diff --git a/FlyingSocks/Sources/AsyncSocket.swift b/FlyingSocks/Sources/AsyncSocket.swift
index 76e5f55..7209c1c 100644
--- a/FlyingSocks/Sources/AsyncSocket.swift
+++ b/FlyingSocks/Sources/AsyncSocket.swift
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public struct AsyncSocket: Sendable {
         message: [UInt8],
         to peerAddress: some SocketAddress,
         interfaceIndex: UInt32? = nil,
-        from localAddress: (some SocketAddress)? = nil
+        from localAddress: (any SocketAddress)? = nil
     ) async throws {
         let sent = try await pool.loopUntilReady(for: .write, on: socket) {
             try socket.send(message: message, to: peerAddress, interfaceIndex: interfaceIndex, from: localAddress)
@@ -251,19 +251,11 @@ public struct AsyncSocket: Sendable {
     }
 
     public func send(message: Message) async throws {
-        let localAddress: AnySocketAddress?
-
-        if let unwrappedLocalAddress = message.localAddress {
-            localAddress = AnySocketAddress(unwrappedLocalAddress)
-        } else {
-            localAddress = nil
-        }
-
         try await send(
             message: message.bytes,
-            to: AnySocketAddress(message.peerAddress),
+            to: message.peerAddress,
             interfaceIndex: message.interfaceIndex,
-            from: localAddress
+            from: message.localAddress
         )
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/FlyingSocks/Sources/Socket.swift b/FlyingSocks/Sources/Socket.swift
index 58dbd47..7b6669d 100644
--- a/FlyingSocks/Sources/Socket.swift
+++ b/FlyingSocks/Sources/Socket.swift
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ public struct Socket: Sendable, Hashable {
         message: [UInt8],
         to peerAddress: some SocketAddress,
         interfaceIndex: UInt32? = nil,
-        from localAddress: (some SocketAddress)? = nil
+        from localAddress: (any SocketAddress)? = nil
     ) throws -> Int {
         try message.withUnsafeBytes { buffer in
             try send(
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ public struct Socket: Sendable, Hashable {
         flags: Int32,
         to peerAddress: some SocketAddress,
         interfaceIndex: UInt32? = nil,
-        from localAddress: (some SocketAddress)? = nil
+        from localAddress: (any SocketAddress)? = nil
     ) throws -> Int {
         var iov = iovec()
         var msg = msghdr()
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ fileprivate extension Socket {
     static func withPacketInfoControl<T>(
         family: sa_family_t,
         interfaceIndex: UInt32?,
-        address: (some SocketAddress)?,
+        address: (any SocketAddress)?,
         _ body: (UnsafePointer<cmsghdr>?, ControlMessageHeaderLengthType) -> T
     ) -> T {
         switch Int32(family) {
diff --git a/FlyingSocks/Sources/SocketAddress.swift b/FlyingSocks/Sources/SocketAddress.swift
index 91da616..f7efd94 100644
--- a/FlyingSocks/Sources/SocketAddress.swift
+++ b/FlyingSocks/Sources/SocketAddress.swift
@@ -227,18 +227,6 @@ extension Socket {
     }
 }
 
-public struct AnySocketAddress: Sendable, SocketAddress {
-    public static var family: sa_family_t {
-        sa_family_t(AF_UNSPEC)
-    }
-
-    private var storage: sockaddr_storage
-
-    public init(_ sa: any SocketAddress) {
-        storage = sa.makeStorage()
-    }
-}
-
 public extension SocketAddress {
     func withSockAddr<T>(_ body: (_ sa: UnsafePointer<sockaddr>) throws -> T) rethrows -> T {
         try withUnsafePointer(to: self) {
diff --git a/FlyingSocks/Tests/SocketAddressTests.swift b/FlyingSocks/Tests/SocketAddressTests.swift
index 39bbbfb..14ce1e8 100644
--- a/FlyingSocks/Tests/SocketAddressTests.swift
+++ b/FlyingSocks/Tests/SocketAddressTests.swift
@@ -332,41 +332,6 @@ struct SocketAddressTests {
             }
         }
     }
-
-    @Test
-    func testTypeErasedSockAddress() throws {
-        var addrIn6 = sockaddr_in6()
-        addrIn6.sin6_family = sa_family_t(AF_INET6)
-        addrIn6.sin6_port = UInt16(9090).bigEndian
-        addrIn6.sin6_addr = try Socket.makeInAddr(fromIP6: "fe80::1")
-
-        let storage = AnySocketAddress(addrIn6)
-
-        #expect(storage.family == sa_family_t(AF_INET6))
-        #expect(storage.family == addrIn6.sin6_family)
-
-        withUnsafeBytes(of: addrIn6) { addrIn6Ptr in
-            let storagePtr = addrIn6Ptr.bindMemory(to: sockaddr_storage.self)
-            #expect(storagePtr.baseAddress!.pointee.ss_family == sa_family_t(AF_INET6))
-            let sockaddrIn6Ptr = addrIn6Ptr.bindMemory(to: sockaddr_in6.self)
-            #expect(sockaddrIn6Ptr.baseAddress!.pointee.sin6_port == addrIn6.sin6_port)
-            let addrArray = withUnsafeBytes(of: sockaddrIn6Ptr.baseAddress!.pointee.sin6_addr) {
-                Array($0.bindMemory(to: UInt8.self))
-            }
-            let expectedArray = withUnsafeBytes(of: addrIn6.sin6_addr) {
-                Array($0.bindMemory(to: UInt8.self))
-            }
-            #expect(addrArray == expectedArray)
-        }
-
-        storage.withSockAddr { sa in
-            #expect(sa.pointee.sa_family == sa_family_t(AF_INET6))
-        }
-
-        addrIn6.withSockAddr { sa in
-            #expect(sa.pointee.sa_family == sa_family_t(AF_INET6))
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 // this is a bit ugly but necessary to get unknown_CheckSize() to function