diff --git a/examples/federation/activities/follow.rs b/examples/federation/activities/follow.rs
index bf99ceb..5638471 100644
--- a/examples/federation/activities/follow.rs
+++ b/examples/federation/activities/follow.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use activitypub_federation::{core::object_id::ObjectId, data::Data, traits::ActivityHandler};
 use activitystreams_kinds::activity::FollowType;
-use anyhow::Error;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use url::Url;
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ impl ActivityHandler for Follow {
         // send back an accept
         let follower = self
             .actor
-            .dereference::<Error>(data, data.local_instance(), request_counter)
+            .dereference(data, data.local_instance(), request_counter)
             .await?;
         let id = generate_object_id(data.local_instance().hostname())?;
         let accept = Accept::new(local_user.ap_id.clone(), self, id.clone());
diff --git a/examples/federation/instance.rs b/examples/federation/instance.rs
index adb930e..4943178 100644
--- a/examples/federation/instance.rs
+++ b/examples/federation/instance.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async fn http_get_user(
     let request_url = format!("http://{}{}", hostname, &request.uri().to_string());
     let url = Url::parse(&request_url)?;
     let user = ObjectId::<MyUser>::new(url)
-        .dereference_local::<Error>(&data)
+        .dereference_local(&data)
         .await?
         .into_apub(&data)
         .await?;
diff --git a/examples/federation/objects/note.rs b/examples/federation/objects/note.rs
index a988413..993dc08 100644
--- a/examples/federation/objects/note.rs
+++ b/examples/federation/objects/note.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use activitypub_federation::{
     traits::ApubObject,
 };
 use activitystreams_kinds::{object::NoteType, public};
-use anyhow::Error;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use url::Url;
 
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ impl ApubObject for MyPost {
     }
 
     async fn into_apub(self, data: &Self::DataType) -> Result<Self::ApubType, Self::Error> {
-        let creator = self.creator.dereference_local::<Error>(data).await?;
+        let creator = self.creator.dereference_local(data).await?;
         Ok(Note {
             kind: Default::default(),
             id: self.ap_id,
diff --git a/examples/federation/objects/person.rs b/examples/federation/objects/person.rs
index ecc82a2..6cc5cfd 100644
--- a/examples/federation/objects/person.rs
+++ b/examples/federation/objects/person.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl MyUser {
         let mut inboxes = vec![];
         for f in self.followers.clone() {
             let user: MyUser = ObjectId::new(f)
-                .dereference::<Error>(instance, instance.local_instance(), &mut 0)
+                .dereference(instance, instance.local_instance(), &mut 0)
                 .await?;
             inboxes.push(user.inbox);
         }
diff --git a/src/core/inbox.rs b/src/core/inbox.rs
index b84a11a..1fe2c0f 100644
--- a/src/core/inbox.rs
+++ b/src/core/inbox.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ where
 
     let request_counter = &mut 0;
     let actor = ObjectId::<Actor>::new(activity.actor().clone())
-        .dereference::<E>(data, local_instance, request_counter)
+        .dereference(data, local_instance, request_counter)
         .await?;
     verify_signature(&request, actor.public_key())?;
 
diff --git a/src/core/object_id.rs b/src/core/object_id.rs
index 855df62..5f9c48e 100644
--- a/src/core/object_id.rs
+++ b/src/core/object_id.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ where
     }
 
     /// Fetches an activitypub object, either from local database (if possible), or over http.
-    pub async fn dereference<E>(
+    pub async fn dereference(
         &self,
         data: &<Kind as ApubObject>::DataType,
         instance: &LocalInstance,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ where
 
     /// Fetch an object from the local db. Instead of falling back to http, this throws an error if
     /// the object is not found in the database.
-    pub async fn dereference_local<E>(
+    pub async fn dereference_local(
         &self,
         data: &<Kind as ApubObject>::DataType,
     ) -> Result<Kind, <Kind as ApubObject>::Error>