diff --git a/src/atomicsutils.jl b/src/atomicsutils.jl
index 3c70363..11feea9 100644
--- a/src/atomicsutils.jl
+++ b/src/atomicsutils.jl
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ end
         )
     else
         fptr = fieldpointer(obj, field)
-        vint = UInt(pointer_from_objref(value))
-        julia_write_barrier(value)
-        julia_write_barrier(obj, value)
-        GC.@preserve obj value begin
+        ref = Ref{Any}(value)
+        GC.@preserve obj ref begin
+            vint = unsafe_load(Ptr{UInt}(pointer_from_objref(ref)))
             UnsafeAtomics.store!(fptr, vint, order)
         end
     end
diff --git a/src/dict.jl b/src/dict.jl
index b28d93e..5a3525c 100644
--- a/src/dict.jl
+++ b/src/dict.jl
@@ -298,14 +298,14 @@ allocate_slot(::AbstractVector{<:AbstractPair}) = nothing
         # TODO: handle `Value isa Union`
         newvalueint = uint_from(value)
     end
-    ref = nothing
+    handle = nothing
     if Slot <: InlinedPair
         newkeyint = uint_from(Inlined{KeyUnion{Key}}(key))
     elseif key isa Moved{Key}
-        ref = Ref(key)
-        newkeyint = UInt(pointer_from_objref(ref))
-        julia_write_barrier(ref)
-        julia_write_barrier(root, ref)
+        handle = Ref{Any}(Ref(key))
+        GC.@preserve handle begin
+            newkeyint = unsafe_load(Ptr{UInt}(pointer_from_objref(handle)))
+        end
     else
         newkeyint = UInt(_pointer_from_objref(key))
     end
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ allocate_slot(::AbstractVector{<:AbstractPair}) = nothing
     ou = UIntType(oldvalueint)
     ou <<= fieldoffset(Slot, 2) * 8
     ou |= slotref.keyint
-    GC.@preserve ref begin
+    GC.@preserve handle begin
         fu = UnsafeAtomics.cas!(Ptr{typeof(nu)}(ptr), ou, nu)
     end
     # @show ou nu fu
@@ -361,11 +361,10 @@ allocate_slot(::AbstractVector{Slot}) where {Slot<:Ref} = Ref(Slot())
     ptr = slotref.ptr
     new_slot = new_slot_ref[]
     new_slot[] = value isa NoValue ? P(key) : P(key, value)
-    GC.@preserve new_slot_ref begin
-        ou = UInt(pointer_from_objref(slotref.ref))
+    ref = slotref.ref
+    GC.@preserve ref new_slot_ref begin
+        ou = UInt(pointer_from_objref(ref))
         nu = UInt(unsafe_load(Ptr{Ptr{Cvoid}}(pointer_from_objref(new_slot_ref))))
-        julia_write_barrier(new_slot)
-        julia_write_barrier(root, new_slot)
         fu = UnsafeAtomics.cas!(Ptr{typeof(nu)}(ptr), ou, nu)
     end
     return fu == ou
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index fd5b397..9949598 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -69,14 +69,6 @@ function padsize_for_cas(::Type{T}) where {T}
     end
 end
 
-function padded_type(::Type{T}) where {T}
-    Padded = IPadder{T,padsize_for_cas(T)}
-    if sizeof(Padded) > 16
-        @static_error("size of padded type is larger than 16 bytes")
-    end
-    return Padded
-end
-
 @inline function uint_for(::Type{T}) where {T}
     if sizeof(T) <= 1
         return UInt8
@@ -166,43 +158,6 @@ end
     end
 end
 
-@generated function julia_write_barrier(args::Vararg{Any,N}) where {N}
-    pointer_exprs = map(1:N) do i
-        :(_pointer_from_objref(args[$i]))
-    end
-    jlp = "{} addrspace(10)*"
-    llvm_args = string.("%", 0:N-1)
-    word = "i$(Base.Sys.WORD_SIZE)"
-    entry_sig = join(word .* " " .* llvm_args, ", ")
-    ptrs = string.("%ptr", 0:N-1)
-    wb_sig = join("$jlp " .* ptrs, ", ")
-    inttoptr = join(
-        (ptrs .* "_tmp = inttoptr $word " .* llvm_args .* " to {}*\n") .*
-        (ptrs .* " = addrspacecast {}* " .* ptrs .* "_tmp to $jlp"),
-        "\n",
-    )
-    IR = (
-        """
-        define void @entry($entry_sig) #0 {
-        top:
-            $inttoptr
-            call void ($jlp, ...) @julia.write_barrier($wb_sig)
-            ret void
-        }
-
-        declare void @julia.write_barrier($jlp, ...) #1
-
-        attributes #0 = { alwaysinline }
-        attributes #1 = { inaccessiblememonly norecurse nounwind }
-        """,
-        "entry",
-    )
-    quote
-        $(Expr(:meta, :inline))
-        Base.llvmcall($IR, Cvoid, NTuple{N,Ptr{Cvoid}}, $(pointer_exprs...))
-    end
-end
-
 @generated allocate_singleton_ref(::Type{T}) where {T} = Ref{Any}(T.instance)
 
 @inline function pointer_from_singleton(::T) where {T}