diff --git a/lib/api/src/sys/externals/memory.rs b/lib/api/src/sys/externals/memory.rs
index 0f880b07faa..b5b6ba5cc7e 100644
--- a/lib/api/src/sys/externals/memory.rs
+++ b/lib/api/src/sys/externals/memory.rs
@@ -226,11 +226,6 @@ impl Memory {
         unsafe { MemoryView::new(base as _, length as u32) }
     }
 
-    /// A uint8view
-    pub fn uint8view(&self) -> MemoryView<u8> {
-        self.view()
-    }
-
     pub(crate) fn from_vm_export(store: &Store, vm_memory: VMMemory) -> Self {
         Self {
             store: store.clone(),
diff --git a/lib/wasi/src/syscalls/mod.rs b/lib/wasi/src/syscalls/mod.rs
index b9537099ab1..958428d5e63 100644
--- a/lib/wasi/src/syscalls/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/wasi/src/syscalls/mod.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ fn read_bytes<T: Read>(
         bytes_read += reader.read(&mut raw_bytes).map_err(|_| __WASI_EIO)? as u32;
         unsafe {
             memory
-                .uint8view()
+                .view::<u8>()
                 .subarray(
                     iov_inner.buf as u32,
                     iov_inner.buf as u32 + iov_inner.buf_len as u32,
@@ -2530,7 +2530,7 @@ pub fn random_get(env: &WasiEnv, buf: u32, buf_len: u32) -> __wasi_errno_t {
         Ok(()) => {
             unsafe {
                 memory
-                    .uint8view()
+                    .view::<u8>()
                     .subarray(buf as u32, (buf as u32 + buf_len as u32))
                     .copy_from(&u8_buffer);
             }