diff --git a/src/reflect/value.go b/src/reflect/value.go
index 487e0d82..ed4d01cd 100644
--- a/src/reflect/value.go
+++ b/src/reflect/value.go
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ func cvtFloat(v Value, t *rawType) Value {
 	return makeFloat(v.flags, v.Float(), t)
 }
 
-//go:linkname stringToBytes runtime.stringToBytesTyped
+//go:linkname stringToBytes runtime.stringToBytes
 func stringToBytes(x string) []byte
 
 func cvtStringBytes(v Value, t *rawType) Value {
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ func cvtStringBytes(v Value, t *rawType) Value {
 	}
 }
 
-//go:linkname stringFromBytes runtime.stringFromBytesTyped
+//go:linkname stringFromBytes runtime.stringFromBytes
 func stringFromBytes(x []byte) string
 
 func cvtBytesString(v Value, t *rawType) Value {
diff --git a/src/runtime/string.go b/src/runtime/string.go
index b08b96f4..13bfcd0e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/string.go
+++ b/src/runtime/string.go
@@ -77,16 +77,6 @@ func stringFromBytes(x struct {
 	return _string{ptr: (*byte)(buf), length: x.len}
 }
 
-func stringFromBytesTyped(x []byte) string {
-	slice := *(*struct {
-		ptr *byte
-		len uintptr
-		cap uintptr
-	})(unsafe.Pointer(&x))
-	s := stringFromBytes(slice)
-	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
-}
-
 // Convert a string to a []byte slice.
 func stringToBytes(x _string) (slice struct {
 	ptr *byte
@@ -101,12 +91,6 @@ func stringToBytes(x _string) (slice struct {
 	return
 }
 
-func stringToBytesTyped(x string) []byte {
-	s := *(*_string)(unsafe.Pointer(&x))
-	slice := stringToBytes(s)
-	return *(*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&slice))
-}
-
 // Convert a []rune slice to a string.
 func stringFromRunes(runeSlice []rune) (s _string) {
 	// Count the number of characters that will be in the string.