diff --git a/include/cubescript/cubescript/ident.hh b/include/cubescript/cubescript/ident.hh
index 9555c7d..dda2c07 100644
--- a/include/cubescript/cubescript/ident.hh
+++ b/include/cubescript/cubescript/ident.hh
@@ -67,24 +67,6 @@ struct LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT ident {
     /** @brief Check if the idents are not the same. */
     bool operator!=(ident &other) const;
 
-    /** @brief Check if the ident is a cubescript::alias.
-     *
-     * Effectively like `type() == ident_type::ALIAS`.
-     */
-    bool is_alias() const;
-
-    /** @brief Check if the ident is a cubescript::command.
-     *
-     * Effectively like `type() == ident_type::COMMAND`.
-     */
-    bool is_command() const;
-
-    /** @brief Check if the ident is a special ident.
-     *
-     * Effectively like `type() == ident_type::SPECIAL`.
-     */
-    bool is_special() const;
-
     /** @brief Check if the ident is a cubescript::global_var.
      *
      * This will return `true` if ident::type() returns either
@@ -92,24 +74,6 @@ struct LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT ident {
      */
     bool is_var() const;
 
-    /** @brief Check if the ident is a cubescript::integer_var.
-     *
-     * Effectively like `type() == ident_type::IVAR`.
-     */
-    bool is_ivar() const;
-
-    /** @brief Check if the ident is a cubescript::float_var.
-     *
-     * Effectively like `type() == ident_type::FVAR`.
-     */
-    bool is_fvar() const;
-
-    /** @brief Check if the ident is a cubescript::string_var.
-     *
-     * Effectively like `type() == ident_type::SVAR`.
-     */
-    bool is_svar() const;
-
     /** @brief Get if the ident is overridden.
      *
      * This can be true for aliases or builtins. When an alias or a builtin
diff --git a/src/cs_ident.cc b/src/cs_ident.cc
index 6555682..a2d3550 100644
--- a/src/cs_ident.cc
+++ b/src/cs_ident.cc
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ ident_impl::ident_impl(ident_type tp, string_ref nm, int fl):
 {}
 
 bool ident_is_callable(ident const *id) {
-    if (!id->is_command() && !id->is_special()) {
+    auto tp = id->type();
+    if ((tp != ident_type::COMMAND) && (tp != ident_type::SPECIAL)) {
         return false;
     }
     return !!static_cast<command_impl const *>(id)->p_cb_cftv;
@@ -197,18 +198,6 @@ LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT bool ident::operator!=(ident &other) const {
     return this != &other;
 }
 
-LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT bool ident::is_alias() const {
-    return type() == ident_type::ALIAS;
-}
-
-LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT bool ident::is_command() const {
-    return type() == ident_type::COMMAND;
-}
-
-LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT bool ident::is_special() const {
-    return type() == ident_type::SPECIAL;
-}
-
 LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT bool ident::is_var() const {
     switch (type()) {
         case ident_type::IVAR:
@@ -221,18 +210,6 @@ LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT bool ident::is_var() const {
     return false;
 }
 
-LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT bool ident::is_ivar() const {
-    return type() == ident_type::IVAR;
-}
-
-LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT bool ident::is_fvar() const {
-    return type() == ident_type::FVAR;
-}
-
-LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT bool ident::is_svar() const {
-    return type() == ident_type::SVAR;
-}
-
 LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT bool ident::is_overridden(state &cs) const {
     switch (type()) {
         case ident_type::IVAR:
@@ -502,7 +479,7 @@ LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT any_value command::call(
 /* external API for alias stack management */
 
 LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT alias_local::alias_local(state &cs, ident &a) {
-    if (!a.is_alias()) {
+    if (a.type() != ident_type::ALIAS) {
         throw error{cs, "ident '%s' is not an alias", a.name().data()};
     }
     auto &ts = state_p{cs}.ts();
diff --git a/src/cs_vm.cc b/src/cs_vm.cc
index f2ffaf6..efe1e09 100644
--- a/src/cs_vm.cc
+++ b/src/cs_vm.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 namespace cubescript {
 
 static inline void push_alias(thread_state &ts, ident &id, ident_stack &st) {
-    if (id.is_alias() && !static_cast<alias &>(id).is_arg()) {
+    if (id.type() != ident_type::ALIAS) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!static_cast<alias &>(id).is_arg()) {
         auto *aimp = static_cast<alias_impl *>(&id);
         auto ast = ts.get_astack(aimp);
         ast.push(st);
@@ -19,7 +22,10 @@ static inline void push_alias(thread_state &ts, ident &id, ident_stack &st) {
 }
 
 static inline void pop_alias(thread_state &ts, ident &id) {
-    if (id.is_alias() && !static_cast<alias &>(id).is_arg()) {
+    if (id.type() != ident_type::ALIAS) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!static_cast<alias &>(id).is_arg()) {
         ts.get_astack(static_cast<alias *>(&id)).pop();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib_base.cc b/src/lib_base.cc
index e068e0b..8d61949 100644
--- a/src/lib_base.cc
+++ b/src/lib_base.cc
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ LIBCUBESCRIPT_EXPORT void std_init_base(state &gcs) {
     new_cmd_quiet(gcs, "pcall", "bvv", [](auto &cs, auto args, auto &ret) {
         auto &cret = args[1].get_ident(cs);
         auto &css = args[2].get_ident(cs);
-        if (!cret.is_alias()) {
+        if (cret.type() != ident_type::ALIAS) {
             throw error{cs, "'%s' is not an alias", cret.name().data()};
         }
-        if (!css.is_alias()) {
+        if (css.type() != ident_type::ALIAS) {
             throw error{cs, "'%s' is not an alias", css.name().data()};
         }
         any_value result{}, tback{};
diff --git a/tools/edit_linenoise.hh b/tools/edit_linenoise.hh
index c955094..5decf4c 100644
--- a/tools/edit_linenoise.hh
+++ b/tools/edit_linenoise.hh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static cs::state *ln_cs = nullptr;
 inline void ln_complete(char const *buf, std::vector<std::string> &lc) {
     std::string_view cmd = get_complete_cmd(buf);
     for (auto id: ln_cs->get_idents()) {
-        if (!id->is_command()) {
+        if (id->type() != cs::ident_type::COMMAND) {
             continue;
         }
         std::string_view idname = id->name();
diff --git a/tools/repl.cc b/tools/repl.cc
index 153ed73..7d7b612 100644
--- a/tools/repl.cc
+++ b/tools/repl.cc
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ inline cs::command *get_hint_cmd(cs::state &cs, std::string_view buf) {
     }
     if (!buf.empty()) {
         auto cmd = cs.get_ident(buf);
-        if (cmd && cmd->get().is_command()) {
+        if (cmd && (cmd->get().type() == cs::ident_type::COMMAND)) {
             return static_cast<cs::command *>(&cmd->get());
         }
     }