diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index 4c41f92d..4dc83ddf 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -1016,7 +1016,11 @@ struct fallback_formatter {
 // Specifies if T has an enabled fallback_formatter specialization.
 template <typename T, typename Char>
 using has_fallback_formatter =
+#ifdef FMT_DEPRECATED_OSTREAM
     std::is_constructible<fallback_formatter<T, Char>>;
+#else
+    std::false_type;
+#endif
 
 struct view {};
 
diff --git a/include/fmt/ostream.h b/include/fmt/ostream.h
index 7acc3299..4634bcf9 100644
--- a/include/fmt/ostream.h
+++ b/include/fmt/ostream.h
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ struct fallback_formatter<T, Char, enable_if_t<is_streamable<T, Char>::value>>
 };
 }  // namespace detail
 
+template <typename T, typename Char = char>
+using ostream_formatter = detail::fallback_formatter<T, Char>;
+
 FMT_MODULE_EXPORT
 template <typename Char>
 void vprint(std::basic_ostream<Char>& os, basic_string_view<Char> format_str,
diff --git a/test/ostream-test.cc b/test/ostream-test.cc
index bae7ad18..2f9c4383 100644
--- a/test/ostream-test.cc
+++ b/test/ostream-test.cc
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, streamable_enum) {
 
 enum unstreamable_enum {};
 
+struct empty_test {};
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, empty_test) { return os << ""; }
+
+namespace fmt {
+template <> struct formatter<test_string> : ostream_formatter<test_string> {};
+template <> struct formatter<date> : ostream_formatter<date> {};
+template <>
+struct formatter<streamable_enum> : ostream_formatter<streamable_enum> {};
+template <> struct formatter<empty_test> : ostream_formatter<empty_test> {};
+}  // namespace fmt
+
 TEST(ostream_test, enum) {
   EXPECT_EQ("streamable_enum", fmt::format("{}", streamable_enum()));
   EXPECT_EQ("0", fmt::format("{}", unstreamable_enum()));
@@ -86,9 +97,6 @@ TEST(ostream_test, format_specs) {
   EXPECT_EQ("te", fmt::format("{0:.{1}}", test_string("test"), 2));
 }
 
-struct empty_test {};
-std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, empty_test) { return os << ""; }
-
 TEST(ostream_test, empty_custom_output) {
   EXPECT_EQ("", fmt::format("{}", empty_test()));
 }
@@ -184,6 +192,9 @@ template <typename T> struct formatter<test_template<T>> : formatter<int> {
     return formatter<int>::format(2, ctx);
   }
 };
+
+template <>
+struct formatter<fmt_test::abc> : ostream_formatter<fmt_test::abc> {};
 }  // namespace fmt
 
 TEST(ostream_test, template) {
@@ -214,41 +225,6 @@ TEST(ostream_test, disable_builtin_ostream_operators) {
   EXPECT_EQ("foo", fmt::format("{}", convertible<const char*>("foo")));
 }
 
-struct explicitly_convertible_to_string_like {
-  template <typename String,
-            typename = typename std::enable_if<std::is_constructible<
-                String, const char*, size_t>::value>::type>
-  explicit operator String() const {
-    return String("foo", 3u);
-  }
-};
-
-std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os,
-                         explicitly_convertible_to_string_like) {
-  return os << "bar";
-}
-
-TEST(ostream_test, format_explicitly_convertible_to_string_like) {
-  EXPECT_EQ("bar", fmt::format("{}", explicitly_convertible_to_string_like()));
-}
-
-#ifdef FMT_USE_STRING_VIEW
-struct explicitly_convertible_to_std_string_view {
-  explicit operator fmt::detail::std_string_view<char>() const {
-    return {"foo", 3u};
-  }
-};
-
-std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os,
-                         explicitly_convertible_to_std_string_view) {
-  return os << "bar";
-}
-
-TEST(ostream_test, format_explicitly_convertible_to_std_string_view) {
-  EXPECT_EQ("bar", fmt::format("{}", explicitly_convertible_to_string_like()));
-}
-#endif  // FMT_USE_STRING_VIEW
-
 struct streamable_and_convertible_to_bool {
   operator bool() const { return true; }
 };
@@ -285,6 +261,10 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, copyfmt_test) {
   return os << "foo";
 }
 
+namespace fmt {
+template <> struct formatter<copyfmt_test> : ostream_formatter<copyfmt_test> {};
+}  // namespace fmt
+
 TEST(ostream_test, copyfmt) {
   EXPECT_EQ("foo", fmt::format("{}", copyfmt_test()));
 }
@@ -306,6 +286,10 @@ struct abstract {
   }
 };
 
+namespace fmt {
+template <> struct formatter<abstract> : ostream_formatter<abstract> {};
+}  // namespace fmt
+
 void format_abstract_compiles(const abstract& a) {
   fmt::format(FMT_COMPILE("{}"), a);
 }
diff --git a/test/printf-test.cc b/test/printf-test.cc
index 0bb9ccda..91869c2f 100644
--- a/test/printf-test.cc
+++ b/test/printf-test.cc
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <climits>
 #include <cstring>
 
-#include "fmt/ostream.h"
 #include "fmt/xchar.h"
 #include "gtest-extra.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -533,10 +532,6 @@ TEST(printf_test, wide_string) {
   EXPECT_EQ(L"abc", fmt::sprintf(L"%s", L"abc"));
 }
 
-TEST(printf_test, printf_custom) {
-  EXPECT_EQ("abc", test_sprintf("%s", test_string("abc")));
-}
-
 TEST(printf_test, vprintf) {
   fmt::format_arg_store<fmt::printf_context, int> as{42};
   fmt::basic_format_args<fmt::printf_context> args(as);
diff --git a/test/xchar-test.cc b/test/xchar-test.cc
index b07e8e26..2d7dfa85 100644
--- a/test/xchar-test.cc
+++ b/test/xchar-test.cc
@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ std::wostream& operator<<(std::wostream& os, streamable_enum) {
   return os << L"streamable_enum";
 }
 
+namespace fmt {
+template <>
+struct formatter<streamable_enum, wchar_t>
+    : ostream_formatter<streamable_enum, wchar_t> {};
+}  // namespace fmt
+
 enum unstreamable_enum {};
 
 TEST(xchar_test, enum) {