diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/operand.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/operand.rs
index 60e915a7eee..bc4dca4c146 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/operand.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/operand.rs
@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ impl<Tag: Provenance> std::fmt::Display for ImmTy<'_, Tag> {
                         p(cx, s, ty)?;
                         return Ok(());
                     }
-                    write!(f, "{}: {}", s, self.layout.ty)
+                    write!(f, "{:x}: {}", s, self.layout.ty)
                 }
                 Immediate::ScalarPair(a, b) => {
                     // FIXME(oli-obk): at least print tuples and slices nicely
-                    write!(f, "({}, {}): {}", a, b, self.layout.ty,)
+                    write!(f, "({:x}, {:x}): {}", a, b, self.layout.ty,)
                 }
             }
         })
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/validity.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/validity.rs
index 19c6449078d..54e29299e6c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/validity.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/validity.rs
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ impl<'rt, 'mir, 'tcx: 'mir, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> ValidityVisitor<'rt, 'mir, '
                     value.to_bool(),
                     self.path,
                     err_ub!(InvalidBool(..)) | err_ub!(InvalidUninitBytes(None)) =>
-                        { "{}", value } expected { "a boolean" },
+                        { "{:x}", value } expected { "a boolean" },
                 );
                 Ok(true)
             }
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ impl<'rt, 'mir, 'tcx: 'mir, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> ValidityVisitor<'rt, 'mir, '
                     value.to_char(),
                     self.path,
                     err_ub!(InvalidChar(..)) | err_ub!(InvalidUninitBytes(None)) =>
-                        { "{}", value } expected { "a valid unicode scalar value (in `0..=0x10FFFF` but not in `0xD800..=0xDFFF`)" },
+                        { "{:x}", value } expected { "a valid unicode scalar value (in `0..=0x10FFFF` but not in `0xD800..=0xDFFF`)" },
                 );
                 Ok(true)
             }
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ impl<'rt, 'mir, 'tcx: 'mir, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> ValidityVisitor<'rt, 'mir, '
                     let is_bits = value.check_init().map_or(false, |v| v.try_to_int().is_ok());
                     if !is_bits {
                         throw_validation_failure!(self.path,
-                            { "{}", value } expected { "initialized plain (non-pointer) bytes" }
+                            { "{:x}", value } expected { "initialized plain (non-pointer) bytes" }
                         )
                     }
                 }
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ impl<'rt, 'mir, 'tcx: 'mir, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> ValidityVisitor<'rt, 'mir, '
                     err_ub!(DanglingIntPointer(..)) |
                     err_ub!(InvalidFunctionPointer(..)) |
                     err_ub!(InvalidUninitBytes(None)) =>
-                        { "{}", value } expected { "a function pointer" },
+                        { "{:x}", value } expected { "a function pointer" },
                 );
                 // FIXME: Check if the signature matches
                 Ok(true)
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ impl<'rt, 'mir, 'tcx: 'mir, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> ValidityVisitor<'rt, 'mir, '
         let value = try_validation!(
             value.check_init(),
             self.path,
-            err_ub!(InvalidUninitBytes(None)) => { "{}", value }
+            err_ub!(InvalidUninitBytes(None)) => { "{:x}", value }
                 expected { "something {}", wrapping_range_format(valid_range, max_value) },
         );
         let bits = match value.try_to_int() {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/value.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/value.rs
index acf7847de54..c8ddc4edc8a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/value.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/interpret/value.rs
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ impl<Tag: Provenance> fmt::Debug for ScalarMaybeUninit<Tag> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<Tag: Provenance> fmt::Display for ScalarMaybeUninit<Tag> {
+impl<Tag: Provenance> fmt::LowerHex for ScalarMaybeUninit<Tag> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
             ScalarMaybeUninit::Uninit => write!(f, "uninitialized bytes"),