diff --git a/src/bincode/bincode.zig b/src/bincode/bincode.zig
index 64cfb5b21..aaf7792dc 100644
--- a/src/bincode/bincode.zig
+++ b/src/bincode/bincode.zig
@@ -674,18 +674,6 @@ pub fn HashMapConfig(comptime hm_info: sig.utils.types.HashMapInfo) type {
     };
 }
 
-pub fn alwaysSkip(_: anytype) bool {
-    return true;
-}
-
-pub fn neverSkip(_: anytype) bool {
-    return false;
-}
-
-pub fn skipIfNull(data: anytype) bool {
-    return data == null;
-}
-
 pub fn getConfig(comptime struct_type: type) ?FieldConfig(struct_type) {
     const bincode_field = "!bincode-config";
     if (@hasDecl(struct_type, bincode_field)) {
diff --git a/src/bincode/int.zig b/src/bincode/int.zig
index 2302fb54d..b50990db9 100644
--- a/src/bincode/int.zig
+++ b/src/bincode/int.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const sig = @import("../lib.zig");
 const bincode = sig.bincode;
 
 pub fn defaultOnEof(comptime T: type, comptime eof_value: T) bincode.FieldConfig(T) {
-    const gen = struct {
+    const S = struct {
         fn deserializer(
             _: std.mem.Allocator,
             reader: anytype,
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn defaultOnEof(comptime T: type, comptime eof_value: T) bincode.FieldConfig
         }
     };
     return .{
-        .deserializer = gen.deserializer,
-        .serializer = gen.serializer,
+        .deserializer = S.deserializer,
+        .serializer = S.serializer,
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/bincode/list.zig b/src/bincode/list.zig
index 74546194f..6cc968404 100644
--- a/src/bincode/list.zig
+++ b/src/bincode/list.zig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pub fn valueEncodedAsSlice(
     comptime T: type,
     comptime config: bincode.FieldConfig(T),
 ) bincode.FieldConfig(T) {
-    const gen = struct {
+    const S = struct {
         fn deserializeImpl(
             allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
             reader: anytype,
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ pub fn valueEncodedAsSlice(
         }
     };
     return .{
-        .deserializer = gen.deserializeImpl,
-        .serializer = gen.serializeImpl,
+        .deserializer = S.deserializeImpl,
+        .serializer = S.serializeImpl,
         .free = config.free,
         .skip = config.skip,
         .hashmap = config.hashmap,
diff --git a/src/bincode/optional.zig b/src/bincode/optional.zig
index 4fc13dfef..4f0f7e144 100644
--- a/src/bincode/optional.zig
+++ b/src/bincode/optional.zig
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub fn defaultToNullOnEof(
         hashmap: if (hashMapInfo(T)) |hm_info| bincode.HashMapConfig(hm_info) else void = if (hashMapInfo(T) != null) .{} else {},
     },
 ) bincode.FieldConfig(?T) {
-    const gen = struct {
+    const S = struct {
         fn deserializer(
             allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
             reader: anytype,
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ pub fn defaultToNullOnEof(
         }
     };
     return .{
-        .deserializer = gen.deserializer,
-        .serializer = gen.serializer,
+        .deserializer = S.deserializer,
+        .serializer = S.serializer,
         .free = options.free,
         .skip = false,
         .hashmap = options.hashmap,