diff --git a/R/fonts.R b/R/fonts.R
index e618c30..5316ac2 100644
--- a/R/fonts.R
+++ b/R/fonts.R
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ validate_user_alias <- function(default_name, family) {
     cli::cli_abort("{.arg family} must can only include elements named {r_font_faces}")
   }
 
-  is_alias_object <- vapply_lgl(family, is_user_alias)
-  is_alias_plain <- vapply_lgl(family, is_scalar_character)
+  is_alias_object <- vapply(family, is_user_alias, logical(1))
+  is_alias_plain <- vapply(family, is_scalar_character, logical(1))
 
   is_valid_alias <- is_alias_object | is_alias_plain
   if (any(!is_valid_alias)) {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ validate_user_alias <- function(default_name, family) {
     obj$file %||% obj$ttf
   })
 
-  file_exists <- vapply_lgl(files, file.exists)
+  file_exists <- vapply(files, file.exists, logical(1))
   if (any(!file_exists)) {
     missing <- unlist(files)[!file_exists]
     cli::cli_abort("Could not find the following font file{?s}: {missing}")
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 34155b2..71ff361 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -18,44 +18,22 @@ plot_dim <- function(dim = c(NA, NA)) {
   dim
 }
 
-vapply_chr <- function(.x, .f, ...) {
-  vapply(.x, .f, character(1), ...)
-}
-vapply_lgl <- function(.x, .f, ...) {
-  vapply(.x, .f, logical(1), ...)
-}
 lapply_if <- function(.x, .p, .f, ...) {
   if (!is.logical(.p)) {
-    .p <- vapply_lgl(.x, .p)
+    .p <- vapply(.x, .p, logical(1))
   }
   .x[.p] <- lapply(.x[.p], .f, ...)
   .x
 }
-keep <- function(.x, .p, ...) {
-  .x[vapply_lgl(.x, .p, ...)]
-}
 compact <- function(x) {
   Filter(length, x)
 }
-is_scalar_character <- function(x) {
-  is.character(x) && length(x) == 1
-}
-names2 <- function(x) {
-  names(x) %||% rep("", length(x))
-}
 ilapply <- function(.x, .f, ...) {
   idx <- names(.x) %||% seq_along(.x)
   out <- Map(.f, names(.x), .x, ...)
   names(out) <- names(.x)
   out
 }
-ilapply_if <- function(.x, .p, .f, ...) {
-  if (!is.logical(.p)) {
-    .p <- vapply_lgl(.x, .p)
-  }
-  .x[.p] <- ilapply(.x[.p], .f, ...)
-  .x
-}
 set_names <- function(x, nm = x) {
   stats::setNames(x, nm)
 }