diff --git a/plugins/dirhistory/dirhistory.plugin.zsh b/plugins/dirhistory/dirhistory.plugin.zsh
index 9f39264cf..2f5a79735 100644
--- a/plugins/dirhistory/dirhistory.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/dirhistory/dirhistory.plugin.zsh
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ export DIRHISTORY_SIZE=30
 # Returns the element if the array was not empty,
 # otherwise returns empty string.
 function pop_past() {
-  print -v $1 "${dirhistory_past[$#dirhistory_past]}"
+  typeset $1="${dirhistory_past[$#dirhistory_past]}"
   if [[ $#dirhistory_past -gt 0 ]]; then
     dirhistory_past[$#dirhistory_past]=()
   fi
 }
 
 function pop_future() {
-  print -v $1 "${dirhistory_future[$#dirhistory_future]}"
+  typeset $1="${dirhistory_future[$#dirhistory_future]}"
   if [[ $#dirhistory_future -gt 0 ]]; then
     dirhistory_future[$#dirhistory_future]=()
   fi
diff --git a/themes/adben.zsh-theme b/themes/adben.zsh-theme
index ddb34236b..a11f7b0a9 100644
--- a/themes/adben.zsh-theme
+++ b/themes/adben.zsh-theme
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 
 ########## COLOR ###########
 for COLOR in CYAN WHITE YELLOW MAGENTA BLACK BLUE RED DEFAULT GREEN GREY; do
-  print -v "PR_$COLOR" "%b%{$fg[${(L)COLOR}]%}"
-  print -v "PR_BRIGHT_$COLOR" "%B%{$fg[${(L)COLOR}]%}"
+  typeset PR_$COLOR="%b%{$fg[${(L)COLOR}]%}"
+  typeset PR_BRIGHT_$COLOR="%B%{$fg[${(L)COLOR}]%}"
 done
 PR_RESET="%{$reset_color%}"
 
diff --git a/themes/jonathan.zsh-theme b/themes/jonathan.zsh-theme
index ca58b94a3..fc3cb2caa 100644
--- a/themes/jonathan.zsh-theme
+++ b/themes/jonathan.zsh-theme
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ setopt prompt_subst
 # See if we can use colors.
 autoload zsh/terminfo
 for color in RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE MAGENTA CYAN WHITE GREY; do
-  print -v "PR_$color" "%{$terminfo[bold]$fg[${(L)color}]%}"
-  print -v "PR_LIGHT_$color" "%{$fg[${(L)color}]%}"
+  typeset PR_$color="%{$terminfo[bold]$fg[${(L)color}]%}"
+  typeset PR_LIGHT_$color="%{$fg[${(L)color}]%}"
 done
 PR_NO_COLOUR="%{$terminfo[sgr0]%}"
 
diff --git a/themes/simonoff.zsh-theme b/themes/simonoff.zsh-theme
index 201d5d7e4..c7e35e160 100644
--- a/themes/simonoff.zsh-theme
+++ b/themes/simonoff.zsh-theme
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ setopt prompt_subst
 # See if we can use colors.
 autoload zsh/terminfo
 for color in RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE MAGENTA CYAN WHITE GREY; do
-  print -v "PR_$color" "%{$terminfo[bold]$fg[${(L)color}]%}"
-  print -v "PR_LIGHT_$color" "%{$fg[${(L)color}]%}"
+  typeset PR_$color="%{$terminfo[bold]$fg[${(L)color}]%}"
+  typeset PR_LIGHT_$color="%{$fg[${(L)color}]%}"
 done
 PR_NO_COLOUR="%{$terminfo[sgr0]%}"