diff --git a/src/copy.inl b/src/copy.inl
index ad0ad3f..47771d4 100644
--- a/src/copy.inl
+++ b/src/copy.inl
@@ -13,21 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 #include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
 
 static void copy(char *__restrict dst, const char *src, size_t count) {
-  size_t offset = 0;
-
-#define CHUNK_COPY(TYPE)                                     \
-  while (count - offset >= sizeof(TYPE)) {                   \
-    *(TYPE *)(dst + offset) = *(const TYPE *)(src + offset); \
-    offset += sizeof(TYPE);                                  \
-  }
-
-  CHUNK_COPY(uint64_t)
-  CHUNK_COPY(uint32_t)
-  CHUNK_COPY(uint16_t)
-  CHUNK_COPY(uint8_t)
-
-#undef CHUNK_COPY
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) dst[i] = src[i];
 }
diff --git a/src/equals.inl b/src/equals.inl
index 8a80a6c..67a115f 100644
--- a/src/equals.inl
+++ b/src/equals.inl
@@ -14,24 +14,9 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
 
 static bool equals(const char *lhs, const char *rhs, size_t count) {
-  size_t offset = 0;
-
-#define CHUNK_EQUALS(TYPE)                  \
-  while (count - offset >= sizeof(TYPE)) {  \
-    TYPE l = *(const TYPE *)(lhs + offset); \
-    TYPE r = *(const TYPE *)(rhs + offset); \
-    if (l != r) return false;               \
-    offset += sizeof(TYPE);                 \
-  }
-
-  CHUNK_EQUALS(uint64_t)
-  CHUNK_EQUALS(uint32_t)
-  CHUNK_EQUALS(uint16_t)
-  CHUNK_EQUALS(uint8_t)
-#undef CHUNK_EQUALS
-
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i)
+    if (lhs[i] != rhs[i]) return false;
   return true;
 }