diff --git a/src/util/dep.zig b/src/util/dep.zig
index e3ab5ae8d306d74edbd19abdfdb5d6ebdbe1b09a..486487fdc9218ce7318b7bc2b50c67bb8c44da60 100644
--- a/src/util/dep.zig
+++ b/src/util/dep.zig
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub const Dep = struct {
         p = u.trim_prefix(p, "http://");
         p = u.trim_prefix(p, "https://");
         p = u.trim_prefix(p, "git://");
-        p = u.trim_suffix(u8, p, ".git");
+        p = u.trim_suffix(p, ".git");
         p = try std.mem.join(gpa, "/", &.{ @tagName(self.type), p });
         return p;
     }
diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index aa327aeff46da35d74f7a06045e60cf934d926d6..0ed68ef3c3809614e5fd941cc3037455c89e0e99 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ pub fn _join(comptime delim: []const u8, comptime xs: [][]const u8) []const u8 {
     return buf;
 }
 
-pub fn trim_suffix(comptime T: type, in: []const T, suffix: []const T) []const T {
-    if (std.mem.endsWith(T, in, suffix)) {
+pub fn trim_suffix(in: []const u8, suffix: []const u8) []const u8 {
+    if (std.mem.endsWith(u8, in, suffix)) {
         return in[0 .. in.len - suffix.len];
     }
     return in;