diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
index 1fe1923..8c04ecb 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 				   void **load_options)
 {
 	struct efi_load_option lo;
-	u16 varname[] = L"Boot0000";
-	u16 hexmap[] = L"0123456789ABCDEF";
+	u16 varname[] = u"Boot0000";
+	u16 hexmap[] = u"0123456789ABCDEF";
 	void *load_option;
 	efi_uintn_t size;
 	efi_status_t ret;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
 		attributes = EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
 			     EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS;
-		ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"BootCurrent",
+		ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"BootCurrent",
 					   &efi_global_variable_guid,
 					   attributes, sizeof(n), &n, false);
 		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 
 	/* BootNext */
 	size = sizeof(bootnext);
-	ret = efi_get_variable_int(L"BootNext",
+	ret = efi_get_variable_int(u"BootNext",
 				   &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   NULL, &size, &bootnext, NULL);
 	if (ret == EFI_SUCCESS || ret == EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 			log_err("BootNext must be 16-bit integer\n");
 
 		/* delete BootNext */
-		ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"BootNext",
+		ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"BootNext",
 					   &efi_global_variable_guid,
 					   0, 0, NULL, false);
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* BootOrder */
-	bootorder = efi_get_var(L"BootOrder", &efi_global_variable_guid, &size);
+	bootorder = efi_get_var(u"BootOrder", &efi_global_variable_guid, &size);
 	if (!bootorder) {
 		log_info("BootOrder not defined\n");
 		ret = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
index 37b9c68..1ea04de 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
@@ -3778,7 +3778,7 @@
 	.create_event_ex = efi_create_event_ex,
 };
 
-static u16 __efi_runtime_data firmware_vendor[] = L"Das U-Boot";
+static u16 __efi_runtime_data firmware_vendor[] = u"Das U-Boot";
 
 struct efi_system_table __efi_runtime_data systab = {
 	.hdr = {
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c
index 4463ae0..f4519c7 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@
 	int i;
 
 	size = sizeof(value16);
-	ret = efi_get_variable_int(L"CapsuleLast", &efi_guid_capsule_report,
+	ret = efi_get_variable_int(u"CapsuleLast", &efi_guid_capsule_report,
 				   NULL, &size, value16, NULL);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS || size != 22 ||
-	    u16_strncmp(value16, L"Capsule", 7))
+	    u16_strncmp(value16, u"Capsule", 7))
 		goto err;
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
 		u16 c = value16[i + 7];
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Variable CapsuleLast must not include terminating 0x0000 */
-	ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"CapsuleLast", &efi_guid_capsule_report,
+	ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"CapsuleLast", &efi_guid_capsule_report,
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_READ_ONLY |
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE |
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS,
 				   22, variable_name16, false);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
-		log_err("Setting %ls failed\n", L"CapsuleLast");
+		log_err("Setting %ls failed\n", u"CapsuleLast");
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@
 	/* find active boot device in BootNext */
 	bootnext = 0;
 	size = sizeof(bootnext);
-	ret = efi_get_variable_int(L"BootNext",
+	ret = efi_get_variable_int(u"BootNext",
 				   (efi_guid_t *)&efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   NULL, &size, &bootnext, NULL);
 	if (ret == EFI_SUCCESS || ret == EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@
 skip:
 	/* find active boot device in BootOrder */
 	size = 0;
-	ret = efi_get_variable_int(L"BootOrder", &efi_global_variable_guid,
+	ret = efi_get_variable_int(u"BootOrder", &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   NULL, &size, NULL, NULL);
 	if (ret == EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {
 		boot_order = malloc(size);
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = efi_get_variable_int(L"BootOrder",
+		ret = efi_get_variable_int(u"BootOrder",
 					   &efi_global_variable_guid,
 					   NULL, &size, boot_order, NULL);
 	}
@@ -875,8 +875,8 @@
 			break;
 
 		if (!(dirent->attribute & EFI_FILE_DIRECTORY) &&
-		    u16_strcmp(dirent->file_name, L".") &&
-		    u16_strcmp(dirent->file_name, L".."))
+		    u16_strcmp(dirent->file_name, u".") &&
+		    u16_strcmp(dirent->file_name, u".."))
 			tmp_files[count++] = u16_strdup(dirent->file_name);
 	}
 	/* ignore an error */
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@
 	efi_status_t r;
 
 	size = sizeof(os_indications);
-	r = efi_get_variable_int(L"OsIndications", &efi_global_variable_guid,
+	r = efi_get_variable_int(u"OsIndications", &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				 NULL, &size, &os_indications, NULL);
 	if (r != EFI_SUCCESS || size != sizeof(os_indications))
 		return EFI_NOT_FOUND;
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@
 	    EFI_OS_INDICATIONS_FILE_CAPSULE_DELIVERY_SUPPORTED) {
 		os_indications &=
 			~EFI_OS_INDICATIONS_FILE_CAPSULE_DELIVERY_SUPPORTED;
-		r = efi_set_variable_int(L"OsIndications",
+		r = efi_set_variable_int(u"OsIndications",
 					 &efi_global_variable_guid,
 					 EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE |
 					 EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c
index b80a6e0..802d39e 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 	u16 *pos;
 
 	boot_current_size = sizeof(boot_current);
-	ret = efi_get_variable_int(L"BootCurrent",
+	ret = efi_get_variable_int(u"BootCurrent",
 				   &efi_global_variable_guid, NULL,
 				   &boot_current_size, &boot_current, NULL);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
index f43dfb3..f41cfa4 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
@@ -532,13 +532,13 @@
 	struct efi_signature_store *db = NULL, *dbx = NULL;
 	bool ret = false;
 
-	dbx = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(L"dbx");
+	dbx = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(u"dbx");
 	if (!dbx) {
 		EFI_PRINT("Getting signature database(dbx) failed\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	db = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(L"db");
+	db = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(u"db");
 	if (!db) {
 		EFI_PRINT("Getting signature database(db) failed\n");
 		goto out;
@@ -621,13 +621,13 @@
 	/*
 	 * verify signature using db and dbx
 	 */
-	db = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(L"db");
+	db = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(u"db");
 	if (!db) {
 		EFI_PRINT("Getting signature database(db) failed\n");
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	dbx = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(L"dbx");
+	dbx = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(u"dbx");
 	if (!dbx) {
 		EFI_PRINT("Getting signature database(dbx) failed\n");
 		goto err;
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c
index 380adc1..eee54e4 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 	 * Variable PlatformLangCodes defines the language codes that the
 	 * machine can support.
 	 */
-	ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"PlatformLangCodes",
+	ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"PlatformLangCodes",
 				   &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS |
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 	 * Variable PlatformLang defines the language that the machine has been
 	 * configured for.
 	 */
-	ret = efi_get_variable_int(L"PlatformLang",
+	ret = efi_get_variable_int(u"PlatformLang",
 				   &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   NULL, &data_size, &pos, NULL);
 	if (ret == EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 	if (pos)
 		*pos = 0;
 
-	ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"PlatformLang",
+	ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"PlatformLang",
 				   &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE |
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 	};
 	efi_status_t ret;
 
-	ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"SignatureSupport",
+	ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"SignatureSupport",
 				   &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_READ_ONLY |
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@
 	efi_status_t ret = EFI_SUCCESS;
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_HAVE_CAPSULE_UPDATE)) {
-		ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"CapsuleMax",
+		ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"CapsuleMax",
 					   &efi_guid_capsule_report,
 					   EFI_VARIABLE_READ_ONLY |
 					   EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
 					   EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS,
-					   22, L"CapsuleFFFF", false);
+					   22, u"CapsuleFFFF", false);
 		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 			printf("EFI: cannot initialize CapsuleMax variable\n");
 	}
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 		os_indications_supported |=
 			EFI_OS_INDICATIONS_FMP_CAPSULE_SUPPORTED;
 
-	return efi_set_variable_int(L"OsIndicationsSupported",
+	return efi_set_variable_int(u"OsIndicationsSupported",
 				    &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				    EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
 				    EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS |
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_string.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_string.c
index a3b8edf..8bf1e49 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_string.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_string.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * @index:	Index
  *
  * Create a utf-16 string with @name, appending @index.
- * For example, L"Capsule0001"
+ * For example, u"Capsule0001"
  *
  * The caller must ensure that the buffer has enough space for the resulting
  * string including the trailing L'\0'.
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_tcg2.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_tcg2.c
index 0ae07ef..99ec3a5 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_tcg2.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_tcg2.c
@@ -1916,8 +1916,8 @@
 {
 	u16 *boot_order;
 	u16 *boot_index;
-	u16 var_name[] = L"BootOrder";
-	u16 boot_name[] = L"Boot####";
+	u16 var_name[] = u"BootOrder";
+	u16 boot_name[] = u"Boot####";
 	u8 *bootvar;
 	efi_uintn_t var_data_size;
 	u32 count, i;
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
index 9f1dd74..eb83702 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
@@ -229,26 +229,26 @@
 
 	efi_secure_boot = secure_boot;
 
-	ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"SecureBoot", &efi_global_variable_guid,
+	ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"SecureBoot", &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   attributes_ro, sizeof(secure_boot),
 				   &secure_boot, false);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		goto err;
 
-	ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"SetupMode", &efi_global_variable_guid,
+	ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"SetupMode", &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   attributes_ro, sizeof(setup_mode),
 				   &setup_mode, false);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		goto err;
 
-	ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"AuditMode", &efi_global_variable_guid,
+	ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"AuditMode", &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   audit_mode || setup_mode ?
 				   attributes_ro : attributes_rw,
 				   sizeof(audit_mode), &audit_mode, false);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		goto err;
 
-	ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"DeployedMode",
+	ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"DeployedMode",
 				   &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   audit_mode || deployed_mode || setup_mode ?
 				   attributes_ro : attributes_rw,
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
 		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 			goto err;
 	} else if (mode == EFI_MODE_AUDIT) {
-		ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"PK", &efi_global_variable_guid,
+		ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"PK", &efi_global_variable_guid,
 					   EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
 					   EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS,
 					   0, NULL, false);
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
 		return ret;
 
 	/* As we do not provide vendor keys this variable is always 0. */
-	ret = efi_set_variable_int(L"VendorKeys",
+	ret = efi_set_variable_int(u"VendorKeys",
 				   &efi_global_variable_guid,
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
 				   EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS |
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c
index 5adc7f8..8ca2d85 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c
@@ -145,15 +145,15 @@
 	case EFI_AUTH_VAR_PK:
 	case EFI_AUTH_VAR_KEK:
 		/* with PK */
-		truststore = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(L"PK");
+		truststore = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(u"PK");
 		if (!truststore)
 			goto err;
 		break;
 	case EFI_AUTH_VAR_DB:
 	case EFI_AUTH_VAR_DBX:
 		/* with PK and KEK */
-		truststore = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(L"KEK");
-		truststore2 = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(L"PK");
+		truststore = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(u"KEK");
+		truststore2 = efi_sigstore_parse_sigdb(u"PK");
 		if (!truststore) {
 			if (!truststore2)
 				goto err;
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable_tee.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable_tee.c
index a2c65e3..58931c4 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable_tee.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_variable_tee.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
 	if (alt_ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!u16_strcmp(variable_name, L"PK"))
+	if (!u16_strcmp(variable_name, u"PK"))
 		alt_ret = efi_init_secure_state();
 out:
 	free(comm_buf);
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/helloworld.c b/lib/efi_loader/helloworld.c
index 33e4fbc..10666dc 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/helloworld.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/helloworld.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  */
 static void print_uefi_revision(void)
 {
-	u16 rev[] = L"0.0.0";
+	u16 rev[] = u"0.0.0";
 
 	rev[0] = (systable->hdr.revision >> 16) + '0';
 	rev[4] = systable->hdr.revision & 0xffff;
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
 	else
 		rev[3] = 0;
 
-	con_out->output_string(con_out, L"Running on UEFI ");
+	con_out->output_string(con_out, u"Running on UEFI ");
 	con_out->output_string(con_out, rev);
-	con_out->output_string(con_out, L"\r\n");
+	con_out->output_string(con_out, u"\r\n");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@
 		if (!memcmp(&systable->tables[i].guid, &fdt_guid,
 			    sizeof(efi_guid_t)))
 			con_out->output_string
-					(con_out, L"Have device tree\r\n");
+					(con_out, u"Have device tree\r\n");
 		if (!memcmp(&systable->tables[i].guid, &acpi_guid,
 			    sizeof(efi_guid_t)))
 			con_out->output_string
-					(con_out, L"Have ACPI 2.0 table\r\n");
+					(con_out, u"Have ACPI 2.0 table\r\n");
 		if (!memcmp(&systable->tables[i].guid, &smbios_guid,
 			    sizeof(efi_guid_t)))
 			con_out->output_string
-					(con_out, L"Have SMBIOS table\r\n");
+					(con_out, u"Have SMBIOS table\r\n");
 	}
 }
 
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@
 void print_load_options(struct efi_loaded_image *loaded_image)
 {
 	/* Output the load options */
-	con_out->output_string(con_out, L"Load options: ");
+	con_out->output_string(con_out, u"Load options: ");
 	if (loaded_image->load_options_size && loaded_image->load_options)
 		con_out->output_string(con_out,
 				       (u16 *)loaded_image->load_options);
 	else
-		con_out->output_string(con_out, L"<none>");
-	con_out->output_string(con_out, L"\r\n");
+		con_out->output_string(con_out, u"<none>");
+	con_out->output_string(con_out, u"\r\n");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -108,21 +108,21 @@
 	efi_status_t ret;
 
 	if (!device_path) {
-		con_out->output_string(con_out, L"<none>\r\n");
+		con_out->output_string(con_out, u"<none>\r\n");
 		return EFI_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	string = dp2txt->convert_device_path_to_text(device_path, true, false);
 	if (!string) {
 		con_out->output_string
-			(con_out, L"Cannot convert device path to text\r\n");
+			(con_out, u"Cannot convert device path to text\r\n");
 		return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
 	}
 	con_out->output_string(con_out, string);
-	con_out->output_string(con_out, L"\r\n");
+	con_out->output_string(con_out, u"\r\n");
 	ret = boottime->free_pool(string);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		con_out->output_string(con_out, L"Cannot free pool memory\r\n");
+		con_out->output_string(con_out, u"Cannot free pool memory\r\n");
 		return ret;
 	}
 	return EFI_SUCCESS;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 	con_out = systable->con_out;
 
 	/* UEFI requires CR LF */
-	con_out->output_string(con_out, L"Hello, world!\r\n");
+	con_out->output_string(con_out, u"Hello, world!\r\n");
 
 	print_uefi_revision();
 	print_config_tables();
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 					(void **)&loaded_image);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 		con_out->output_string
-			(con_out, L"Cannot open loaded image protocol\r\n");
+			(con_out, u"Cannot open loaded image protocol\r\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 	print_load_options(loaded_image);
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@
 					NULL, (void **)&device_path_to_text);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 		con_out->output_string
-			(con_out, L"Cannot open device path to text protocol\r\n");
+			(con_out, u"Cannot open device path to text protocol\r\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (!loaded_image->device_handle) {
 		con_out->output_string
-			(con_out, L"Missing device handle\r\n");
+			(con_out, u"Missing device handle\r\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 	ret = boottime->handle_protocol(loaded_image->device_handle,
@@ -181,14 +181,14 @@
 					(void **)&device_path);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 		con_out->output_string
-			(con_out, L"Missing device path for device handle\r\n");
+			(con_out, u"Missing device path for device handle\r\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
-	con_out->output_string(con_out, L"Boot device: ");
+	con_out->output_string(con_out, u"Boot device: ");
 	ret = print_device_path(device_path, device_path_to_text);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		goto out;
-	con_out->output_string(con_out, L"File path: ");
+	con_out->output_string(con_out, u"File path: ");
 	ret = print_device_path(loaded_image->file_path, device_path_to_text);
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		goto out;