diff --git a/src/api/client/message.rs b/src/api/client/message.rs
index 0145b7fe..842036f5 100644
--- a/src/api/client/message.rs
+++ b/src/api/client/message.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ use ruma::{
 };
 use tracing::warn;
 
-use super::utils::{count_to_pagination_token, pagination_token_to_count as parse_token};
 use crate::Ruma;
 
 /// list of safe and common non-state events to ignore if the user is ignored
@@ -85,14 +84,14 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_message_events_route(
 	let from: PduCount = body
 		.from
 		.as_deref()
-		.map(parse_token)
+		.map(str::parse)
 		.transpose()?
 		.unwrap_or_else(|| match body.dir {
 			| Direction::Forward => PduCount::min(),
 			| Direction::Backward => PduCount::max(),
 		});
 
-	let to: Option<PduCount> = body.to.as_deref().map(parse_token).transpose()?;
+	let to: Option<PduCount> = body.to.as_deref().map(str::parse).transpose()?;
 
 	let limit: usize = body
 		.limit
@@ -181,8 +180,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_message_events_route(
 		.collect();
 
 	Ok(get_message_events::v3::Response {
-		start: count_to_pagination_token(from),
-		end: next_token.map(count_to_pagination_token),
+		start: from.to_string(),
+		end: next_token.as_ref().map(PduCount::to_string),
 		chunk,
 		state,
 	})
diff --git a/src/api/client/mod.rs b/src/api/client/mod.rs
index c8ca7757..0014282c 100644
--- a/src/api/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/client/mod.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ pub(super) mod typing;
 pub(super) mod unstable;
 pub(super) mod unversioned;
 pub(super) mod user_directory;
-pub(super) mod utils;
 pub(super) mod voip;
 pub(super) mod well_known;
 
diff --git a/src/api/client/relations.rs b/src/api/client/relations.rs
index f2ec3f23..79fa1459 100644
--- a/src/api/client/relations.rs
+++ b/src/api/client/relations.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use ruma::{
 	events::{TimelineEventType, relation::RelationType},
 };
 
-use super::utils::{count_to_pagination_token, pagination_token_to_count as parse_token};
 use crate::Ruma;
 
 /// # `GET /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{roomId}/relations/{eventId}/{relType}/{eventType}`
@@ -111,14 +110,14 @@ async fn paginate_relations_with_filter(
 	dir: Direction,
 ) -> Result<get_relating_events::v1::Response> {
 	let start: PduCount = from
-		.map(parse_token)
+		.map(str::parse)
 		.transpose()?
 		.unwrap_or_else(|| match dir {
 			| Direction::Forward => PduCount::min(),
 			| Direction::Backward => PduCount::max(),
 		});
 
-	let to: Option<PduCount> = to.map(parse_token).transpose()?;
+	let to: Option<PduCount> = to.map(str::parse).transpose()?;
 
 	// Use limit or else 30, with maximum 100
 	let limit: usize = limit
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ async fn paginate_relations_with_filter(
 			| Direction::Forward => events.last(),
 			| Direction::Backward => events.first(),
 		}
-		.map(|(count, _)| count_to_pagination_token(*count))
+		.map(|(count, _)| count.to_string())
 	} else {
 		None
 	};
diff --git a/src/api/client/threads.rs b/src/api/client/threads.rs
index f0fb4a64..ca176eda 100644
--- a/src/api/client/threads.rs
+++ b/src/api/client/threads.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use conduwuit::{
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use ruma::{api::client::threads::get_threads, uint};
 
-use crate::{Ruma, client::utils::pagination_token_to_count};
+use crate::Ruma;
 
 /// # `GET /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{roomId}/threads`
 pub(crate) async fn get_threads_route(
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_threads_route(
 	let from: PduCount = body
 		.from
 		.as_deref()
-		.map(pagination_token_to_count)
+		.map(str::parse)
 		.transpose()?
 		.unwrap_or_else(PduCount::max);
 
diff --git a/src/api/client/utils.rs b/src/api/client/utils.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ec69388a..00000000
--- a/src/api/client/utils.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-use conduwuit::{Result, matrix::pdu::PduCount};
-
-/// Parse a pagination token
-pub(crate) fn pagination_token_to_count(token: &str) -> Result<PduCount> { token.parse() }
-
-/// Convert a PduCount to a token string
-pub(crate) fn count_to_pagination_token(count: PduCount) -> String { count.to_string() }