diff --git a/auth/allow_all_authenticator.cc b/auth/allow_all_authenticator.cc
index c3eae17db3..a8882d47d7 100644
--- a/auth/allow_all_authenticator.cc
+++ b/auth/allow_all_authenticator.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 namespace auth {
 
 const sstring& allow_all_authenticator_name() {
-    static const sstring name = meta::AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME + "AllowAllAuthenticator";
+    static const sstring name = make_sstring(meta::AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME, "AllowAllAuthenticator");
     return name;
 }
 
diff --git a/auth/allow_all_authorizer.cc b/auth/allow_all_authorizer.cc
index 6cd2ef2aa6..df1a4b95a1 100644
--- a/auth/allow_all_authorizer.cc
+++ b/auth/allow_all_authorizer.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 namespace auth {
 
 const sstring& allow_all_authorizer_name() {
-    static const sstring name = meta::AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME + "AllowAllAuthorizer";
+    static const sstring name = make_sstring(meta::AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME, "AllowAllAuthorizer");
     return name;
 }
 
diff --git a/auth/common.cc b/auth/common.cc
index 839b1648f4..e1f949b8f0 100644
--- a/auth/common.cc
+++ b/auth/common.cc
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ namespace auth {
 
 namespace meta {
 
-const sstring DEFAULT_SUPERUSER_NAME("cassandra");
-const sstring AUTH_KS("system_auth");
-const sstring USERS_CF("users");
-const sstring AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME("org.apache.cassandra.auth.");
+constexpr std::string_view DEFAULT_SUPERUSER_NAME("cassandra");
+constexpr std::string_view AUTH_KS("system_auth");
+constexpr std::string_view USERS_CF("users");
+constexpr std::string_view AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME("org.apache.cassandra.auth.");
 
 }
 
diff --git a/auth/common.hh b/auth/common.hh
index 653ea0e369..aa90e289db 100644
--- a/auth/common.hh
+++ b/auth/common.hh
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ namespace auth {
 
 namespace meta {
 
-extern const sstring DEFAULT_SUPERUSER_NAME;
-extern const sstring AUTH_KS;
-extern const sstring USERS_CF;
-extern const sstring AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME;
+extern const std::string_view DEFAULT_SUPERUSER_NAME;
+extern const std::string_view AUTH_KS;
+extern const std::string_view USERS_CF;
+extern const std::string_view AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME;
 
 }
 
diff --git a/auth/default_authorizer.cc b/auth/default_authorizer.cc
index 307df80e35..85a728e3af 100644
--- a/auth/default_authorizer.cc
+++ b/auth/default_authorizer.cc
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ extern "C" {
 namespace auth {
 
 const sstring& default_authorizer_name() {
-    static const sstring name = meta::AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME + "CassandraAuthorizer";
+    static const sstring name = make_sstring(meta::AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME, "CassandraAuthorizer");
     return name;
 }
 
diff --git a/auth/password_authenticator.cc b/auth/password_authenticator.cc
index abb7f382c0..48b93a9bae 100644
--- a/auth/password_authenticator.cc
+++ b/auth/password_authenticator.cc
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@
 namespace auth {
 
 const sstring& password_authenticator_name() {
-    static const sstring name = meta::AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME + "PasswordAuthenticator";
+    static const sstring name = make_sstring(meta::AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME, "PasswordAuthenticator");
     return name;
 }
 
 // name of the hash column.
 static const sstring SALTED_HASH = "salted_hash";
-static const sstring DEFAULT_USER_NAME = meta::DEFAULT_SUPERUSER_NAME;
-static const sstring DEFAULT_USER_PASSWORD = meta::DEFAULT_SUPERUSER_NAME;
+static const sstring DEFAULT_USER_NAME = sstring(meta::DEFAULT_SUPERUSER_NAME);
+static const sstring DEFAULT_USER_PASSWORD = sstring(meta::DEFAULT_SUPERUSER_NAME);
 
 static logging::logger plogger("password_authenticator");
 
diff --git a/auth/roles-metadata.cc b/auth/roles-metadata.cc
index 960708e4f2..aa39b0dfcd 100644
--- a/auth/roles-metadata.cc
+++ b/auth/roles-metadata.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ std::string_view creation_query() {
 }
 
 std::string_view qualified_name() noexcept {
-    static const sstring instance = AUTH_KS + "." + sstring(name);
+    static const sstring instance = make_sstring(meta::AUTH_KS, ".", name);
     return instance;
 }
 
diff --git a/auth/standard_role_manager.cc b/auth/standard_role_manager.cc
index 5531557609..8db3b26dbb 100644
--- a/auth/standard_role_manager.cc
+++ b/auth/standard_role_manager.cc
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace role_members_table {
 constexpr std::string_view name{"role_members" , 12};
 
 static std::string_view qualified_name() noexcept {
-    static const sstring instance = AUTH_KS + "." + sstring(name);
+    static const sstring instance = make_sstring(meta::AUTH_KS, ".", name);
     return instance;
 }
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static bool has_can_login(const cql3::untyped_result_set_row& row) {
 }
 
 std::string_view standard_role_manager_name() noexcept {
-    static const sstring instance = meta::AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME + "CassandraRoleManager";
+    static const sstring instance = make_sstring(meta::AUTH_PACKAGE_NAME, "CassandraRoleManager");
     return instance;
 }
 
diff --git a/distributed_loader.cc b/distributed_loader.cc
index 5d4355c34a..9c60660a03 100644
--- a/distributed_loader.cc
+++ b/distributed_loader.cc
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static const std::unordered_set<sstring> internal_keyspaces = {
         db::system_distributed_keyspace::NAME,
         db::system_keyspace::NAME,
         db::schema_tables::NAME,
-        auth::meta::AUTH_KS,
+        sstring(auth::meta::AUTH_KS),
         tracing::trace_keyspace_helper::KEYSPACE_NAME
 };