diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
index 4d64589..4880e3e 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/compiler.d
@@ -375,13 +375,13 @@
 	}
 
 	fil.write(q{
-		import std.array, std.conv;
+		template toString(int v) { enum toString = v.stringof; }
 
 		void main()
 		{
 			pragma(msg, `{`);
 			pragma(msg,`  "compiler": "`~ determineCompiler() ~ `",`);
-			pragma(msg, `  "frontendVersion": ` ~ to!string(__VERSION__) ~ `,`);
+			pragma(msg, `  "frontendVersion": ` ~ toString!__VERSION__ ~ `,`);
 			pragma(msg, `  "compilerVendor": "` ~ __VENDOR__ ~ `",`);
 			pragma(msg, `  "platform": [`);
 			pragma(msg, `    ` ~ determinePlatform());
@@ -395,72 +395,70 @@
 
 		string determinePlatform()
 		{
-			auto ret = appender!(string[])();
-			version(Windows) ret.put("windows");
-			version(linux) ret.put("linux");
-			version(Posix) ret.put("posix");
-			version(OSX) ret.put("osx");
-			version(FreeBSD) ret.put("freebsd");
-			version(OpenBSD) ret.put("openbsd");
-			version(NetBSD) ret.put("netbsd");
-			version(DragonFlyBSD) ret.put("dragonflybsd");
-			version(BSD) ret.put("bsd");
-			version(Solaris) ret.put("solaris");
-			version(AIX) ret.put("aix");
-			version(Haiku) ret.put("haiku");
-			version(SkyOS) ret.put("skyos");
-			version(SysV3) ret.put("sysv3");
-			version(SysV4) ret.put("sysv4");
-			version(Hurd) ret.put("hurd");
-			version(Android) ret.put("android");
-			version(Cygwin) ret.put("cygwin");
-			version(MinGW) ret.put("mingw");
-			foreach(ref str; ret.data) str = `"` ~ str ~ `"`;
-			return ret.data.join(",\n    ");
+			string ret;
+			version(Windows) ret ~= `"windows", `;
+			version(linux) ret ~= `"linux", `;
+			version(Posix) ret ~= `"posix", `;
+			version(OSX) ret ~= `"osx", `;
+			version(FreeBSD) ret ~= `"freebsd", `;
+			version(OpenBSD) ret ~= `"openbsd", `;
+			version(NetBSD) ret ~= `"netbsd", `;
+			version(DragonFlyBSD) ret ~= `"dragonflybsd", `;
+			version(BSD) ret ~= `"bsd", `;
+			version(Solaris) ret ~= `"solaris", `;
+			version(AIX) ret ~= `"aix", `;
+			version(Haiku) ret ~= `"haiku", `;
+			version(SkyOS) ret ~= `"skyos", `;
+			version(SysV3) ret ~= `"sysv3", `;
+			version(SysV4) ret ~= `"sysv4", `;
+			version(Hurd) ret ~= `"hurd", `;
+			version(Android) ret ~= `"android", `;
+			version(Cygwin) ret ~= `"cygwin", `;
+			version(MinGW) ret ~= `"mingw", `;
+			return ret;
 		}
 
 		string determineArchitecture()
 		{
-			auto ret = appender!(string[])();
-			version(X86) ret.put("x86");
-			version(X86_64) ret.put("x86_64");
-			version(ARM) ret.put("arm");
-			version(ARM_Thumb) ret.put("arm_thumb");
-			version(ARM_SoftFloat) ret.put("arm_softfloat");
-			version(ARM_HardFloat) ret.put("arm_hardfloat");
-			version(ARM64) ret.put("arm64");
-			version(PPC) ret.put("ppc");
-			version(PPC_SoftFP) ret.put("ppc_softfp");
-			version(PPC_HardFP) ret.put("ppc_hardfp");
-			version(PPC64) ret.put("ppc64");
-			version(IA64) ret.put("ia64");
-			version(MIPS) ret.put("mips");
-			version(MIPS32) ret.put("mips32");
-			version(MIPS64) ret.put("mips64");
-			version(MIPS_O32) ret.put("mips_o32");
-			version(MIPS_N32) ret.put("mips_n32");
-			version(MIPS_O64) ret.put("mips_o64");
-			version(MIPS_N64) ret.put("mips_n64");
-			version(MIPS_EABI) ret.put("mips_eabi");
-			version(MIPS_NoFloat) ret.put("mips_nofloat");
-			version(MIPS_SoftFloat) ret.put("mips_softfloat");
-			version(MIPS_HardFloat) ret.put("mips_hardfloat");
-			version(SPARC) ret.put("sparc");
-			version(SPARC_V8Plus) ret.put("sparc_v8plus");
-			version(SPARC_SoftFP) ret.put("sparc_softfp");
-			version(SPARC_HardFP) ret.put("sparc_hardfp");
-			version(SPARC64) ret.put("sparc64");
-			version(S390) ret.put("s390");
-			version(S390X) ret.put("s390x");
-			version(HPPA) ret.put("hppa");
-			version(HPPA64) ret.put("hppa64");
-			version(SH) ret.put("sh");
-			version(SH64) ret.put("sh64");
-			version(Alpha) ret.put("alpha");
-			version(Alpha_SoftFP) ret.put("alpha_softfp");
-			version(Alpha_HardFP) ret.put("alpha_hardfp");
-			foreach(ref str; ret.data) str = `"` ~ str ~ `"`;
-			return ret.data.join(",\n    ");
+			string ret;
+			version(X86) ret ~= `"x86", `;
+			version(X86_64) ret ~= `"x86_64", `;
+			version(ARM) ret ~= `"arm", `;
+			version(ARM_Thumb) ret ~= `"arm_thumb", `;
+			version(ARM_SoftFloat) ret ~= `"arm_softfloat", `;
+			version(ARM_HardFloat) ret ~= `"arm_hardfloat", `;
+			version(ARM64) ret ~= `"arm64", `;
+			version(PPC) ret ~= `"ppc", `;
+			version(PPC_SoftFP) ret ~= `"ppc_softfp", `;
+			version(PPC_HardFP) ret ~= `"ppc_hardfp", `;
+			version(PPC64) ret ~= `"ppc64", `;
+			version(IA64) ret ~= `"ia64", `;
+			version(MIPS) ret ~= `"mips", `;
+			version(MIPS32) ret ~= `"mips32", `;
+			version(MIPS64) ret ~= `"mips64", `;
+			version(MIPS_O32) ret ~= `"mips_o32", `;
+			version(MIPS_N32) ret ~= `"mips_n32", `;
+			version(MIPS_O64) ret ~= `"mips_o64", `;
+			version(MIPS_N64) ret ~= `"mips_n64", `;
+			version(MIPS_EABI) ret ~= `"mips_eabi", `;
+			version(MIPS_NoFloat) ret ~= `"mips_nofloat", `;
+			version(MIPS_SoftFloat) ret ~= `"mips_softfloat", `;
+			version(MIPS_HardFloat) ret ~= `"mips_hardfloat", `;
+			version(SPARC) ret ~= `"sparc", `;
+			version(SPARC_V8Plus) ret ~= `"sparc_v8plus", `;
+			version(SPARC_SoftFP) ret ~= `"sparc_softfp", `;
+			version(SPARC_HardFP) ret ~= `"sparc_hardfp", `;
+			version(SPARC64) ret ~= `"sparc64", `;
+			version(S390) ret ~= `"s390", `;
+			version(S390X) ret ~= `"s390x", `;
+			version(HPPA) ret ~= `"hppa", `;
+			version(HPPA64) ret ~= `"hppa64", `;
+			version(SH) ret ~= `"sh", `;
+			version(SH64) ret ~= `"sh64", `;
+			version(Alpha) ret ~= `"alpha", `;
+			version(Alpha_SoftFP) ret ~= `"alpha_softfp", `;
+			version(Alpha_HardFP) ret ~= `"alpha_hardfp", `;
+			return ret;
 		}
 
 		string determineCompiler()
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
index 10dba58..9f5e65d 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/dmd.d
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 		}
 		settings.addDFlags(arch_flags);
 
-		auto result = executeShell(escapeShellCommand(compiler_binary ~ arch_flags ~ ["-quiet", "-od"~getTempDir.toNativeString(),
-			"-of"~(getTempDir~"dub_platform_probe").toNativeString(), fil.toNativeString()]));
+		auto result = executeShell(escapeShellCommand(compiler_binary ~ arch_flags ~
+			["-quiet", "-c", "-o-", fil.toNativeString()]));
 		enforce(result.status == 0, format("Failed to invoke the compiler %s to determine the build platform: %s",
 			compiler_binary, result.output));
 
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
index ac59d50..b6eae57 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/gdc.d
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 		}
 		settings.addDFlags(arch_flags);
 
-		auto result = executeShell(escapeShellCommand(compiler_binary ~ arch_flags ~ ["-o", (getTempDir()~"dub_platform_probe").toNativeString(), fil.toNativeString()]));
+		auto result = executeShell(escapeShellCommand(compiler_binary ~ arch_flags ~ ["-c", fil.toNativeString()]));
 		enforce(result.status == 0, format("Failed to invoke the compiler %s to determine the build platform: %s",
 			compiler_binary, result.output));