diff --git a/preserves.nimble b/preserves.nimble
index 907ad9a..552f02f 100644
--- a/preserves.nimble
+++ b/preserves.nimble
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version = "20231230"
+version = "20240101"
 author        = "Emery Hemingway"
 description   = "data model and serialization format"
 license       = "Unlicense"
diff --git a/src/preserves/preserves_schema_nim.nim b/src/preserves/preserves_schema_nim.nim
index 778c9a8..3d32a55 100644
--- a/src/preserves/preserves_schema_nim.nim
+++ b/src/preserves/preserves_schema_nim.nim
@@ -126,11 +126,6 @@ proc deref(loc: Location; r: Ref): (Location, Definition) =
   except KeyError:
     raise newException(KeyError, "reference not found in bundle: " & $r)
 
-proc hasEmbeddedType(scm: Schema): bool =
-  case scm.field0.embeddedType.orKind
-  of EmbeddedtypenameKind.false: false
-  of EmbeddedtypenameKind.Ref: true
-
 proc hash(r: Ref): Hash = r.toPreserves.hash
 type RefSet = HashSet[Ref]
 
@@ -611,7 +606,7 @@ proc addField(recList: PNode; loc: Location; known: var TypeTable; sp: SimplePat
           ident"preservesLiteral",
           toStrLit(loc, sp))))
     recList.add identDef(scm, id, TypeSpec(node: ident"tuple[]"))
-  elif sp.orKind == SimplePatternKind.embedded and not scm.hasEmbeddedType:
+  elif sp.orKind == SimplePatternKind.embedded:
     let id = nkPragmaExpr.newTree(
       id, nkPragma.newTree(ident"preservesEmbedded"))
     recList.add identDef(scm, id, nimTypeOf(loc, known, "", sp))