diff --git a/compiler/ident/src/lib.rs b/compiler/ident/src/lib.rs
index 6c4163e5d4..21e5a64063 100644
--- a/compiler/ident/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/ident/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use core::convert::From;
 use core::{fmt, mem, ptr, slice};
 use std::alloc::{alloc, dealloc, Layout};
 use std::os::raw::c_char;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 
 /// A string which can store identifiers using the small string optimization.
 /// It relies on the invariant that it cannot store null characters to store
@@ -102,13 +103,8 @@ impl IdentStr {
         unsafe { mem::transmute::<[u8; mem::size_of::<Self>()], Self>(bytes) }
     }
 
-    pub fn from_array_string(
-        array_string: arrayvec::ArrayString<{ Self::SMALL_STR_BYTES }>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        Self::small_str_from_bytes(array_string.as_bytes())
-    }
-
-    fn from_str(str: &str) -> Self {
+    #[allow(clippy::should_implement_trait)]
+    pub fn from_str(str: &str) -> Self {
         let slice = str.as_bytes();
         let len = slice.len();
 
diff --git a/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs b/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs
index c7938a629c..46b5f25be5 100644
--- a/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs
+++ b/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs
@@ -636,12 +636,15 @@ impl IdentIds {
     pub fn gen_unique(&mut self) -> IdentId {
         use std::fmt::Write;
 
-        let mut temp: arrayvec::ArrayString<15> = arrayvec::ArrayString::new();
-        write!(temp, "{}", self.next_generated_name).unwrap();
-        let ident = Ident(IdentStr::from_array_string(temp));
-
+        let index: u32 = self.next_generated_name;
         self.next_generated_name += 1;
 
+        // "4294967296" is 10 characters
+        let mut buffer: arrayvec::ArrayString<10> = arrayvec::ArrayString::new();
+
+        write!(buffer, "{}", index).unwrap();
+        let ident = Ident(IdentStr::from_str(buffer.as_str()));
+
         self.add(ident)
     }