diff --git a/pkg/objects/github.go b/pkg/objects/github.go
index 160d0b12..e2f50778 100644
--- a/pkg/objects/github.go
+++ b/pkg/objects/github.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (s *GithubReleaseSource) ListAllFiles(ctx context.Context, out chan<- FileS
 			fs := FileSpec{
 				Path:         fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", r.TagName, a.Name),
 				DownloadPath: a.DownloadURL,
-				LastModified: util.PointerTo(a.UpdatedAt),
+				LastModified: new(a.UpdatedAt),
 			}
 			out <- fs
 		}
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (s *GithubReleaseSource) GetFile(ctx context.Context, path string, requestH
 	if resp.ContentLength < 0 {
 		sizeBytes = nil
 	} else {
-		sizeBytes = util.PointerTo(util.AtLeastZero(resp.ContentLength))
+		sizeBytes = new(util.AtLeastZero(resp.ContentLength))
 	}
 
 	return resp.Body, FileState{
diff --git a/pkg/objects/source.go b/pkg/objects/source.go
index 848eab79..a7e867a0 100644
--- a/pkg/objects/source.go
+++ b/pkg/objects/source.go
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ func (u URLSource) GetFile(ctx context.Context, filePath string, requestHeaders
 	if resp.ContentLength < 0 {
 		sizeBytes = nil
 	} else {
-		sizeBytes = util.PointerTo(util.AtLeastZero(resp.ContentLength))
+		sizeBytes = new(util.AtLeastZero(resp.ContentLength))
 	}
 
 	return resp.Body, FileState{
diff --git a/pkg/util/numeric.go b/pkg/util/numeric.go
index 36e4758f..2b548b49 100644
--- a/pkg/util/numeric.go
+++ b/pkg/util/numeric.go
@@ -11,8 +11,3 @@ func AtLeastZero[I interface{ int | int64 }](x I) uint64 {
 	}
 	return uint64(x)
 }
-
-// PointerTo constructs a pointer to a provided value.
-func PointerTo[T any](value T) *T {
-	return &value
-}