diff --git a/crates/client/src/channel_store.rs b/crates/client/src/channel_store.rs
index 1beb1bc8ea..ec945ce036 100644
--- a/crates/client/src/channel_store.rs
+++ b/crates/client/src/channel_store.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use futures::Future;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use gpui::{AsyncAppContext, Entity, ModelContext, ModelHandle, Task};
 use rpc::{proto, TypedEnvelope};
-use std::mem;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 pub type ChannelId = u64;
@@ -319,10 +318,9 @@ impl ChannelStore {
                 .iter_mut()
                 .find(|c| c.id == channel.id)
             {
-                util::make_arc_mut(existing_channel, |new_existing_channel| {
-                    new_existing_channel.name = channel.name;
-                    new_existing_channel.user_is_admin = channel.user_is_admin;
-                });
+                let existing_channel = Arc::make_mut(existing_channel);
+                existing_channel.name = channel.name;
+                existing_channel.user_is_admin = channel.user_is_admin;
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -340,10 +338,9 @@ impl ChannelStore {
 
         for channel in payload.channels {
             if let Some(existing_channel) = self.channels.iter_mut().find(|c| c.id == channel.id) {
-                util::make_arc_mut(existing_channel, |new_existing_channel| {
-                    new_existing_channel.name = channel.name;
-                    new_existing_channel.user_is_admin = channel.user_is_admin;
-                });
+                let existing_channel = Arc::make_mut(existing_channel);
+                existing_channel.name = channel.name;
+                existing_channel.user_is_admin = channel.user_is_admin;
                 continue;
             }
 
diff --git a/crates/util/src/util.rs b/crates/util/src/util.rs
index 2766cee295..c8beb86aef 100644
--- a/crates/util/src/util.rs
+++ b/crates/util/src/util.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@ pub mod test;
 use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
     cmp::{self, Ordering},
-    mem,
     ops::{AddAssign, Range, RangeInclusive},
     panic::Location,
     pin::Pin,
-    sync::Arc,
     task::{Context, Poll},
 };
 
@@ -120,19 +118,6 @@ pub fn merge_non_null_json_value_into(source: serde_json::Value, target: &mut se
     }
 }
 
-/// Mutates through the arc if no other references exist,
-/// otherwise clones the value and swaps out the reference with a new Arc
-/// Useful for mutating the elements of a list while using iter_mut()
-pub fn make_arc_mut<T: Clone>(arc: &mut Arc<T>, mutate: impl FnOnce(&mut T)) {
-    if let Some(t) = Arc::get_mut(arc) {
-        mutate(t);
-        return;
-    }
-    let mut new_t = (**arc).clone();
-    mutate(&mut new_t);
-    mem::swap(&mut Arc::new(new_t), arc);
-}
-
 pub trait ResultExt<E> {
     type Ok;