diff --git a/id.go b/id.go
index 2e3df9dbd7..125c177f56 100644
--- a/id.go
+++ b/id.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package influxdb
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/hex"
-	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"unsafe"
 )
@@ -83,13 +82,7 @@ func (i *ID) Decode(b []byte) error {
 }
 
 func unsafeBytesToString(in []byte) string {
-	src := *(*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&in))
-	dst := reflect.StringHeader{
-		Data: src.Data,
-		Len:  src.Len,
-	}
-	s := *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&dst))
-	return s
+	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in))
 }
 
 // DecodeFromString parses s as a hex-encoded string.
diff --git a/models/inline_strconv_parse.go b/models/inline_strconv_parse.go
index 8db4837384..0ad5468994 100644
--- a/models/inline_strconv_parse.go
+++ b/models/inline_strconv_parse.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package models // import "github.com/influxdata/influxdb/models"
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"unsafe"
 )
@@ -30,15 +29,6 @@ func parseBoolBytes(b []byte) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 // unsafeBytesToString converts a []byte to a string without a heap allocation.
-//
-// It is unsafe, and is intended to prepare input to short-lived functions
-// that require strings.
 func unsafeBytesToString(in []byte) string {
-	src := *(*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&in))
-	dst := reflect.StringHeader{
-		Data: src.Data,
-		Len:  src.Len,
-	}
-	s := *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&dst))
-	return s
+	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&in))
 }