diff --git a/crates/libs/core/src/com_object.rs b/crates/libs/core/src/com_object.rs
index 36da08ae53..c26d64c727 100644
--- a/crates/libs/core/src/com_object.rs
+++ b/crates/libs/core/src/com_object.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl<T: ComObjectInner> ComObject<T> {
 
     /// Gets a reference to the shared object's heap box.
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn get_box(&self) -> &T::Outer {
+    fn get_box(&self) -> &T::Outer {
         unsafe { self.ptr.as_ref() }
     }
 
@@ -98,12 +98,6 @@ impl<T: ComObjectInner> ComObject<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns `true` if this reference is the only reference to the `ComObject`.
-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn is_exclusive_reference(&self) -> bool {
-        self.get_box().is_reference_count_one()
-    }
-
     /// If this object has only a single object reference (i.e. this [`ComObject`] is the only
     /// reference to the heap allocation), then this method will extract the inner `T`
     /// (and return it in an `Ok`) and then free the heap allocation.
@@ -111,7 +105,7 @@ impl<T: ComObjectInner> ComObject<T> {
     /// If there is more than one reference to this object, then this returns `Err(self)`.
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn take(self) -> Result<T, Self> {
-        if self.is_exclusive_reference() {
+        if self.is_reference_count_one() {
             let outer_box: Box<T::Outer> = unsafe { core::mem::transmute(self) };
             Ok(outer_box.into_inner())
         } else {
diff --git a/crates/libs/core/src/unknown.rs b/crates/libs/core/src/unknown.rs
index d8029e33ef..8817b57f8d 100644
--- a/crates/libs/core/src/unknown.rs
+++ b/crates/libs/core/src/unknown.rs
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ pub trait IUnknownImpl {
     /// Taking `&self` would violate Rust's rules on reference lifetime.
     unsafe fn Release(self_: *mut Self) -> u32;
 
-    unsafe fn destroy(self_: *mut Self);
-
     /// Returns `true` if the reference count of the box is equal to 1.
     fn is_reference_count_one(&self) -> bool;
 
diff --git a/crates/libs/implement/src/lib.rs b/crates/libs/implement/src/lib.rs
index e1ae3b09c4..3f6ec0c102 100644
--- a/crates/libs/implement/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/libs/implement/src/lib.rs
@@ -221,16 +221,11 @@ pub fn implement(attributes: proc_macro::TokenStream, original_type: proc_macro:
             unsafe fn Release(self_: *mut Self) -> u32 {
                 let remaining = (*self_).count.release();
                 if remaining == 0 {
-                    Self::destroy(self_);
+                    _ = ::windows_core::imp::Box::from_raw(self_ as *const Self as *mut Self);
                 }
                 remaining
             }
 
-            #[inline(never)]
-            unsafe fn destroy(self_: *mut Self) {
-                _ = ::windows_core::imp::Box::from_raw(self_ as *const Self as *mut Self);
-            }
-
             unsafe fn GetTrustLevel(&self, value: *mut i32) -> ::windows_core::HRESULT {
                 if value.is_null() {
                     return ::windows_core::imp::E_POINTER;