diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/compile/code_builder.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/compile/code_builder.rs
index 029cbe180347..5fc10bbf0980 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/compile/code_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/compile/code_builder.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl<'a> CodeBuilder<'a> {
         let wasm = self
             .wasm
             .as_deref()
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no wasm bytes have been configured"))?;
+            .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("no wasm bytes have been configured"))?;
 
         #[cfg(not(feature = "compile-time-builtins"))]
         {
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/compile/code_builder/compile_time_builtins.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/compile/code_builder/compile_time_builtins.rs
index dc62fe8a5cb2..5b3ae655384f 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/compile/code_builder/compile_time_builtins.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/compile/code_builder/compile_time_builtins.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ impl<'a> CodeBuilder<'a> {
         main_wasm: &'b [u8],
     ) -> Result<crate::hash_set::HashSet<&'b str>, Error> {
         let intrinsics_import = self.unsafe_intrinsics_import.as_deref().ok_or_else(|| {
-            anyhow!("must configure the unsafe-intrinsics import when using compile-time builtins")
+            format_err!(
+                "must configure the unsafe-intrinsics import when using compile-time builtins"
+            )
         })?;
 
         let mut instance_imports = crate::hash_set::HashSet::new();
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/engine.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/engine.rs
index a2092dabf9be..04ce15903dec 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/engine.rs
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ impl Engine {
 
     pub(crate) fn try_compiler(&self) -> Result<&dyn wasmtime_environ::Compiler> {
         self.compiler()
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Engine was not configured with a compiler"))
+            .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("Engine was not configured with a compiler"))
     }
 
     /// Ahead-of-time (AOT) compiles a WebAssembly module.
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/engine/serialization.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/engine/serialization.rs
index 8d5d4cd9ac8e..aeb962d853fd 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/engine/serialization.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/engine/serialization.rs
@@ -75,18 +75,18 @@ pub fn check_compatible(engine: &Engine, mmap: &[u8], expected: ObjectKind) -> R
 
     let data = obj
         .section_by_name(obj::ELF_WASM_ENGINE)
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("failed to find section `{}`", obj::ELF_WASM_ENGINE))?
+        .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("failed to find section `{}`", obj::ELF_WASM_ENGINE))?
         .data()
         .map_err(obj::ObjectCrateErrorWrapper)?;
     let (first, data) = data
         .split_first()
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("invalid engine section"))?;
+        .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("invalid engine section"))?;
     if *first != VERSION {
         bail!("mismatched version in engine section");
     }
     let (len, data) = data
         .split_first()
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("invalid engine section"))?;
+        .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("invalid engine section"))?;
     let len = usize::from(*len);
     let (version, data) = if data.len() < len + 1 {
         bail!("engine section too small")
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ impl Metadata<'_> {
     fn check_triple(&self, engine: &Engine) -> Result<()> {
         let engine_target = engine.target();
         let module_target =
-            target_lexicon::Triple::from_str(&self.target).map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
+            target_lexicon::Triple::from_str(&self.target).map_err(|e| format_err!(e))?;
 
         if module_target.architecture != engine_target.architecture {
             bail!(
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/lib.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/lib.rs
index f5bf0f8b1e10..1f6d0b206cc1 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ extern crate std;
 extern crate alloc;
 
 pub(crate) mod prelude {
-    pub use crate::error::{Context, Error, Result, anyhow, bail, ensure, format_err};
+    pub use crate::error::{Context, Error, Result, bail, ensure, format_err};
     pub use wasmtime_environ::prelude::*;
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/code_memory.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/code_memory.rs
index bfb24a68e387..a66029cec44c 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/code_memory.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/code_memory.rs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ impl CodeMemory {
             published: false,
             registered: false,
             enable_branch_protection: enable_branch_protection
-                .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing `{}` section", obj::ELF_WASM_BTI))?,
+                .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("missing `{}` section", obj::ELF_WASM_BTI))?,
             needs_executable,
             #[cfg(feature = "debug-builtins")]
             has_native_debug_info,
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/func/host.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/func/host.rs
index a20a80d23ee3..9c27afef8b31 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/func/host.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/func/host.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ where
         // Exiting the component is disallowed, for example, when the `realloc`
         // function calls a canonical import.
         if unsafe { !flags.may_leave() } {
-            return Err(anyhow!(crate::Trap::CannotLeaveComponent));
+            return Err(format_err!(crate::Trap::CannotLeaveComponent));
         }
 
         if opts.async_ {
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/func/typed.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/func/typed.rs
index ee3a46c187cb..add17eddea40 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/func/typed.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/func/typed.rs
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ fn lower_string<T>(cx: &mut LowerContext<'_, T>, string: &str) -> Result<(usize,
                 let worst_case = bytes
                     .len()
                     .checked_mul(2)
-                    .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("byte length overflow"))?;
+                    .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("byte length overflow"))?;
                 if worst_case > MAX_STRING_BYTE_LENGTH {
                     bail!("byte length too large");
                 }
@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ where
     let size = list
         .len()
         .checked_mul(elem_size)
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("size overflow copying a list"))?;
+        .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("size overflow copying a list"))?;
     let ptr = cx.realloc(0, 0, T::ALIGN32, size)?;
     T::linear_store_list_to_memory(cx, ty, ptr, list)?;
     Ok((ptr, list.len()))
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/instance.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/instance.rs
index 41c7f6cd8d07..22934f84dbe9 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/instance.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/instance.rs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ impl Instance {
     {
         let f = self
             .get_func(store.as_context_mut(), name)
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("failed to find function export"))?;
+            .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("failed to find function export"))?;
         Ok(f.typed::<Params, Results>(store)
             .with_context(|| format!("failed to convert function to given type"))?)
     }
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/matching.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/matching.rs
index 8e893958bcf4..b972d1b91b71 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/matching.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/matching.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ impl TypeChecker<'_> {
             let idx = actual
                 .exports
                 .get(name)
-                .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("module export `{name}` not defined"))?;
+                .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("module export `{name}` not defined"))?;
             let actual = actual.type_of(*idx);
             matching::entity_ty(self.engine, expected, &actual)
                 .with_context(|| format!("module export `{name}` has the wrong type"))?;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl TypeChecker<'_> {
             let expected = expected
                 .imports
                 .get(&(module.to_string(), name.to_string()))
-                .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("module import `{module}::{name}` not defined"))?;
+                .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("module import `{module}::{name}` not defined"))?;
             matching::entity_ty(self.engine, &actual, expected)
                 .with_context(|| format!("module import `{module}::{name}` has the wrong type"))?;
         }
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/values.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/values.rs
index 43a4335c1280..d0b1d0209db2 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/values.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/component/values.rs
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ fn load_variant(
         }
     };
     let case_ty = types.nth(discriminant as usize).ok_or_else(|| {
-        anyhow!(
+        format_err!(
             "discriminant {} out of range [0..{})",
             discriminant,
             types.len()
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ fn lift_variant(
     let discriminant = next(src).get_u32();
     let ty = types
         .nth(discriminant as usize)
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("discriminant {discriminant} out of range [0..{len})"))?;
+        .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("discriminant {discriminant} out of range [0..{len})"))?;
     let (value, value_flat) = match ty {
         Some(ty) => (
             Some(Box::new(Val::lift(cx, ty, src)?)),
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/gc/enabled/rooting.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/gc/enabled/rooting.rs
index 7e06c85d4d59..02f3c2757fb9 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/gc/enabled/rooting.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/gc/enabled/rooting.rs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ mod sealed {
         /// objects that have been unrooted.
         fn try_gc_ref<'a>(&self, store: &'a StoreOpaque) -> Result<&'a VMGcRef> {
             self.get_gc_ref(store).ok_or_else(|| {
-                anyhow!("attempted to use a garbage-collected object that has been unrooted")
+                format_err!("attempted to use a garbage-collected object that has been unrooted")
             })
         }
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ impl GcRootIndex {
     /// Panics if `self` is not associated with the given store.
     pub(crate) fn try_gc_ref<'a>(&self, store: &'a StoreOpaque) -> Result<&'a VMGcRef> {
         self.get_gc_ref(store).ok_or_else(|| {
-            anyhow!("attempted to use a garbage-collected object that has been unrooted")
+            format_err!("attempted to use a garbage-collected object that has been unrooted")
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/instance.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/instance.rs
index f46b683201f3..e4e496e0e92f 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/instance.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/instance.rs
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ impl Instance {
         let f = self
             .get_export(store.as_context_mut(), name)
             .and_then(|f| f.into_func())
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("failed to find function export `{name}`"))?;
+            .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("failed to find function export `{name}`"))?;
         Ok(f.typed::<Params, Results>(store)
             .with_context(|| format!("failed to convert function `{name}` to given type"))?)
     }
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/linker.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/linker.rs
index a04a4b6dbc1a..9d399cff4161 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/linker.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/linker.rs
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ impl<T> Linker<T> {
             if let Err(import_err) = self._get_by_import(&import) {
                 let default_extern =
                     import_err.ty().default_value(&mut store).with_context(|| {
-                        anyhow!(
+                        format_err!(
                             "no default value exists for `{}::{}` with type `{:?}`",
                             import.module(),
                             import.name(),
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/native_debug.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/native_debug.rs
index ffaf3e90e387..e241b6617851 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/native_debug.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/native_debug.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fn relocate_dwarf_sections(bytes: &mut [u8], code_region: (*const u8, usize)) ->
             .try_into()
             .ok()
             .and_then(|offset| object::from_bytes_mut::<U64Bytes<NE>>(&mut bytes[offset..]).ok())
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("invalid dwarf relocations"))?;
+            .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("invalid dwarf relocations"))?;
         loc.set(NE, value);
     }
     Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/store/gc.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/store/gc.rs
index 70f60f444f04..6232030bd1ed 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/store/gc.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/store/gc.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl StoreOpaque {
             heap.memory
                 .grow(delta_pages_for_alloc, limiter)
                 .await?
-                .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("failed to grow GC heap"))?;
+                .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("failed to grow GC heap"))?;
         }
         heap.store.vm_store_context.gc_heap = heap.memory.vmmemory();
 
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/trampoline/memory.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/trampoline/memory.rs
index e9a1c5ca2c25..21854b314f24 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/trampoline/memory.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/trampoline/memory.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ impl RuntimeMemoryCreator for MemoryCreatorProxy {
                 usize::try_from(tunables.memory_guard_size).unwrap(),
             )
             .map(|mem| Box::new(LinearMemoryProxy { mem }) as Box<dyn RuntimeLinearMemory>)
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))
+            .map_err(|e| format_err!(e))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/types.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/types.rs
index 4a67e6668f7b..400a314b7a5e 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/types.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/types.rs
@@ -2705,7 +2705,7 @@ impl FuncType {
             .results()
             .map(|ty| ty.default_value())
             .collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>()
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("function results do not have a default value"))?;
+            .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("function results do not have a default value"))?;
         Ok(Func::new(&mut store, self.clone(), move |_, _, results| {
             for (slot, dummy) in results.iter_mut().zip(dummy_results.iter()) {
                 *slot = *dummy;
@@ -3000,7 +3000,7 @@ impl GlobalType {
         let val = self
             .content()
             .default_value()
-            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("global type has no default value"))?;
+            .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("global type has no default value"))?;
         RuntimeGlobal::new(store, self.clone(), val)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/types/matching.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/types/matching.rs
index 49ffc3c67f32..f0158fb83799 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/types/matching.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/types/matching.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub fn entity_ty(engine: &Engine, expected: &EntityType, actual: &EntityType) ->
 }
 
 fn concrete_type_mismatch(msg: &str, expected: &WasmSubType, actual: &WasmSubType) -> crate::Error {
-    anyhow!("{msg}: expected type `{expected}`, found type `{actual}`")
+    format_err!("{msg}: expected type `{expected}`, found type `{actual}`")
 }
 
 fn global_ty(engine: &Engine, expected: &Global, actual: &Global) -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/component/libcalls.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/component/libcalls.rs
index 01c6f458972b..ae3d18edb635 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/component/libcalls.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/component/libcalls.rs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ unsafe fn utf8_to_utf8(
     let dst = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(dst, len) };
     assert_no_overlap(src, dst);
     log::trace!("utf8-to-utf8 {len}");
-    let src = core::str::from_utf8(src).map_err(|_| anyhow!("invalid utf8 encoding"))?;
+    let src = core::str::from_utf8(src).map_err(|_| format_err!("invalid utf8 encoding"))?;
     dst.copy_from_slice(src.as_bytes());
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ unsafe fn utf16_to_utf16(
 fn run_utf16_to_utf16(src: &[u16], mut dst: &mut [u16]) -> Result<bool> {
     let mut all_latin1 = true;
     for ch in core::char::decode_utf16(src.iter().map(|i| u16::from_le(*i))) {
-        let ch = ch.map_err(|_| anyhow!("invalid utf16 encoding"))?;
+        let ch = ch.map_err(|_| format_err!("invalid utf16 encoding"))?;
         all_latin1 = all_latin1 && u8::try_from(u32::from(ch)).is_ok();
         let result = ch.encode_utf16(dst);
         let size = result.len();
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ unsafe fn utf8_to_utf16(
 }
 
 fn run_utf8_to_utf16(src: &[u8], dst: &mut [u16]) -> Result<usize> {
-    let src = core::str::from_utf8(src).map_err(|_| anyhow!("invalid utf8 encoding"))?;
+    let src = core::str::from_utf8(src).map_err(|_| format_err!("invalid utf8 encoding"))?;
     let mut amt = 0;
     for (i, dst) in src.encode_utf16().zip(dst) {
         *dst = i.to_le();
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ unsafe fn utf16_to_utf8(
     let mut dst_written = 0;
 
     for ch in core::char::decode_utf16(src_iter) {
-        let ch = ch.map_err(|_| anyhow!("invalid utf16 encoding"))?;
+        let ch = ch.map_err(|_| format_err!("invalid utf16 encoding"))?;
 
         // If the destination doesn't have enough space for this character
         // then the loop is ended and this function will be called later with a
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/const_expr.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/const_expr.rs
index 4716588088c8..006ed4d22b19 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/const_expr.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/const_expr.rs
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ impl ConstExprEvaluator {
 
     fn pop(&mut self) -> Result<Val> {
         self.stack.pop().ok_or_else(|| {
-            anyhow!(
+            format_err!(
                 "const expr evaluation error: attempted to pop from an empty \
                  evaluation stack"
             )
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling.rs
index 06fca8d5fe28..0c78df7aef22 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling.rs
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ impl PoolingInstanceAllocator {
             pagemap: match config.pagemap_scan {
                 Enabled::Auto => PageMap::new(),
                 Enabled::Yes => Some(PageMap::new().ok_or_else(|| {
-                    anyhow!(
+                    format_err!(
                         "required to enable PAGEMAP_SCAN but this system \
                          does not support it"
                     )
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling/gc_heap_pool.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling/gc_heap_pool.rs
index 2bdb7cf67e1a..685c8aba2940 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling/gc_heap_pool.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling/gc_heap_pool.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ impl GcHeapPool {
             .alloc()
             .map(|slot| GcHeapAllocationIndex(slot.0))
             .ok_or_else(|| {
-                anyhow!(
+                format_err!(
                     "maximum concurrent GC heap limit of {} reached",
                     self.max_gc_heaps
                 )
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling/table_pool.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling/table_pool.rs
index 15a1a5bda1ec..46e1da9d9636 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling/table_pool.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/instance/allocator/pooling/table_pool.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ impl TablePool {
         let table_size = HostAlignedByteCount::new_rounded_up(
             crate::runtime::vm::table::NOMINAL_MAX_TABLE_ELEM_SIZE
                 .checked_mul(config.limits.table_elements)
-                .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("table size exceeds addressable memory"))?,
+                .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("table size exceeds addressable memory"))?,
         )?;
 
         let max_total_tables = usize::try_from(config.limits.total_tables).unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/sys/windows/mmap.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/sys/windows/mmap.rs
index 54ca2686eba7..137887600ae2 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/sys/windows/mmap.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/sys/windows/mmap.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ impl Mmap {
                 .metadata()
                 .context("failed to get file metadata")?
                 .len();
-            let len = usize::try_from(len).map_err(|_| anyhow!("file too large to map"))?;
+            let len = usize::try_from(len).map_err(|_| format_err!("file too large to map"))?;
 
             // Create a file mapping that allows PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY.
             // This enables up-to these permissions but we won't leave all