diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/serialize.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/serialize.hpp
index 39b5de50..4fc8778f 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/serialize.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/serialize.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ namespace ox {
 template<typename PlatSpec>
 struct VectorMemMap {
 	const std::size_t smallVecSize = 0; // not a map value
-	uint8_t allocator = 0;
 	typename PlatSpec::size_t size = 0;
 	typename PlatSpec::size_t cap = 0;
 	typename PlatSpec::PtrType items = 0;
@@ -34,10 +33,8 @@ constexpr auto sizeOf(const VectorMemMap<PlatSpec> *t) noexcept {
 	std::size_t size = 0;
 	if (t->smallVecSize) {
 		size += t->smallVecSize;
-		size += padding(size, PlatSpec::alignOf(t->allocator));
+		size += padding(size, PlatSpec::alignOf(t->size));
 	}
-	size += sizeof(t->allocator);
-	size += padding(size, PlatSpec::alignOf(t->size));
 	size += sizeof(t->size);
 	size += padding(size, PlatSpec::alignOf(t->cap));
 	size += sizeof(t->cap);
@@ -67,8 +64,6 @@ constexpr ox::Error pad(Writer_c auto &w, const T *v) noexcept {
 template<typename PlatSpec>
 constexpr ox::Error serialize(Writer_c auto &w, const VectorMemMap<PlatSpec> &vm) noexcept {
 	oxReturnError(w.write(nullptr, vm.smallVecSize));
-	oxReturnError(serialize(w, PlatSpec::correctEndianness(vm.allocator)));
-	oxReturnError(pad<PlatSpec>(w, &vm.size));
 	oxReturnError(serialize(w, PlatSpec::correctEndianness(vm.size)));
 	oxReturnError(serialize(w, PlatSpec::correctEndianness(vm.cap)));
 	oxReturnError(serialize(w, PlatSpec::correctEndianness(vm.items)));