diff --git a/include/ircd/demangle.h b/include/ircd/demangle.h
index b558aca70..4dc387ccb 100644
--- a/include/ircd/demangle.h
+++ b/include/ircd/demangle.h
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #define HAVE_IRCD_DEMANGLE_H
 
-namespace ircd {
-inline namespace util
+namespace ircd
 {
 	IRCD_EXCEPTION(ircd::error, demangle_error)
 	IRCD_EXCEPTION(demangle_error, not_mangled)
@@ -23,18 +22,18 @@ inline namespace util
 	std::string demangle(const char *const &symbol);
 	template<class T> string_view demangle(const mutable_buffer &out);
 	template<class T> std::string demangle();
-}}
+}
 
 template<class T>
 std::string
-ircd::util::demangle()
+ircd::demangle()
 {
 	return demangle(typeid(T).name());
 }
 
 template<class T>
 ircd::string_view
-ircd::util::demangle(const mutable_buffer &out)
+ircd::demangle(const mutable_buffer &out)
 {
 	return demangle(out, typeid(T).name());
 }
diff --git a/ircd/demangle.cc b/ircd/demangle.cc
index 3053d78b6..c3348b0f4 100644
--- a/ircd/demangle.cc
+++ b/ircd/demangle.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ thread_local char
 outbuf[8192];
 
 std::string
-ircd::util::demangle(const char *const &symbol)
+ircd::demangle(const char *const &symbol)
 {
 	const string_view demangled
 	{
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ircd::util::demangle(const char *const &symbol)
 }
 
 std::string
-ircd::util::demangle(const string_view &symbol)
+ircd::demangle(const string_view &symbol)
 {
 	const string_view demangled
 	{
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ ircd::util::demangle(const string_view &symbol)
 }
 
 ircd::string_view
-ircd::util::demangle(const mutable_buffer &out,
-                     const string_view &symbol_)
+ircd::demangle(const mutable_buffer &out,
+               const string_view &symbol_)
 {
 	assert(size(symbol_) < 4096);
 	thread_local char symbuf[8192];
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ ircd::util::demangle(const mutable_buffer &out,
 }
 
 ircd::string_view
-ircd::util::demangle(const mutable_buffer &out,
-                     const char *const &symbol)
+ircd::demangle(const mutable_buffer &out,
+               const char *const &symbol)
 {
 	int status(0);
 	size_t len(size(out));