diff --git a/helper_crates/vtable/src/lib.rs b/helper_crates/vtable/src/lib.rs
index f87eb77bc..02cb1a0e1 100644
--- a/helper_crates/vtable/src/lib.rs
+++ b/helper_crates/vtable/src/lib.rs
@@ -296,11 +296,6 @@ impl<'a, T: ?Sized + VTableMeta> VRef<'a, T> {
             None
         }
     }
-
-    /// Return a Pin reference to the target, with the same lifetime
-    pub fn as_pin_ref(this: Pin<Self>) -> Pin<&'a T::Target> {
-        unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(&*Pin::into_inner_unchecked(this).inner.deref::<T>()) }
-    }
 }
 
 /// `VRefMut<'a MyTraitVTable>` can be thought as a `&'a mut dyn MyTrait`
@@ -376,15 +371,6 @@ impl<'a, T: ?Sized + VTableMeta> VRefMut<'a, T> {
             None
         }
     }
-
-    /// Return a Pin reference to the target, with the same lifetime
-    pub fn as_pin_ref(this: Pin<Self>) -> Pin<&'a mut T::Target> {
-        unsafe {
-            Pin::new_unchecked(
-                &mut *(Pin::into_inner_unchecked(this).inner.deref::<T>() as *mut T::Target),
-            )
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 /** Creates a `VRef` or a `VRefMut` suitable for an instance that implements the trait
diff --git a/sixtyfps_runtime/interpreter/dynamic_component.rs b/sixtyfps_runtime/interpreter/dynamic_component.rs
index 0f9ba7137..b66b2a938 100644
--- a/sixtyfps_runtime/interpreter/dynamic_component.rs
+++ b/sixtyfps_runtime/interpreter/dynamic_component.rs
@@ -224,7 +224,10 @@ impl Component for ErasedComponentBox {
         self.borrow().as_ref().apply_layout(r)
     }
     fn get_item_ref<'a>(self: Pin<&'a Self>, index: usize) -> Pin<ItemRef<'a>> {
-        vtable::VRef::as_pin_ref(self.get_ref().borrow()).get_item_ref(index)
+        // We're having difficulties transferring the lifetime to a pinned reference
+        // to the other ComponentVTable with the same life time. So skip the vtable
+        // indirection and call our implementation directly.
+        unsafe { get_item_ref(self.get_ref().borrow(), index) }
     }
 }