diff --git a/library/std/src/io/buffered/bufreader.rs b/library/std/src/io/buffered/bufreader.rs
index 250cd58369614..0cdc49c87d8fc 100644
--- a/library/std/src/io/buffered/bufreader.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/io/buffered/bufreader.rs
@@ -383,12 +383,7 @@ impl<R: ?Sized + Read> Read for BufReader<R> {
             // buffer.
             let mut bytes = Vec::new();
             self.read_to_end(&mut bytes)?;
-            let string = crate::str::from_utf8(&bytes).map_err(|_| {
-                io::const_io_error!(
-                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
-                    "stream did not contain valid UTF-8",
-                )
-            })?;
+            let string = crate::str::from_utf8(&bytes).map_err(|_| io::Error::INVALID_UTF8)?;
             *buf += string;
             Ok(string.len())
         }
diff --git a/library/std/src/io/error.rs b/library/std/src/io/error.rs
index 85625116d025a..4e1d7c2ac65ac 100644
--- a/library/std/src/io/error.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/io/error.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,30 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Error {
     }
 }
 
+/// Common errors constants for use in std
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+impl Error {
+    pub(crate) const INVALID_UTF8: Self =
+        const_io_error!(ErrorKind::InvalidData, "stream did not contain valid UTF-8");
+
+    pub(crate) const READ_EXACT_EOF: Self =
+        const_io_error!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "failed to fill whole buffer");
+
+    pub(crate) const UNKNOWN_THREAD_COUNT: Self = const_io_error!(
+        ErrorKind::NotFound,
+        "The number of hardware threads is not known for the target platform"
+    );
+
+    pub(crate) const UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM: Self =
+        const_io_error!(ErrorKind::Unsupported, "operation not supported on this platform");
+
+    pub(crate) const WRITE_ALL_EOF: Self =
+        const_io_error!(ErrorKind::WriteZero, "failed to write whole buffer");
+
+    pub(crate) const ZERO_TIMEOUT: Self =
+        const_io_error!(ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "cannot set a 0 duration timeout");
+}
+
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 impl From<alloc::ffi::NulError> for Error {
     /// Converts a [`alloc::ffi::NulError`] into a [`Error`].
diff --git a/library/std/src/io/impls.rs b/library/std/src/io/impls.rs
index ee7ed4bcc9ab5..dd7e0725176e8 100644
--- a/library/std/src/io/impls.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/io/impls.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ use crate::alloc::Allocator;
 use crate::cmp;
 use crate::collections::VecDeque;
 use crate::fmt;
-use crate::io::{
-    self, BorrowedCursor, BufRead, ErrorKind, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write,
-};
+use crate::io::{self, BorrowedCursor, BufRead, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write};
 use crate::mem;
 use crate::str;
 
@@ -289,10 +287,7 @@ impl Read for &[u8] {
     #[inline]
     fn read_exact(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
         if buf.len() > self.len() {
-            return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
-                "failed to fill whole buffer"
-            ));
+            return Err(io::Error::READ_EXACT_EOF);
         }
         let (a, b) = self.split_at(buf.len());
 
@@ -312,10 +307,7 @@ impl Read for &[u8] {
     #[inline]
     fn read_buf_exact(&mut self, mut cursor: BorrowedCursor<'_>) -> io::Result<()> {
         if cursor.capacity() > self.len() {
-            return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
-                "failed to fill whole buffer"
-            ));
+            return Err(io::Error::READ_EXACT_EOF);
         }
         let (a, b) = self.split_at(cursor.capacity());
 
@@ -336,9 +328,7 @@ impl Read for &[u8] {
 
     #[inline]
     fn read_to_string(&mut self, buf: &mut String) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        let content = str::from_utf8(self).map_err(|_| {
-            io::const_io_error!(ErrorKind::InvalidData, "stream did not contain valid UTF-8")
-        })?;
+        let content = str::from_utf8(self).map_err(|_| io::Error::INVALID_UTF8)?;
         buf.push_str(content);
         let len = self.len();
         *self = &self[len..];
@@ -399,11 +389,7 @@ impl Write for &mut [u8] {
 
     #[inline]
     fn write_all(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
-        if self.write(data)? == data.len() {
-            Ok(())
-        } else {
-            Err(io::const_io_error!(ErrorKind::WriteZero, "failed to write whole buffer"))
-        }
+        if self.write(data)? == data.len() { Ok(()) } else { Err(io::Error::WRITE_ALL_EOF) }
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -491,9 +477,7 @@ impl<A: Allocator> Read for VecDeque<u8, A> {
         // middle of an UTF-8 character.
         let len = self.len();
         let content = self.make_contiguous();
-        let string = str::from_utf8(content).map_err(|_| {
-            io::const_io_error!(ErrorKind::InvalidData, "stream did not contain valid UTF-8")
-        })?;
+        let string = str::from_utf8(content).map_err(|_| io::Error::INVALID_UTF8)?;
         buf.push_str(string);
         self.clear();
         Ok(len)
diff --git a/library/std/src/io/mod.rs b/library/std/src/io/mod.rs
index 980b3e7aa48d0..fb1bf53ddc782 100644
--- a/library/std/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -385,12 +385,7 @@ where
     let mut g = Guard { len: buf.len(), buf: buf.as_mut_vec() };
     let ret = f(g.buf);
     if str::from_utf8(&g.buf[g.len..]).is_err() {
-        ret.and_then(|_| {
-            Err(error::const_io_error!(
-                ErrorKind::InvalidData,
-                "stream did not contain valid UTF-8"
-            ))
-        })
+        ret.and_then(|_| Err(Error::INVALID_UTF8))
     } else {
         g.len = g.buf.len();
         ret
@@ -566,11 +561,7 @@ pub(crate) fn default_read_exact<R: Read + ?Sized>(this: &mut R, mut buf: &mut [
             Err(e) => return Err(e),
         }
     }
-    if !buf.is_empty() {
-        Err(error::const_io_error!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "failed to fill whole buffer"))
-    } else {
-        Ok(())
-    }
+    if !buf.is_empty() { Err(Error::READ_EXACT_EOF) } else { Ok(()) }
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn default_read_buf<F>(read: F, mut cursor: BorrowedCursor<'_>) -> Result<()>
@@ -595,10 +586,7 @@ pub(crate) fn default_read_buf_exact<R: Read + ?Sized>(
         }
 
         if cursor.written() == prev_written {
-            return Err(error::const_io_error!(
-                ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
-                "failed to fill whole buffer"
-            ));
+            return Err(Error::READ_EXACT_EOF);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1709,10 +1697,7 @@ pub trait Write {
         while !buf.is_empty() {
             match self.write(buf) {
                 Ok(0) => {
-                    return Err(error::const_io_error!(
-                        ErrorKind::WriteZero,
-                        "failed to write whole buffer",
-                    ));
+                    return Err(Error::WRITE_ALL_EOF);
                 }
                 Ok(n) => buf = &buf[n..],
                 Err(ref e) if e.is_interrupted() => {}
@@ -1777,10 +1762,7 @@ pub trait Write {
         while !bufs.is_empty() {
             match self.write_vectored(bufs) {
                 Ok(0) => {
-                    return Err(error::const_io_error!(
-                        ErrorKind::WriteZero,
-                        "failed to write whole buffer",
-                    ));
+                    return Err(Error::WRITE_ALL_EOF);
                 }
                 Ok(n) => IoSlice::advance_slices(&mut bufs, n),
                 Err(ref e) if e.is_interrupted() => {}
diff --git a/library/std/src/os/fd/owned.rs b/library/std/src/os/fd/owned.rs
index 0b3c51538718d..010ce4e5076ba 100644
--- a/library/std/src/os/fd/owned.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/os/fd/owned.rs
@@ -117,10 +117,7 @@ impl BorrowedFd<'_> {
     #[cfg(any(target_arch = "wasm32", target_os = "hermit"))]
     #[stable(feature = "io_safety", since = "1.63.0")]
     pub fn try_clone_to_owned(&self) -> crate::io::Result<OwnedFd> {
-        Err(crate::io::const_io_error!(
-            crate::io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
-            "operation not supported on this platform",
-        ))
+        Err(crate::io::Error::UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/library/std/src/os/unix/fs.rs b/library/std/src/os/unix/fs.rs
index 058e9b90cc7a1..970023d8cf19e 100644
--- a/library/std/src/os/unix/fs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/os/unix/fs.rs
@@ -127,11 +127,7 @@ pub trait FileExt {
                 Err(e) => return Err(e),
             }
         }
-        if !buf.is_empty() {
-            Err(io::const_io_error!(io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "failed to fill whole buffer",))
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
+        if !buf.is_empty() { Err(io::Error::READ_EXACT_EOF) } else { Ok(()) }
     }
 
     /// Writes a number of bytes starting from a given offset.
@@ -249,10 +245,7 @@ pub trait FileExt {
         while !buf.is_empty() {
             match self.write_at(buf, offset) {
                 Ok(0) => {
-                    return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                        io::ErrorKind::WriteZero,
-                        "failed to write whole buffer",
-                    ));
+                    return Err(io::Error::WRITE_ALL_EOF);
                 }
                 Ok(n) => {
                     buf = &buf[n..];
diff --git a/library/std/src/os/wasi/fs.rs b/library/std/src/os/wasi/fs.rs
index 4525c3aa91477..46fc2a50de911 100644
--- a/library/std/src/os/wasi/fs.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/os/wasi/fs.rs
@@ -86,11 +86,7 @@ pub trait FileExt {
                 Err(e) => return Err(e),
             }
         }
-        if !buf.is_empty() {
-            Err(io::const_io_error!(io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "failed to fill whole buffer"))
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
+        if !buf.is_empty() { Err(io::Error::READ_EXACT_EOF) } else { Ok(()) }
     }
 
     /// Writes a number of bytes starting from a given offset.
@@ -153,10 +149,7 @@ pub trait FileExt {
         while !buf.is_empty() {
             match self.write_at(buf, offset) {
                 Ok(0) => {
-                    return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                        io::ErrorKind::WriteZero,
-                        "failed to write whole buffer",
-                    ));
+                    return Err(io::Error::WRITE_ALL_EOF);
                 }
                 Ok(n) => {
                     buf = &buf[n..];
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/hermit/net.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/hermit/net.rs
index 1c53796f5d49c..23ac71cb9f29e 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/hermit/net.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/hermit/net.rs
@@ -80,10 +80,7 @@ impl Socket {
         let mut pollfd = netc::pollfd { fd: self.as_raw_fd(), events: netc::POLLOUT, revents: 0 };
 
         if timeout.as_secs() == 0 && timeout.subsec_nanos() == 0 {
-            return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                "cannot set a 0 duration timeout",
-            ));
+            return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
         }
 
         let start = Instant::now();
@@ -245,10 +242,7 @@ impl Socket {
         let timeout = match dur {
             Some(dur) => {
                 if dur.as_secs() == 0 && dur.subsec_nanos() == 0 {
-                    return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                        io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                        "cannot set a 0 duration timeout",
-                    ));
+                    return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
                 }
 
                 let secs = if dur.as_secs() > netc::time_t::MAX as u64 {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/sgx/net.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/sgx/net.rs
index edb28e2300f47..68a2d5eded2da 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/sgx/net.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/sgx/net.rs
@@ -97,10 +97,7 @@ impl TcpStream {
 
     pub fn connect_timeout(addr: &SocketAddr, dur: Duration) -> io::Result<TcpStream> {
         if dur == Duration::default() {
-            return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                "cannot set a 0 duration timeout",
-            ));
+            return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
         }
         Self::connect(Ok(addr)) // FIXME: ignoring timeout
     }
@@ -108,10 +105,7 @@ impl TcpStream {
     pub fn set_read_timeout(&self, dur: Option<Duration>) -> io::Result<()> {
         match dur {
             Some(dur) if dur == Duration::default() => {
-                return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                    "cannot set a 0 duration timeout",
-                ));
+                return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
             }
             _ => sgx_ineffective(()),
         }
@@ -120,10 +114,7 @@ impl TcpStream {
     pub fn set_write_timeout(&self, dur: Option<Duration>) -> io::Result<()> {
         match dur {
             Some(dur) if dur == Duration::default() => {
-                return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                    "cannot set a 0 duration timeout",
-                ));
+                return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
             }
             _ => sgx_ineffective(()),
         }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/mod.rs
index 109ee1a0ab666..3f6ff37903ac6 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/mod.rs
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ pub fn unsupported<T>() -> crate::io::Result<T> {
 }
 
 pub fn unsupported_err() -> crate::io::Error {
-    crate::io::const_io_error!(
-        crate::io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
-        "operation not supported on this platform",
-    )
+    crate::io::Error::UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM
 }
 
 #[inline]
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/net.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/net.rs
index 6ea874e509e20..5bd339849e9dc 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/net.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/solid/net.rs
@@ -154,10 +154,7 @@ impl Socket {
         }
 
         if timeout.as_secs() == 0 && timeout.subsec_nanos() == 0 {
-            return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                "cannot set a 0 duration timeout",
-            ));
+            return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
         }
 
         let mut timeout =
@@ -306,10 +303,7 @@ impl Socket {
         let timeout = match dur {
             Some(dur) => {
                 if dur.as_secs() == 0 && dur.subsec_nanos() == 0 {
-                    return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                        io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                        "cannot set a 0 duration timeout",
-                    ));
+                    return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
                 }
 
                 let secs = if dur.as_secs() > netc::c_long::MAX as u64 {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/teeos/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/teeos/thread.rs
index ae2f58ca08e9b..f4723b2ea46bf 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/teeos/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/teeos/thread.rs
@@ -141,10 +141,7 @@ impl Drop for Thread {
 // Note: Both `sched_getaffinity` and `sysconf` are available but not functional on
 // teeos, so this function always returns an Error!
 pub fn available_parallelism() -> io::Result<NonZero<usize>> {
-    Err(io::Error::new(
-        io::ErrorKind::NotFound,
-        "The number of hardware threads is not known for the target platform",
-    ))
+    Err(io::Error::UNKNOWN_THREAD_COUNT)
 }
 
 fn min_stack_size(_: *const libc::pthread_attr_t) -> usize {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/mod.rs
index 4ae76518c4f62..3ef43a923a377 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/mod.rs
@@ -433,6 +433,6 @@ mod unsupported {
     }
 
     pub fn unsupported_err() -> io::Error {
-        io::const_io_error!(io::ErrorKind::Unsupported, "operation not supported on this platform",)
+        io::Error::UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM
     }
 }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/net.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/net.rs
index 9a0a1b18aee0d..7237989c9059b 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/net.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/net.rs
@@ -175,10 +175,7 @@ impl Socket {
         let mut pollfd = libc::pollfd { fd: self.as_raw_fd(), events: libc::POLLOUT, revents: 0 };
 
         if timeout.as_secs() == 0 && timeout.subsec_nanos() == 0 {
-            return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                "cannot set a 0 duration timeout",
-            ));
+            return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
         }
 
         let start = Instant::now();
@@ -360,10 +357,7 @@ impl Socket {
         let timeout = match dur {
             Some(dur) => {
                 if dur.as_secs() == 0 && dur.subsec_nanos() == 0 {
-                    return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                        io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                        "cannot set a 0 duration timeout",
-                    ));
+                    return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
                 }
 
                 let secs = if dur.as_secs() > libc::time_t::MAX as u64 {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/thread.rs
index f56e64c350588..5eb71f1f5ce52 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/thread.rs
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ pub fn available_parallelism() -> io::Result<NonZero<usize>> {
             }
             match unsafe { libc::sysconf(libc::_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN) } {
                 -1 => Err(io::Error::last_os_error()),
-                0 => Err(io::const_io_error!(io::ErrorKind::NotFound, "The number of hardware threads is not known for the target platform")),
+                0 => Err(io::Error::UNKNOWN_THREAD_COUNT),
                 cpus => {
                     let count = cpus as usize;
                     // Cover the unusual situation where we were able to get the quota but not the affinity mask
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ pub fn available_parallelism() -> io::Result<NonZero<usize>> {
                 if res == -1 {
                     return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
                 } else if cpus == 0 {
-                    return Err(io::const_io_error!(io::ErrorKind::NotFound, "The number of hardware threads is not known for the target platform"));
+                    return Err(io::Error::UNKNOWN_THREAD_COUNT);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -452,13 +452,13 @@ pub fn available_parallelism() -> io::Result<NonZero<usize>> {
                 } else {
                     let cpus = (*_syspage_ptr).num_cpu;
                     NonZero::new(cpus as usize)
-                        .ok_or(io::const_io_error!(io::ErrorKind::NotFound, "The number of hardware threads is not known for the target platform"))
+                        .ok_or(io::Error::UNKNOWN_THREAD_COUNT)
                 }
             }
         } else if #[cfg(any(target_os = "solaris", target_os = "illumos"))] {
             let mut cpus = 0u32;
             if unsafe { libc::pset_info(libc::PS_MYID, core::ptr::null_mut(), &mut cpus, core::ptr::null_mut()) } != 0 {
-                return Err(io::const_io_error!(io::ErrorKind::NotFound, "The number of hardware threads is not known for the target platform"));
+                return Err(io::Error::UNKNOWN_THREAD_COUNT);
             }
             Ok(unsafe { NonZero::new_unchecked(cpus as usize) })
         } else if #[cfg(target_os = "haiku")] {
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ pub fn available_parallelism() -> io::Result<NonZero<usize>> {
                 let res = libc::get_system_info(&mut sinfo);
 
                 if res != libc::B_OK {
-                    return Err(io::const_io_error!(io::ErrorKind::NotFound, "The number of hardware threads is not known for the target platform"));
+                    return Err(io::Error::UNKNOWN_THREAD_COUNT);
                 }
 
                 Ok(NonZero::new_unchecked(sinfo.cpu_count as usize))
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unsupported/common.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unsupported/common.rs
index 4f44db610af15..76f80291f0ea8 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unsupported/common.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unsupported/common.rs
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ pub fn unsupported<T>() -> std_io::Result<T> {
 }
 
 pub fn unsupported_err() -> std_io::Error {
-    std_io::const_io_error!(
-        std_io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
-        "operation not supported on this platform",
-    )
+    std_io::Error::UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM
 }
 
 pub fn is_interrupted(_code: i32) -> bool {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/net.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/net.rs
index 1e6169ea8ece0..9e15b15a3513a 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/net.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/net.rs
@@ -154,10 +154,7 @@ impl Socket {
         match result {
             Err(ref error) if error.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
                 if timeout.as_secs() == 0 && timeout.subsec_nanos() == 0 {
-                    return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                        io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                        "cannot set a 0 duration timeout",
-                    ));
+                    return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
                 }
 
                 let mut timeout = c::timeval {
@@ -364,10 +361,7 @@ impl Socket {
             Some(dur) => {
                 let timeout = sys::dur2timeout(dur);
                 if timeout == 0 {
-                    return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                        io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                        "cannot set a 0 duration timeout",
-                    ));
+                    return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
                 }
                 timeout
             }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/thread.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/thread.rs
index 9b1c5b34bbf27..34d90a3b4a0dc 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/windows/thread.rs
@@ -116,10 +116,7 @@ pub fn available_parallelism() -> io::Result<NonZero<usize>> {
         sysinfo.dwNumberOfProcessors as usize
     };
     match res {
-        0 => Err(io::const_io_error!(
-            io::ErrorKind::NotFound,
-            "The number of hardware threads is not known for the target platform",
-        )),
+        0 => Err(io::Error::UNKNOWN_THREAD_COUNT),
         cpus => Ok(unsafe { NonZero::new_unchecked(cpus) }),
     }
 }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/net/tcpstream.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/net/tcpstream.rs
index aebef02acdad5..0ad8811071111 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/net/tcpstream.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/net/tcpstream.rs
@@ -140,10 +140,7 @@ impl TcpStream {
     pub fn set_read_timeout(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> io::Result<()> {
         if let Some(to) = timeout {
             if to.is_zero() {
-                return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                    &"Zero is an invalid timeout",
-                ));
+                return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
             }
         }
         self.read_timeout.store(
@@ -156,10 +153,7 @@ impl TcpStream {
     pub fn set_write_timeout(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> io::Result<()> {
         if let Some(to) = timeout {
             if to.is_zero() {
-                return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                    &"Zero is an invalid timeout",
-                ));
+                return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
             }
         }
         self.write_timeout.store(
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/net/udp.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/net/udp.rs
index cafa5b3bde829..3d0522b25f3fb 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/net/udp.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/xous/net/udp.rs
@@ -331,10 +331,7 @@ impl UdpSocket {
     pub fn set_read_timeout(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> io::Result<()> {
         if let Some(d) = timeout {
             if d.is_zero() {
-                return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                    &"Zero duration is invalid"
-                ));
+                return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
             }
         }
         self.read_timeout
@@ -345,10 +342,7 @@ impl UdpSocket {
     pub fn set_write_timeout(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> io::Result<()> {
         if let Some(d) = timeout {
             if d.is_zero() {
-                return Err(io::const_io_error!(
-                    io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
-                    &"Zero duration is invalid"
-                ));
+                return Err(io::Error::ZERO_TIMEOUT);
             }
         }
         self.write_timeout
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/zkvm/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/zkvm/mod.rs
index 228a976dbabc3..62f0a2c7b1c18 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/pal/zkvm/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/pal/zkvm/mod.rs
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ pub fn unsupported<T>() -> std_io::Result<T> {
 }
 
 pub fn unsupported_err() -> std_io::Error {
-    std_io::const_io_error!(
-        std_io::ErrorKind::Unsupported,
-        "operation not supported on this platform",
-    )
+    std_io::Error::UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM
 }
 
 pub fn is_interrupted(_code: i32) -> bool {