diff --git a/include/fmt/compile.h b/include/fmt/compile.h
index 57f3a961..a4c7e495 100644
--- a/include/fmt/compile.h
+++ b/include/fmt/compile.h
@@ -19,84 +19,6 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR inline counting_iterator copy_str(InputIt begin, InputIt end,
   return it + (end - begin);
 }
 
-template <typename OutputIt> class truncating_iterator_base {
- protected:
-  OutputIt out_;
-  size_t limit_;
-  size_t count_ = 0;
-
-  truncating_iterator_base() : out_(), limit_(0) {}
-
-  truncating_iterator_base(OutputIt out, size_t limit)
-      : out_(out), limit_(limit) {}
-
- public:
-  using iterator_category = std::output_iterator_tag;
-  using value_type = typename std::iterator_traits<OutputIt>::value_type;
-  using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
-  using pointer = void;
-  using reference = void;
-  FMT_UNCHECKED_ITERATOR(truncating_iterator_base);
-
-  OutputIt base() const { return out_; }
-  size_t count() const { return count_; }
-};
-
-// An output iterator that truncates the output and counts the number of objects
-// written to it.
-template <typename OutputIt,
-          typename Enable = typename std::is_void<
-              typename std::iterator_traits<OutputIt>::value_type>::type>
-class truncating_iterator;
-
-template <typename OutputIt>
-class truncating_iterator<OutputIt, std::false_type>
-    : public truncating_iterator_base<OutputIt> {
-  mutable typename truncating_iterator_base<OutputIt>::value_type blackhole_;
-
- public:
-  using value_type = typename truncating_iterator_base<OutputIt>::value_type;
-
-  truncating_iterator() = default;
-
-  truncating_iterator(OutputIt out, size_t limit)
-      : truncating_iterator_base<OutputIt>(out, limit) {}
-
-  truncating_iterator& operator++() {
-    if (this->count_++ < this->limit_) ++this->out_;
-    return *this;
-  }
-
-  truncating_iterator operator++(int) {
-    auto it = *this;
-    ++*this;
-    return it;
-  }
-
-  value_type& operator*() const {
-    return this->count_ < this->limit_ ? *this->out_ : blackhole_;
-  }
-};
-
-template <typename OutputIt>
-class truncating_iterator<OutputIt, std::true_type>
-    : public truncating_iterator_base<OutputIt> {
- public:
-  truncating_iterator() = default;
-
-  truncating_iterator(OutputIt out, size_t limit)
-      : truncating_iterator_base<OutputIt>(out, limit) {}
-
-  template <typename T> truncating_iterator& operator=(T val) {
-    if (this->count_++ < this->limit_) *this->out_++ = val;
-    return *this;
-  }
-
-  truncating_iterator& operator++() { return *this; }
-  truncating_iterator& operator++(int) { return *this; }
-  truncating_iterator& operator*() { return *this; }
-};
-
 // A compile-time string which is compiled into fast formatting code.
 class compiled_string {};
 
@@ -568,9 +490,10 @@ template <typename OutputIt, typename S, typename... Args,
           FMT_ENABLE_IF(detail::is_compiled_string<S>::value)>
 format_to_n_result<OutputIt> format_to_n(OutputIt out, size_t n,
                                          const S& format_str, Args&&... args) {
-  auto it = fmt::format_to(detail::truncating_iterator<OutputIt>(out, n),
-                           format_str, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
-  return {it.base(), it.count()};
+  using traits = detail::fixed_buffer_traits;
+  auto buf = detail::iterator_buffer<OutputIt, char, traits>(out, n);
+  format_to(std::back_inserter(buf), format_str, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+  return {buf.out(), buf.count()};
 }
 
 template <typename S, typename... Args,
diff --git a/test/compile-test.cc b/test/compile-test.cc
index 7ab4a30b..f85d2d8d 100644
--- a/test/compile-test.cc
+++ b/test/compile-test.cc
@@ -21,38 +21,6 @@ TEST(iterator_test, counting_iterator) {
   EXPECT_EQ((it + 41).count(), 42);
 }
 
-TEST(iterator_test, truncating_iterator) {
-  char* p = nullptr;
-  auto it = fmt::detail::truncating_iterator<char*>(p, 3);
-  auto prev = it++;
-  EXPECT_EQ(prev.base(), p);
-  EXPECT_EQ(it.base(), p + 1);
-}
-
-TEST(iterator_test, truncating_iterator_default_construct) {
-  auto it = fmt::detail::truncating_iterator<char*>();
-  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, it.base());
-  EXPECT_EQ(std::size_t{0}, it.count());
-}
-
-#ifdef __cpp_lib_ranges
-TEST(iterator_test, truncating_iterator_is_output_iterator) {
-  static_assert(
-      std::output_iterator<fmt::detail::truncating_iterator<char*>, char>);
-}
-#endif
-
-TEST(iterator_test, truncating_back_inserter) {
-  auto buffer = std::string();
-  auto bi = std::back_inserter(buffer);
-  auto it = fmt::detail::truncating_iterator<decltype(bi)>(bi, 2);
-  *it++ = '4';
-  *it++ = '2';
-  *it++ = '1';
-  EXPECT_EQ(buffer.size(), 2);
-  EXPECT_EQ(buffer, "42");
-}
-
 TEST(compile_test, compile_fallback) {
   // FMT_COMPILE should fallback on runtime formatting when `if constexpr` is
   // not available.