diff --git a/src/services/mpris/CMakeLists.txt b/src/services/mpris/CMakeLists.txt
index a15158c4..ffe6d0ad 100644
--- a/src/services/mpris/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/services/mpris/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ qt_add_dbus_adaptor(DBUS_INTERFACES
 )
 
 set_source_files_properties(org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.xml PROPERTIES
-	CLASSNAME DBusMprisPlayer
-	#[[ INCLUDE dbus_item_types.hpp ]]
+	CLASSNAME DBusMprisPlayer	
 )
 
 qt_add_dbus_interface(DBUS_INTERFACES
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ qt_add_library(quickshell-service-mpris STATIC
 
 	watcher.cpp
 	player.cpp
-	#[[ dbus_item_types.cpp ]]
 	${DBUS_INTERFACES}
 )
 
diff --git a/src/services/mpris/dbus_item_types.cpp b/src/services/mpris/dbus_item_types.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index fa40231e..00000000
--- a/src/services/mpris/dbus_item_types.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-#include "dbus_item_types.hpp"
-
-#include <qdbusargument.h>
-#include <qdbusextratypes.h>
-#include <qdebug.h>
-#include <qendian.h>
-#include <qimage.h>
-#include <qlogging.h>
-#include <qmetatype.h>
-#include <qsysinfo.h>
-#include <qtypes.h>
-
-QImage DBusMpIconPixmap::createImage() const {
-	// fix byte order if on a little endian machine
-	if (QSysInfo::ByteOrder == QSysInfo::LittleEndian) {
-		auto* newbuf = new quint32[this->data.size()];
-		const auto* oldbuf = reinterpret_cast<const quint32*>(this->data.data()); // NOLINT
-
-		for (uint i = 0; i < this->data.size() / sizeof(quint32); ++i) {
-			newbuf[i] = qFromBigEndian(oldbuf[i]); // NOLINT
-		}
-
-		return QImage(
-		    reinterpret_cast<const uchar*>(newbuf), // NOLINT
-		    this->width,
-		    this->height,
-		    QImage::Format_ARGB32,
-		    [](void* ptr) { delete reinterpret_cast<quint32*>(ptr); }, // NOLINT
-		    newbuf
-		);
-	} else {
-		return QImage(
-		    reinterpret_cast<const uchar*>(this->data.data()), // NOLINT
-		    this->width,
-		    this->height,
-		    QImage::Format_ARGB32
-		);
-	}
-}
-
-const QDBusArgument& operator>>(const QDBusArgument& argument, DBusMpIconPixmap& pixmap) {
-	argument.beginStructure();
-	argument >> pixmap.width;
-	argument >> pixmap.height;
-	argument >> pixmap.data;
-	argument.endStructure();
-	return argument;
-}
-
-const QDBusArgument& operator<<(QDBusArgument& argument, const DBusMpIconPixmap& pixmap) {
-	argument.beginStructure();
-	argument << pixmap.width;
-	argument << pixmap.height;
-	argument << pixmap.data;
-	argument.endStructure();
-	return argument;
-}
-
-const QDBusArgument& operator>>(const QDBusArgument& argument, DBusMpIconPixmapList& pixmaps) {
-	argument.beginArray();
-	pixmaps.clear();
-
-	while (!argument.atEnd()) {
-		pixmaps.append(qdbus_cast<DBusMpIconPixmap>(argument));
-	}
-
-	argument.endArray();
-	return argument;
-}
-
-const QDBusArgument& operator<<(QDBusArgument& argument, const DBusMpIconPixmapList& pixmaps) {
-	argument.beginArray(qMetaTypeId<DBusMpIconPixmap>());
-
-	for (const auto& pixmap: pixmaps) {
-		argument << pixmap;
-	}
-
-	argument.endArray();
-	return argument;
-}
-
-const QDBusArgument& operator>>(const QDBusArgument& argument, DBusMpTooltip& tooltip) {
-	argument.beginStructure();
-	argument >> tooltip.icon;
-	argument >> tooltip.iconPixmaps;
-	argument >> tooltip.title;
-	argument >> tooltip.description;
-	argument.endStructure();
-	return argument;
-}
-
-const QDBusArgument& operator<<(QDBusArgument& argument, const DBusMpTooltip& tooltip) {
-	argument.beginStructure();
-	argument << tooltip.icon;
-	argument << tooltip.iconPixmaps;
-	argument << tooltip.title;
-	argument << tooltip.description;
-	argument.endStructure();
-	return argument;
-}
-
-QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const DBusMpIconPixmap& pixmap) {
-	debug.nospace() << "DBusMpIconPixmap(width=" << pixmap.width << ", height=" << pixmap.height
-	                << ")";
-
-	return debug;
-}
-
-QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const DBusMpTooltip& tooltip) {
-	debug.nospace() << "DBusMpTooltip(title=" << tooltip.title
-	                << ", description=" << tooltip.description << ", icon=" << tooltip.icon
-	                << ", iconPixmaps=" << tooltip.iconPixmaps << ")";
-
-	return debug;
-}
-
-QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const QDBusObjectPath& path) {
-	debug.nospace() << "QDBusObjectPath(" << path.path() << ")";
-
-	return debug;
-}
diff --git a/src/services/mpris/dbus_item_types.hpp b/src/services/mpris/dbus_item_types.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index abc27e5a..00000000
--- a/src/services/mpris/dbus_item_types.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <qdbusargument.h>
-#include <qdbusextratypes.h>
-#include <qdebug.h>
-#include <qlist.h>
-
-struct DBusMpIconPixmap {
-	qint32 width = 0;
-	qint32 height = 0;
-	QByteArray data;
-
-	// valid only for the lifetime of the pixmap
-	[[nodiscard]] QImage createImage() const;
-};
-
-using DBusMpIconPixmapList = QList<DBusMpIconPixmap>;
-
-struct DBusMpTooltip {
-	QString icon;
-	DBusMpIconPixmapList iconPixmaps;
-	QString title;
-	QString description;
-};
-
-const QDBusArgument& operator>>(const QDBusArgument& argument, DBusMpIconPixmap& pixmap);
-const QDBusArgument& operator<<(QDBusArgument& argument, const DBusMpIconPixmap& pixmap);
-const QDBusArgument& operator>>(const QDBusArgument& argument, DBusMpIconPixmapList& pixmaps);
-const QDBusArgument& operator<<(QDBusArgument& argument, const DBusMpIconPixmapList& pixmaps);
-const QDBusArgument& operator>>(const QDBusArgument& argument, DBusMpTooltip& tooltip);
-const QDBusArgument& operator<<(QDBusArgument& argument, const DBusMpTooltip& tooltip);
-
-QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const DBusMpIconPixmap& pixmap);
-QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const DBusMpTooltip& tooltip);
-QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const QDBusObjectPath& path);
diff --git a/src/services/mpris/player.cpp b/src/services/mpris/player.cpp
index 0b5569a8..b8676bad 100644
--- a/src/services/mpris/player.cpp
+++ b/src/services/mpris/player.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <qtypes.h>
 
 #include "../../dbus/properties.hpp"
-#include "dbus_item_types.hpp"
 #include "dbus_player.h"
 
 using namespace qs::dbus;
diff --git a/src/services/mpris/player.hpp b/src/services/mpris/player.hpp
index 3550b370..168006a0 100644
--- a/src/services/mpris/player.hpp
+++ b/src/services/mpris/player.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #include "../../dbus/properties.hpp"
 #include "dbus_player.h"
-#include "dbus_item_types.hpp"
 
 Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(logMprisPlayer);