diff --git a/example/main/c/main.c b/example/main/c/main.c
index 8eaefc3..c75d457 100644
--- a/example/main/c/main.c
+++ b/example/main/c/main.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ plugin_main ()
     handle_error ();
 
   println ("Saying hi!");
-  string_t hi;
+  const char *hi;
   if (!one.hi (&hi, "Adam"))
     handle_error ();
 
diff --git a/trixy-types/src/c_headers/string.h b/trixy-types/src/c_headers/string.h
index 1b22c4e..68c8e05 100644
--- a/trixy-types/src/c_headers/string.h
+++ b/trixy-types/src/c_headers/string.h
@@ -23,15 +23,8 @@
 #define TRIXY_STRING_H
 
 /**
- * @brief This string type is allocated by rust, which means that you can't
- * just free it from c, but need to return it to rust to be freed.
- * @see the `string_free` method
+ * @brief Frees a rust-allocated string.
  */
-typedef const char *string_t;
-
-/**
- * @brief The free function for rust stings
- */
-extern int string_free (string_t string);
+extern int string_free (const char *string);
 
 #endif // TRIXY_STRING_H