diff --git a/libcxx/include/__format/format_arg_store.h b/libcxx/include/__format/format_arg_store.h
--- a/libcxx/include/__format/format_arg_store.h
+++ b/libcxx/include/__format/format_arg_store.h
@@ -142,21 +142,27 @@
 //
 // Note this version can't be constrained avoiding ambiguous overloads.
 // That means it can be instantiated by disabled formatters. To solve this, a
-// constrained version for not formattable formatters is added. That overload
-// is marked as deleted to fail creating a storage type for disabled formatters.
+// constrained version for not formattable formatters is added.
 template <class _Context, class _Tp>
 consteval __arg_t __determine_arg_t() {
   return __arg_t::__handle;
 }
 
+// The overload for not formattable types.
+//
+// Originially this overload was marked as deleted, this resulted in 11 error
+// messages when a non-formattable type was used. Returning the "invalid type"
+// value, reduces this to 1 error message.
 template <class _Context, class _Tp>
   requires(!__formattable<_Tp, typename _Context::char_type>)
-consteval __arg_t __determine_arg_t() = delete;
+consteval __arg_t __determine_arg_t() {
+  return __arg_t::__none;
+}
 
 template <class _Context, class _Tp>
 _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI basic_format_arg<_Context> __create_format_arg(_Tp&& __value) noexcept {
   constexpr __arg_t __arg = __determine_arg_t<_Context, remove_cvref_t<_Tp>>();
-  static_assert(__arg != __arg_t::__none);
+  static_assert(__arg != __arg_t::__none, "the supplied type is not formattable");
 
   // Not all types can be used to directly initialize the
   // __basic_format_arg_value.  First handle all types needing adjustment, the