diff --git a/crates/libs/bindgen/src/lib.rs b/crates/libs/bindgen/src/lib.rs
index 1ab31d442e..5a8b5ef1f7 100644
--- a/crates/libs/bindgen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/libs/bindgen/src/lib.rs
@@ -257,11 +257,3 @@ fn extension(path: &str) -> &str {
 fn directory(path: &str) -> &str {
     path.rsplit_once(&['/', '\\']).map_or("", |(directory, _)| directory)
 }
-
-fn trim_tick(name: &str) -> &str {
-    if name.as_bytes().iter().rev().nth(1) == Some(&b'`') {
-        &name[..name.len() - 2]
-    } else {
-        name
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/libs/bindgen/src/tokens/mod.rs b/crates/libs/bindgen/src/tokens/mod.rs
index e5f019a8b9..12a54142fa 100644
--- a/crates/libs/bindgen/src/tokens/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/libs/bindgen/src/tokens/mod.rs
@@ -438,6 +438,6 @@ pub fn to_ident(name: &str) -> TokenStream {
         "abstract" | "as" | "become" | "box" | "break" | "const" | "continue" | "crate" | "do" | "else" | "enum" | "extern" | "false" | "final" | "fn" | "for" | "if" | "impl" | "in" | "let" | "loop" | "macro" | "match" | "mod" | "move" | "mut" | "override" | "priv" | "pub" | "ref" | "return" | "static" | "struct" | "super" | "trait" | "true" | "type" | "typeof" | "unsafe" | "unsized" | "use" | "virtual" | "where" | "while" | "yield" | "try" | "async" | "await" | "dyn" => format!("r#{name}").into(),
         "Self" | "self" => format!("{name}_").into(),
         "_" => "unused".into(),
-        _ => crate::trim_tick(name).into(),
+        _ => name.into(),
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/libs/metadata/src/lib.rs b/crates/libs/metadata/src/lib.rs
index 2484783510..15220b1783 100644
--- a/crates/libs/metadata/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/libs/metadata/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,14 +73,6 @@ pub fn coded_index_size(tables: &[usize]) -> usize {
     }
 }
 
-fn trim_tick(name: &str) -> &str {
-    if name.as_bytes().iter().rev().nth(1) == Some(&b'`') {
-        &name[..name.len() - 2]
-    } else {
-        name
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Value {
     Bool(bool),
diff --git a/crates/libs/metadata/src/reader.rs b/crates/libs/metadata/src/reader.rs
index d60c98ba95..3445a7ad2b 100644
--- a/crates/libs/metadata/src/reader.rs
+++ b/crates/libs/metadata/src/reader.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl Reader {
                         namespace_items.entry(field.name()).or_default().push(Item::Const(field));
                     }
                 } else {
-                    namespace_items.entry(trim_tick(name)).or_default().push(Item::Type(def));
+                    namespace_items.entry(name).or_default().push(Item::Type(def));
 
                     // TODO: these should all be fields on the Apis class so we don't have to go looking for all of these as well.
                     if def.extends() == Some(TypeName::Enum) && !def.flags().contains(TypeAttributes::WindowsRuntime) && !def.has_attribute("ScopedEnumAttribute") {
diff --git a/crates/libs/metadata/src/tables.rs b/crates/libs/metadata/src/tables.rs
index 4efce73d81..d7e3ad6086 100644
--- a/crates/libs/metadata/src/tables.rs
+++ b/crates/libs/metadata/src/tables.rs
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ impl TypeDef {
     }
 
     pub fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
-        self.str(1)
+        trim_tick(self.str(1))
     }
 
     pub fn namespace(&self) -> &'static str {
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ impl TypeDef {
 
 impl TypeRef {
     pub fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
-        self.str(1)
+        trim_tick(self.str(1))
     }
 
     pub fn namespace(&self) -> &'static str {
@@ -410,3 +410,11 @@ impl TypeRef {
         self.decode(0)
     }
 }
+
+fn trim_tick(name: &str) -> &str {
+    if name.as_bytes().iter().rev().nth(1) == Some(&b'`') {
+        &name[..name.len() - 2]
+    } else {
+        name
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/libs/metadata/src/type_name.rs b/crates/libs/metadata/src/type_name.rs
index 2740b153d4..431e0f3f97 100644
--- a/crates/libs/metadata/src/type_name.rs
+++ b/crates/libs/metadata/src/type_name.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #![allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
 
-use super::*;
-
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Ord, PartialOrd)]
 pub struct TypeName {
     pub namespace: &'static str,
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ impl TypeName {
     }
 
     pub fn new(namespace: &'static str, name: &'static str) -> Self {
-        Self { namespace, name: trim_tick(name) }
+        Self { namespace, name }
     }
 
     pub fn parse(full_name: &'static str) -> Self {
diff --git a/crates/tests/standalone/build.rs b/crates/tests/standalone/build.rs
index dd15b53220..8af6e7a589 100644
--- a/crates/tests/standalone/build.rs
+++ b/crates/tests/standalone/build.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ fn write_no_inner_attr(output: &str, filter: &[&str]) {
 }
 
 fn riddle(output: &str, filter: &[&str], config: &[&str]) {
-    std::fs::remove_file(output).expect("Failed to delete output");
+    _ = std::fs::remove_file(output);
 
     let mut command = std::process::Command::new("cargo");