diff --git a/crates/core_simd/src/lane_count.rs b/crates/core_simd/src/lane_count.rs
index b017e7d137e308293c8ecd921674d33794565e27..4a5dc80049a9e2cd73b9b78cbd2bab9e4fc14be3 100644
--- a/crates/core_simd/src/lane_count.rs
+++ b/crates/core_simd/src/lane_count.rs
@@ -15,34 +15,25 @@ impl<const LANES: usize> LaneCount<LANES> {
 pub trait SupportedLaneCount: Sealed {
     #[doc(hidden)]
     type BitMask: Copy + Default + AsRef<[u8]> + AsMut<[u8]>;
-
-    #[doc(hidden)]
-    type IntBitMask;
 }
 
 impl<const LANES: usize> Sealed for LaneCount<LANES> {}
 
 impl SupportedLaneCount for LaneCount<1> {
     type BitMask = [u8; 1];
-    type IntBitMask = u8;
 }
 impl SupportedLaneCount for LaneCount<2> {
     type BitMask = [u8; 1];
-    type IntBitMask = u8;
 }
 impl SupportedLaneCount for LaneCount<4> {
     type BitMask = [u8; 1];
-    type IntBitMask = u8;
 }
 impl SupportedLaneCount for LaneCount<8> {
     type BitMask = [u8; 1];
-    type IntBitMask = u8;
 }
 impl SupportedLaneCount for LaneCount<16> {
     type BitMask = [u8; 2];
-    type IntBitMask = u16;
 }
 impl SupportedLaneCount for LaneCount<32> {
     type BitMask = [u8; 4];
-    type IntBitMask = u32;
 }
diff --git a/crates/core_simd/src/masks/bitmask.rs b/crates/core_simd/src/masks/bitmask.rs
index 2689e1a88a8c4b4256d0262244c0b6170489778b..45990e9ce5f97e6caf6e4fe7c3df54ffac5200ba 100644
--- a/crates/core_simd/src/masks/bitmask.rs
+++ b/crates/core_simd/src/masks/bitmask.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![allow(unused_imports)]
 use super::MaskElement;
 use crate::simd::intrinsics;
 use crate::simd::{LaneCount, Simd, SupportedLaneCount};
@@ -101,24 +102,17 @@ pub unsafe fn set_unchecked(&mut self, lane: usize, value: bool) {
     #[inline]
     pub fn to_int(self) -> Simd<T, LANES> {
         unsafe {
-            let mask: <LaneCount<LANES> as SupportedLaneCount>::IntBitMask =
-                core::mem::transmute_copy(&self);
-            intrinsics::simd_select_bitmask(mask, Simd::splat(T::TRUE), Simd::splat(T::FALSE))
+            crate::intrinsics::simd_select_bitmask(
+                self.0,
+                Simd::splat(T::TRUE),
+                Simd::splat(T::FALSE),
+            )
         }
     }
 
     #[inline]
     pub unsafe fn from_int_unchecked(value: Simd<T, LANES>) -> Self {
-        // TODO remove the transmute when rustc is more flexible
-        assert_eq!(
-            core::mem::size_of::<<LaneCount::<LANES> as SupportedLaneCount>::BitMask>(),
-            core::mem::size_of::<<LaneCount::<LANES> as SupportedLaneCount>::IntBitMask>(),
-        );
-        unsafe {
-            let mask: <LaneCount<LANES> as SupportedLaneCount>::IntBitMask =
-                intrinsics::simd_bitmask(value);
-            Self(core::mem::transmute_copy(&mask), PhantomData)
-        }
+        unsafe { Self(crate::intrinsics::simd_bitmask(value), PhantomData) }
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "generic_const_exprs")]
diff --git a/crates/core_simd/src/masks/full_masks.rs b/crates/core_simd/src/masks/full_masks.rs
index dd981cedb932b4c57681caebb9282a012780a375..0f1edf9d2f5eb4c96d5a64936bf9c08ce1443cef 100644
--- a/crates/core_simd/src/masks/full_masks.rs
+++ b/crates/core_simd/src/masks/full_masks.rs
@@ -106,15 +106,8 @@ pub fn convert<U>(self) -> Mask<U, LANES>
     #[inline]
     pub fn to_bitmask(self) -> [u8; LaneCount::<LANES>::BITMASK_LEN] {
         unsafe {
-            // TODO remove the transmute when rustc can use arrays of u8 as bitmasks
-            assert_eq!(
-                core::mem::size_of::<<LaneCount::<LANES> as SupportedLaneCount>::IntBitMask>(),
-                LaneCount::<LANES>::BITMASK_LEN,
-            );
-            let bitmask: <LaneCount<LANES> as SupportedLaneCount>::IntBitMask =
-                intrinsics::simd_bitmask(self.0);
             let mut bitmask: [u8; LaneCount::<LANES>::BITMASK_LEN] =
-                core::mem::transmute_copy(&bitmask);
+                crate::intrinsics::simd_bitmask(self.0);
 
             // There is a bug where LLVM appears to implement this operation with the wrong
             // bit order.
@@ -142,15 +135,7 @@ pub fn convert<U>(self) -> Mask<U, LANES>
                 }
             }
 
-            // TODO remove the transmute when rustc can use arrays of u8 as bitmasks
-            assert_eq!(
-                core::mem::size_of::<<LaneCount::<LANES> as SupportedLaneCount>::IntBitMask>(),
-                LaneCount::<LANES>::BITMASK_LEN,
-            );
-            let bitmask: <LaneCount<LANES> as SupportedLaneCount>::IntBitMask =
-                core::mem::transmute_copy(&bitmask);
-
-            Self::from_int_unchecked(intrinsics::simd_select_bitmask(
+            Self::from_int_unchecked(crate::intrinsics::simd_select_bitmask(
                 bitmask,
                 Self::splat(true).to_int(),
                 Self::splat(false).to_int(),