diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
index 7cf1918..61d01d0 100644
--- a/src/message.rs
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ pub trait Message: Serialize + for<'de> Deserialize<'de> + Send + Sync + 'static
 /// Req<M> is cheaply clonable to allow the request to be sent to different
 /// peers (Clone will panic if the stream is a ByteStream).
 pub struct Req<M: Message> {
-	pub(crate) _phantom: PhantomData<M>,
 	pub(crate) msg: Arc<M>,
 	pub(crate) msg_ser: Option<Bytes>,
 	pub(crate) stream: AttachedStream,
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ impl<M: Message> Req<M> {
 	pub(crate) fn from_enc(enc: ReqEnc) -> Result<Self, rmp_serde::decode::Error> {
 		let msg = rmp_serde::decode::from_read_ref(&enc.msg)?;
 		Ok(Req {
-			_phantom: Default::default(),
 			msg: Arc::new(msg),
 			msg_ser: Some(enc.msg),
 			stream: enc
@@ -124,7 +122,6 @@ impl<M: Message> IntoReq<M> for M {
 	fn into_req(self) -> Result<Req<M>, rmp_serde::encode::Error> {
 		let msg_ser = rmp_to_vec_all_named(&self)?;
 		Ok(Req {
-			_phantom: Default::default(),
 			msg: Arc::new(self),
 			msg_ser: Some(Bytes::from(msg_ser)),
 			stream: AttachedStream::None,
@@ -132,7 +129,6 @@ impl<M: Message> IntoReq<M> for M {
 	}
 	fn into_req_local(self) -> Req<M> {
 		Req {
-			_phantom: Default::default(),
 			msg: Arc::new(self),
 			msg_ser: None,
 			stream: AttachedStream::None,
@@ -159,7 +155,6 @@ impl<M: Message> Clone for Req<M> {
 			}
 		};
 		Self {
-			_phantom: Default::default(),
 			msg: self.msg.clone(),
 			msg_ser: self.msg_ser.clone(),
 			stream,
@@ -331,7 +326,7 @@ impl ReqEnc {
 		Self::decode_aux(stream).await.map_err(|_| Error::Framing)
 	}
 
-	pub(crate) async fn decode_aux(stream: ByteStream) -> Result<Self, ReadExactError> {
+	async fn decode_aux(stream: ByteStream) -> Result<Self, ReadExactError> {
 		let mut reader = ByteStreamReader::new(stream);
 
 		let prio = reader.read_u8().await?;
@@ -415,7 +410,7 @@ impl RespEnc {
 		Self::decode_aux(stream).await.map_err(|_| Error::Framing)
 	}
 
-	pub(crate) async fn decode_aux(stream: ByteStream) -> Result<Self, ReadExactError> {
+	async fn decode_aux(stream: ByteStream) -> Result<Self, ReadExactError> {
 		let mut reader = ByteStreamReader::new(stream);
 
 		let is_err = reader.read_u8().await?;