diff --git a/libs/androidfw/ApkAssets.cpp b/libs/androidfw/ApkAssets.cpp
index 61e32301dc85e..237c1e970b17e 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/ApkAssets.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/ApkAssets.cpp
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ bool ApkAssets::ForEachFile(const std::string& root_path,
     return false;
   }
 
-  ::ZipString name;
+  std::string name;
   ::ZipEntry entry;
 
   // We need to hold back directories because many paths will contain them and we want to only
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ bool ApkAssets::ForEachFile(const std::string& root_path,
 
   int32_t result;
   while ((result = ::Next(cookie, &entry, &name)) == 0) {
-    StringPiece full_file_path(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(name.name), name.name_length);
+    StringPiece full_file_path(name);
     StringPiece leaf_file_path = full_file_path.substr(root_path_full.size());
 
     if (!leaf_file_path.empty()) {
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/ZipFileRO.cpp b/libs/androidfw/ZipFileRO.cpp
index ee5f7783635d3..e77ac3df474c8 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/ZipFileRO.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/ZipFileRO.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ using namespace android;
 class _ZipEntryRO {
 public:
     ZipEntry entry;
-    ZipString name;
+    std::string_view name;
     void *cookie;
 
     _ZipEntryRO() : cookie(NULL) {}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ZipEntryRO ZipFileRO::findEntryByName(const char* entryName) const
 {
     _ZipEntryRO* data = new _ZipEntryRO;
 
-    data->name = ZipString(entryName);
+    data->name = entryName;
 
     const int32_t error = FindEntry(mHandle, entryName, &(data->entry));
     if (error) {
@@ -194,14 +194,14 @@ int ZipFileRO::getEntryFileName(ZipEntryRO entry, char* buffer, size_t bufLen)
     const
 {
     const _ZipEntryRO* zipEntry = reinterpret_cast<_ZipEntryRO*>(entry);
-    const uint16_t requiredSize = zipEntry->name.name_length + 1;
+    const uint16_t requiredSize = zipEntry->name.length() + 1;
 
     if (bufLen < requiredSize) {
         ALOGW("Buffer too short, requires %d bytes for entry name", requiredSize);
         return requiredSize;
     }
 
-    memcpy(buffer, zipEntry->name.name, requiredSize - 1);
+    memcpy(buffer, zipEntry->name.data(), requiredSize - 1);
     buffer[requiredSize - 1] = '\0';
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert_test.cpp
index ddc146cd27f48..f35237ec25e37 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/cmd/Convert_test.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ TEST_F(ConvertTest, DuplicateEntriesWrittenOnce) {
   int count = 0;
 
   // Can't pass nullptrs into Next()
-  ZipString zip_name;
+  std::string zip_name;
   ZipEntry zip_data;
 
   while ((result = Next(cookie, &zip_data, &zip_name)) == 0) {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.cpp b/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.cpp
index a692ba5d26c06..4380586b1d3cf 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.cpp
@@ -123,13 +123,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<ZipFileCollection> ZipFileCollection::Create(
   using IterationEnder = std::unique_ptr<void, decltype(EndIteration)*>;
   IterationEnder iteration_ender(cookie, EndIteration);
 
-  ZipString zip_entry_name;
+  std::string zip_entry_path;
   ZipEntry zip_data;
-  while ((result = Next(cookie, &zip_data, &zip_entry_name)) == 0) {
-    std::string zip_entry_path =
-        std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(zip_entry_name.name),
-                    zip_entry_name.name_length);
-
+  while ((result = Next(cookie, &zip_data, &zip_entry_path)) == 0) {
     // Do not add folders to the file collection
     if (util::EndsWith(zip_entry_path, "/")) {
       continue;