != m_aStates.top().getCurrentDestinationText())
                 break; // not for nested group
             if (m_xDocumentProperties.is())
-                m_xDocumentProperties->setKeywords(comphelper::string::convertCommaSeparated(
-                    m_aStates.top().getCurrentDestinationText()->makeStringAndClear()));
+            {
+                OUStringBuffer* pCurrentDestinationText
+                    = m_aStates.top().getCurrentDestinationText();
+                m_xDocumentProperties->setKeywords(
+                    comphelper::string::convertCommaSeparated(*pCurrentDestinationText));
+                pCurrentDestinationText->setLength(0);
+            }
             break;
         case Destination::COMMENT:
             if (&m_aStates.top().getDestinationText()
@@ -2757,13 +2764,12 @@ RTFError RTFDocumentImpl::beforePopState(RTFParserState& rState)
         break;
         case Destination::ANNOTATIONDATE:
         {
-            if (&m_aStates.top().getDestinationText()
-                != m_aStates.top().getCurrentDestinationText())
+            OUStringBuffer* pCurrentDestinationText = m_aStates.top().getCurrentDestinationText();
+            if (&m_aStates.top().getDestinationText() != pCurrentDestinationText)
                 break; // not for nested group
-            OUString aStr(OStringToOUString(
-                DTTM22OString(
-                    m_aStates.top().getCurrentDestinationText()->makeStringAndClear().toInt32()),
-                rState.getCurrentEncoding()));
+            OUString aStr(OStringToOUString(DTTM22OString(o3tl::toInt32(*pCurrentDestinationText)),
+                                            rState.getCurrentEncoding()));
+            pCurrentDestinationText->setLength(0);
             auto pValue = new RTFValue(aStr);
             RTFSprms aAnnAttributes;
             aAnnAttributes.set(NS_ooxml::LN_CT_TrackChange_date, pValue);
@@ -3620,9 +3626,9 @@ RTFError RTFDocumentImpl::popState()
 
 RTFError RTFDocumentImpl::handleEmbeddedObject()
 {
-    OString aStr
-        = OUStringToOString(m_aStates.top().getCurrentDestinationText()->makeStringAndClear(),
-                            RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);
+    OUStringBuffer* pCurrentDestinationText = m_aStates.top().getCurrentDestinationText();
+    OString aStr = OUStringToOString(*pCurrentDestinationText, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);
+    pCurrentDestinationText->setLength(0);
     std::unique_ptr<SvStream> pStream(new SvMemoryStream());
     if (!msfilter::rtfutil::ExtractOLE2FromObjdata(aStr, *pStream))
         return RTFError::HEX_INVALID;
diff --git a/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtftokenizer.cxx b/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtftokenizer.cxx
index 4dc80416c64f..420c6d36f0c3 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtftokenizer.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/rtftok/rtftokenizer.cxx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "rtftokenizer.hxx"
+#include <o3tl/string_view.hxx>
 #include <tools/stream.hxx>
 #include <svx/dialmgr.hxx>
 #include <svx/strings.hrc>
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ RTFError RTFTokenizer::resolveKeyword()
                 break;
             }
         }
-        nParam = aParameter.makeStringAndClear().toInt32();
+        nParam = o3tl::toInt32(aParameter);
         if (bNeg)
             nParam = -nParam;
     }