diff --git a/core/mem/mem.odin b/core/mem/mem.odin
index 6a43bfd03..ddf9e9637 100644
--- a/core/mem/mem.odin
+++ b/core/mem/mem.odin
@@ -139,12 +139,13 @@ slice_ptr :: proc(ptr: ^$T, len: int) -> []T {
 	return transmute([]T)Raw_Slice{data = ptr, len = len};
 }
 
-byte_slice :: slice_ptr_to_bytes;
-slice_ptr_to_bytes :: #force_inline proc "contextless" (data: rawptr, len: int) -> (res: []byte) {
-	r := (^Raw_Slice)(&res);
-	r.data, r.len = data, min(len, 0);
-	return;
+byte_slice :: #force_inline proc "contextless" (data: rawptr, len: int) -> []byte {
+	return transmute([]u8)Raw_Slice{data=data, len=max(len, 0)};
 }
+slice_ptr_to_bytes :: proc(data: rawptr, len: int) -> []byte {
+	return transmute([]u8)Raw_Slice{data=data, len=max(len, 0)};
+}
+
 
 slice_to_bytes :: proc(slice: $E/[]$T) -> []byte {
 	s := transmute(Raw_Slice)slice;
diff --git a/core/os/os.odin b/core/os/os.odin
index 5ff3dbd9f..6913b9277 100644
--- a/core/os/os.odin
+++ b/core/os/os.odin
@@ -134,12 +134,6 @@ read_ptr :: proc(fd: Handle, data: rawptr, len: int) -> (int, Errno) {
 heap_allocator_proc :: proc(allocator_data: rawptr, mode: mem.Allocator_Mode,
                             size, alignment: int,
                             old_memory: rawptr, old_size: int, loc := #caller_location) -> ([]byte, mem.Allocator_Error) {
-	byte_slice :: #force_inline proc "contextless" (data: rawptr, len: int) -> (res: []byte) {
-		r := (^mem.Raw_Slice)(&res);
-		r.data, r.len = data, len;
-		return;
-	}
-
 	//
 	// NOTE(tetra, 2020-01-14): The heap doesn't respect alignment.
 	// Instead, we overallocate by `alignment + size_of(rawptr) - 1`, and insert
@@ -170,7 +164,7 @@ heap_allocator_proc :: proc(allocator_data: rawptr, mode: mem.Allocator_Mode,
 		aligned_mem = rawptr(aligned_ptr);
 		mem.ptr_offset((^rawptr)(aligned_mem), -1)^ = allocated_mem;
 
-		return byte_slice(aligned_mem, size), .None;
+		return mem.byte_slice(aligned_mem, size), nil;
 	}
 
 	aligned_free :: proc(p: rawptr) {
@@ -207,7 +201,7 @@ heap_allocator_proc :: proc(allocator_data: rawptr, mode: mem.Allocator_Mode,
 		if set != nil {
 			set^ = {.Alloc, .Free, .Resize, .Query_Features};
 		}
-		return byte_slice(set, size_of(set^)), .None;
+		return nil, nil;
 
 	case .Query_Info:
 		return nil, nil;
diff --git a/core/runtime/default_allocators.odin b/core/runtime/default_allocators.odin
index 64229ec6c..b47e60659 100644
--- a/core/runtime/default_allocators.odin
+++ b/core/runtime/default_allocators.odin
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@ when ODIN_DEFAULT_TO_NIL_ALLOCATOR || ODIN_OS == "freestanding" {
 }
 
 @(private)
-byte_slice :: #force_inline proc "contextless" (data: rawptr, len: int) -> (res: []byte) {
-	r := (^Raw_Slice)(&res);
-	r.data, r.len = data, len;
-	return;
+byte_slice :: #force_inline proc "contextless" (data: rawptr, len: int) -> []byte {
+	return transmute([]u8)Raw_Slice{data=data, len=max(len, 0)};
 }