diff --git a/packages/common/src/getByteLength.ts b/packages/common/src/getByteLength.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index dfbe61e2ce..0000000000
--- a/packages/common/src/getByteLength.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { Hex } from "viem";
-
-export function getByteLength(data: Hex): number {
-  // Remove `0x` prefix, then byte is 2 characters
-  return (data.length - 2) / 2;
-}
diff --git a/packages/common/src/index.ts b/packages/common/src/index.ts
index c4d9e899ad..a15afa9877 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/index.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ export * from "./resourceIdToHex";
 export * from "./resourceTypes";
 export * from "./spliceHex";
 export * from "./transportObserver";
-export * from "./getByteLength";
diff --git a/packages/store-sync/src/postgres/postgresStorage.ts b/packages/store-sync/src/postgres/postgresStorage.ts
index fb61096b6c..127889a855 100644
--- a/packages/store-sync/src/postgres/postgresStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/store-sync/src/postgres/postgresStorage.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Hex, PublicClient, concatHex } from "viem";
+import { Hex, PublicClient, concatHex, size } from "viem";
 import { PgDatabase, QueryResultHKT } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core";
 import { eq, inArray } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { buildTable } from "./buildTable";
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { debug } from "./debug";
 import { buildInternalTables } from "./buildInternalTables";
 import { getTables } from "./getTables";
 import { schemaVersion } from "./schemaVersion";
-import { getByteLength, hexToResourceId, spliceHex } from "@latticexyz/common";
+import { hexToResourceId, spliceHex } from "@latticexyz/common";
 import { setupTables } from "./setupTables";
 import { getTableKey } from "./getTableKey";
 import { StorageAdapter, StorageAdapterBlock } from "../common";
@@ -132,12 +132,7 @@ export async function postgresStorage<TConfig extends StoreConfig = StoreConfig>
           // TODO: verify that this returns what we expect (doesn't error/undefined on no record)
           const previousValue = (await tx.select().from(sqlTable).where(eq(sqlTable.__key, uniqueKey)).execute())[0];
           const previousStaticData = (previousValue?.__staticData as Hex) ?? "0x";
-          const newStaticData = spliceHex(
-            previousStaticData,
-            log.args.start,
-            getByteLength(log.args.data),
-            log.args.data
-          );
+          const newStaticData = spliceHex(previousStaticData, log.args.start, size(log.args.data), log.args.data);
           const newValue = decodeValueArgs(table.valueSchema, {
             staticData: newStaticData,
             encodedLengths: (previousValue?.__encodedLengths as Hex) ?? "0x",
diff --git a/packages/store-sync/src/recs/recsStorage.ts b/packages/store-sync/src/recs/recsStorage.ts
index a9d1e78c33..f4c3672d2a 100644
--- a/packages/store-sync/src/recs/recsStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/store-sync/src/recs/recsStorage.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { debug } from "./debug";
 import { World as RecsWorld, getComponentValue, hasComponent, removeComponent, setComponent } from "@latticexyz/recs";
 import { defineInternalComponents } from "./defineInternalComponents";
 import { getTableEntity } from "./getTableEntity";
-import { getByteLength, hexToResourceId, spliceHex } from "@latticexyz/common";
+import { hexToResourceId, spliceHex } from "@latticexyz/common";
 import { decodeValueArgs } from "@latticexyz/protocol-parser";
-import { Hex } from "viem";
+import { Hex, size } from "viem";
 import { isTableRegistrationLog } from "../isTableRegistrationLog";
 import { logToTable } from "../logToTable";
 import { hexKeyTupleToEntity } from "./hexKeyTupleToEntity";
@@ -98,12 +98,7 @@ export function recsStorage<TConfig extends StoreConfig = StoreConfig>({
         // TODO: add tests that this works when no record had been set before
         const previousValue = getComponentValue(component, entity);
         const previousStaticData = (previousValue?.__staticData as Hex) ?? "0x";
-        const newStaticData = spliceHex(
-          previousStaticData,
-          log.args.start,
-          getByteLength(log.args.data),
-          log.args.data
-        );
+        const newStaticData = spliceHex(previousStaticData, log.args.start, size(log.args.data), log.args.data);
         const newValue = decodeValueArgs(table.valueSchema, {
           staticData: newStaticData,
           encodedLengths: (previousValue?.__encodedLengths as Hex) ?? "0x",
diff --git a/packages/store-sync/src/sqlite/sqliteStorage.ts b/packages/store-sync/src/sqlite/sqliteStorage.ts
index 4898b1b6a0..c010d8c8d7 100644
--- a/packages/store-sync/src/sqlite/sqliteStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/store-sync/src/sqlite/sqliteStorage.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Hex, PublicClient, concatHex, getAddress } from "viem";
+import { Hex, PublicClient, concatHex, getAddress, size } from "viem";
 import { BaseSQLiteDatabase } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core";
 import { and, eq, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { sqliteTableToSql } from "./sqliteTableToSql";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { schemaVersion } from "./schemaVersion";
 import { StorageAdapter } from "../common";
 import { isTableRegistrationLog } from "../isTableRegistrationLog";
 import { logToTable } from "../logToTable";
-import { getByteLength, hexToResourceId, spliceHex } from "@latticexyz/common";
+import { hexToResourceId, spliceHex } from "@latticexyz/common";
 import { decodeKey, decodeValueArgs } from "@latticexyz/protocol-parser";
 
 // TODO: upgrade drizzle and use async sqlite interface for consistency
@@ -131,12 +131,7 @@ export async function sqliteStorage<TConfig extends StoreConfig = StoreConfig>({
           // TODO: verify that this returns what we expect (doesn't error/undefined on no record)
           const previousValue = (await tx.select().from(sqlTable).where(eq(sqlTable.__key, uniqueKey)).execute())[0];
           const previousStaticData = (previousValue?.__staticData as Hex) ?? "0x";
-          const newStaticData = spliceHex(
-            previousStaticData,
-            log.args.start,
-            getByteLength(log.args.data),
-            log.args.data
-          );
+          const newStaticData = spliceHex(previousStaticData, log.args.start, size(log.args.data), log.args.data);
           const newValue = decodeValueArgs(table.valueSchema, {
             staticData: newStaticData,
             encodedLengths: (previousValue?.__encodedLengths as Hex) ?? "0x",