--- a/src/items.rs	Tue Jun 03 21:54:58 2025 -0400
+++ b/src/items.rs	Wed Jun 04 03:53:36 2025 -0400
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@
 use crate::constants::InvalidEnum;
 use num_derive::FromPrimitive;
 use num_traits::FromPrimitive;
-use std::ffi::{c_int, CStr};
+use std::ffi::c_int;
 
-/// Enum identifying what a `pam_get_item` return is.
-///
-/// Generally, you shouldn’t have to worry about this, and instead
-/// just use the various [Item] implementations.
+/// Identifies what is being gotten or set with `pam_get_item`
+/// or `pam_set_item`.
 #[derive(FromPrimitive)]
 #[repr(i32)]
 #[non_exhaustive] // because C could give us anything!
@@ -53,68 +51,3 @@
         val as Self
     }
 }
-
-/// A type that can be requested by [`PamHandle::get_item`](crate::LibPamHandle::get_item).
-pub trait Item {
-    /// The `repr(C)` type that is returned (by pointer) by the underlying `pam_get_item` function.
-    /// This memory is owned by the PAM session.
-    type Raw;
-
-    /// The [ItemType] corresponding to this Rust type.
-    fn type_id() -> ItemType;
-
-    /// The function to convert from the pointer to the C-representation to this safer wrapper type.
-    ///
-    /// # Safety
-    ///
-    /// This function assumes the pointer is a valid pointer to a [Self::Raw] instance.
-    unsafe fn from_raw(raw: *const Self::Raw) -> Self;
-
-    /// The function to convert from this wrapper type to a C-compatible pointer.
-    fn into_raw(self) -> *const Self::Raw;
-}
-
-/// Macro to generate PAM [Item]s represented as [CStr]s.
-macro_rules! cstr_item {
-    ($name:ident) => {
-        #[doc = "The [CStr] representation of the "]
-        #[doc = concat!("[`", stringify!($name), "`](ItemType::", stringify!($name), ")")]
-        #[doc = " [Item]."]
-        #[derive(Debug)]
-        pub struct $name<'s>(pub &'s CStr);
-
-        impl<'s> std::ops::Deref for $name<'s> {
-            type Target = &'s CStr;
-            fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-                &self.0
-            }
-        }
-
-        impl<'s> Item for $name<'s> {
-            type Raw = libc::c_char;
-
-            fn type_id() -> ItemType {
-                ItemType::$name
-            }
-
-            unsafe fn from_raw(raw: *const Self::Raw) -> Self {
-                Self(std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(raw))
-            }
-
-            fn into_raw(self) -> *const Self::Raw {
-                self.0.as_ptr()
-            }
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-// Conversation is not included here since it's special.
-
-cstr_item!(Service);
-cstr_item!(User);
-cstr_item!(Tty);
-cstr_item!(RemoteHost);
-cstr_item!(AuthTok);
-cstr_item!(OldAuthTok);
-cstr_item!(RemoteUser);
-cstr_item!(UserPrompt);