diff --git a/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/utils.zig b/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/utils.zig
index 79ae4200fa..27cf111f16 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/utils.zig
+++ b/crates/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/utils.zig
@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@ inline fn decref_ptr_to_refcount(
     }
 }
 
-pub export fn isUnique(
+pub fn isUnique(
     bytes_or_null: ?[*]u8,
-) bool {
+) callconv(.C) bool {
     var bytes = bytes_or_null orelse return true;
 
     const ptr = @ptrToInt(bytes);
diff --git a/crates/compiler/gen_llvm/src/llvm/lowlevel.rs b/crates/compiler/gen_llvm/src/llvm/lowlevel.rs
index d57253de2a..9883cce585 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/gen_llvm/src/llvm/lowlevel.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/gen_llvm/src/llvm/lowlevel.rs
@@ -1252,8 +1252,15 @@ pub(crate) fn run_low_level<'a, 'ctx, 'env>(
         }
 
         RefCountIsUnique => {
-            arguments!(input);
-            call_bitcode_fn(env, &[input], &bitcode::UTILS_IS_UNIQUE)
+            arguments!(data_ptr);
+
+            let ptr = env.builder.build_pointer_cast(
+                data_ptr.into_pointer_value(),
+                env.context.i8_type().ptr_type(AddressSpace::default()),
+                "cast_to_i8_ptr",
+            );
+
+            call_bitcode_fn(env, &[ptr.into()], &bitcode::UTILS_IS_UNIQUE)
         }
 
         Unreachable => match RocReturn::from_layout(env, layout_interner, layout) {
diff --git a/crates/compiler/mono/src/code_gen_help/refcount.rs b/crates/compiler/mono/src/code_gen_help/refcount.rs
index 1bac15153e..4d35b879c0 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/mono/src/code_gen_help/refcount.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/mono/src/code_gen_help/refcount.rs
@@ -194,11 +194,8 @@ pub fn refcount_reset_proc_body<'a>(
     layout: InLayout<'a>,
     structure: Symbol,
 ) -> Stmt<'a> {
-    let rc_ptr = root.create_symbol(ident_ids, "rc_ptr");
-    let rc = root.create_symbol(ident_ids, "rc");
-    let refcount_1 = root.create_symbol(ident_ids, "refcount_1");
-    let is_unique = root.create_symbol(ident_ids, "is_unique");
     let addr = root.create_symbol(ident_ids, "addr");
+    let is_unique = root.create_symbol(ident_ids, "is_unique");
 
     let union_layout = match layout_interner.get(layout) {
         Layout::Union(u) => u,
@@ -208,7 +205,6 @@ pub fn refcount_reset_proc_body<'a>(
     // Whenever we recurse into a child layout we will want to Decrement
     ctx.op = HelperOp::Dec;
     ctx.recursive_union = Some(union_layout);
-    let recursion_ptr = layout_interner.insert(Layout::RecursivePointer(layout));
 
     // Reset structure is unique. Decrement its children and return a pointer to the allocation.
     let then_stmt = {
@@ -313,69 +309,26 @@ pub fn refcount_reset_proc_body<'a>(
         ))
     };
 
-    let if_stmt = Stmt::Switch {
+    let if_stmt = root.arena.alloc(Stmt::Switch {
         cond_symbol: is_unique,
         cond_layout: LAYOUT_BOOL,
         branches: root.arena.alloc([(1, BranchInfo::None, then_stmt)]),
         default_branch: (BranchInfo::None, root.arena.alloc(else_stmt)),
         ret_layout: layout,
-    };
+    });
 
-    // Uniqueness test
-    let is_unique_stmt = {
-        let_lowlevel(
-            root.arena,
-            LAYOUT_BOOL,
-            is_unique,
-            Eq,
-            &[rc, refcount_1],
-            root.arena.alloc(if_stmt),
-        )
-    };
-
-    // Constant for unique refcount
-    let refcount_1_encoded = match root.target_info.ptr_width() {
-        PtrWidth::Bytes4 => i32::MIN as i128,
-        PtrWidth::Bytes8 => i64::MIN as i128,
-    }
-    .to_ne_bytes();
-    let refcount_1_expr = Expr::Literal(Literal::Int(refcount_1_encoded));
-    let refcount_1_stmt = Stmt::Let(
-        refcount_1,
-        refcount_1_expr,
-        root.layout_isize,
-        root.arena.alloc(is_unique_stmt),
-    );
-
-    // Refcount value
-    let rc_expr = Expr::UnionAtIndex {
-        structure: rc_ptr,
-        tag_id: 0,
-        union_layout: root.union_refcount,
-        index: 0,
-    };
-    let rc_stmt = Stmt::Let(
-        rc,
-        rc_expr,
-        root.layout_isize,
-        root.arena.alloc(refcount_1_stmt),
-    );
-
-    // Refcount pointer
-    let rc_ptr_stmt = {
-        rc_ptr_from_data_ptr_help(
-            root,
-            ident_ids,
-            structure,
-            rc_ptr,
-            union_layout.stores_tag_id_in_pointer(root.target_info),
-            root.arena.alloc(rc_stmt),
-            addr,
-            recursion_ptr,
-        )
-    };
-
-    rc_ptr_stmt
+    Stmt::Let(
+        is_unique,
+        Expr::Call(Call {
+            call_type: CallType::LowLevel {
+                op: LowLevel::RefCountIsUnique,
+                update_mode: UpdateModeId::BACKEND_DUMMY,
+            },
+            arguments: root.arena.alloc([structure]),
+        }),
+        Layout::BOOL,
+        if_stmt,
+    )
 }
 
 pub fn refcount_resetref_proc_body<'a>(
diff --git a/crates/compiler/mono/src/drop_specialization.rs b/crates/compiler/mono/src/drop_specialization.rs
index 00e7d0e368..f5e76f457c 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/mono/src/drop_specialization.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/mono/src/drop_specialization.rs
@@ -326,9 +326,7 @@ fn specialize_drops_stmt<'a, 'i>(
                             symbol,
                             continuation,
                         ),
-                        Layout::LambdaSet(_) => {
-                            unreachable!("lambda sets should not be a runtime layout")
-                        }
+                        // TODO: lambda sets should not be reachable, yet they are.
                         // TODO: Implement this with uniqueness checks.
                         _ => {
                             let new_continuation = specialize_drops_stmt(
@@ -905,8 +903,8 @@ where
         let join = arena.alloc(Stmt::Join {
             id: join_id,
             parameters: arena.alloc([]),
-            body: switch,
-            remainder: continutation,
+            body: continutation,
+            remainder: switch,
         });
 
         join