diff --git a/common/grammar-parser.cpp b/common/grammar-parser.cpp
index fecb7cd71..b5bc7d49b 100644
--- a/common/grammar-parser.cpp
+++ b/common/grammar-parser.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace grammar_parser {
 
     static uint32_t get_symbol_id(parse_state & state, const char * src, size_t len) {
         uint32_t next_id = static_cast<uint32_t>(state.symbol_ids.size());
-        auto result = state.symbol_ids.insert(std::make_pair(std::string(src, len), next_id));
+        auto result = state.symbol_ids.emplace(std::string(src, len), next_id);
         return result.first->second;
     }
 
diff --git a/common/json-schema-to-grammar.cpp b/common/json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
index 0f8f1b1d4..9a71f5d8d 100644
--- a/common/json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
+++ b/common/json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ private:
                     if (literal.empty()) {
                         return false;
                     }
-                    ret.push_back(std::make_pair(literal, true));
+                    ret.emplace_back(literal, true);
                     literal.clear();
                     return true;
                 };
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ private:
             while (i < length) {
                 char c = sub_pattern[i];
                 if (c == '.') {
-                    seq.push_back(std::make_pair(get_dot(), false));
+                    seq.emplace_back(get_dot(), false);
                     i++;
                 } else if (c == '(') {
                     i++;
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ private:
                             _warnings.push_back("Unsupported pattern syntax");
                         }
                     }
-                    seq.push_back(std::make_pair("(" + to_rule(transform()) + ")", false));
+                    seq.emplace_back("(" + to_rule(transform()) + ")", false);
                 } else if (c == ')') {
                     i++;
                     if (start > 0 && sub_pattern[start - 1] != '(') {
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ private:
                     }
                     square_brackets += ']';
                     i++;
-                    seq.push_back(std::make_pair(square_brackets, false));
+                    seq.emplace_back(square_brackets, false);
                 } else if (c == '|') {
-                    seq.push_back(std::make_pair("|", false));
+                    seq.emplace_back("|", false);
                     i++;
                 } else if (c == '*' || c == '+' || c == '?') {
                     seq.back() = std::make_pair(to_rule(seq.back()) + c, false);
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ private:
                         }
                     }
                     if (!literal.empty()) {
-                        seq.push_back(std::make_pair(literal, true));
+                        seq.emplace_back(literal, true);
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 7d26966e4..0ef756a52 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -17015,13 +17015,13 @@ static size_t llama_state_seq_get_data_internal(struct llama_context * ctx, llam
             }
             else {
                 if (cell_range_begin != kv_self.size) {
-                    cell_ranges.push_back({ cell_range_begin, i });
+                    cell_ranges.emplace_back(cell_range_begin, i);
                     cell_range_begin = kv_self.size;
                 }
             }
         }
         if (cell_range_begin != kv_self.size) {
-            cell_ranges.push_back({ cell_range_begin, kv_self.size });
+            cell_ranges.emplace_back(cell_range_begin, kv_self.size);
         }
 
         // DEBUG CHECK: Sum of cell counts in ranges should equal the total cell count