diff --git a/src/emit/expression.rs b/src/emit/expression.rs
index 0e22009db..696ecc928 100644
--- a/src/emit/expression.rs
+++ b/src/emit/expression.rs
@@ -137,9 +137,7 @@ pub(super) fn expression<'a, T: TargetRuntime<'a> + ?Sized>(
                         bin.llvm_type(&Type::Bytes(bs.len() as u8), ns)
                             .ptr_type(AddressSpace::default())
                             .into(),
-                        bin.context
-                            .custom_width_int_type(ns.value_length as u32)
-                            .into(),
+                        bin.context.i64_type().into(),
                     ],
                     false,
                 );
@@ -148,7 +146,7 @@ pub(super) fn expression<'a, T: TargetRuntime<'a> + ?Sized>(
                     .const_named_struct(&[
                         data.into(),
                         bin.context
-                            .custom_width_int_type(ns.value_length as u32)
+                            .i64_type()
                             .const_int(bs.len() as u64, false)
                             .into(),
                     ])