diff --git a/implementations/javascript/packages/schema/src/compiler.ts b/implementations/javascript/packages/schema/src/compiler.ts
index 3f6c8e3..394e274 100644
--- a/implementations/javascript/packages/schema/src/compiler.ts
+++ b/implementations/javascript/packages/schema/src/compiler.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { Annotated, Bytes, Dictionary, Fold, fold, Record, stringify, Tuple, Value } from "@preserves/core";
+import { stringify } from "@preserves/core";
 import * as M from "./meta";
 import { CompilerOptions, ModuleContext } from "./compiler/context";
-import { block, brackets, Formatter, Item, parens, seq } from "./compiler/block";
+import { Formatter, block, seq } from "./compiler/block";
 import { typeForDefinition } from "./compiler/gentype";
 import { converterForDefinition, converterForSimple } from "./compiler/genconverter";
 import { EMPTY_TYPE, renderType } from "./compiler/type";
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ export function compile(env: M.Environment, schema: M.Schema, options: CompilerO
 
         mod.defineFunction(ctx =>
             seq(`export function from${name.description!}`,
-                '(v: ', name.description!, '): _val ',
-                ctx.block(() => unconverterForDefinition(ctx, name.description!, def, 'v'))));
+                '(_v: ', name.description!, '): _val ',
+                ctx.block(() => unconverterForDefinition(ctx, name.description!, def, '_v'))));
     }
 
     const f = new Formatter();
diff --git a/implementations/javascript/packages/schema/src/compiler/genunconverter.ts b/implementations/javascript/packages/schema/src/compiler/genunconverter.ts
index 0b37bc2..d9431be 100644
--- a/implementations/javascript/packages/schema/src/compiler/genunconverter.ts
+++ b/implementations/javascript/packages/schema/src/compiler/genunconverter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { SchemaSyntaxError } from '../error';
 import { refPosition } from '../reader';
 import * as M from '../meta';
 import { block, brackets, formatItems, Item, parens, seq } from './block';
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ function unconverterFor(ctx: FunctionContext, p: M.Pattern, src: string, t: Simp
                     case 'lit':
                         return ctx.mod.literal(p.value);
                     case 'pointer':
-                        return `_fromPtr(${src})`;
+                        return `${src}`;
                     case 'Ref':
                         return M.lookup(
                             refPosition(p.value), p.value, ctx.mod.env,