diff --git a/src/interrupts/mod.rs b/src/interrupts/mod.rs
index 9befa8a..2ef0879 100644
--- a/src/interrupts/mod.rs
+++ b/src/interrupts/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use x86_64::VirtualAddress;
 use x86_64::structures::idt::{Idt, ExceptionStackFrame, PageFaultErrorCode};
 use x86_64::structures::tss::TaskStateSegment;
-use memory::{MemoryController, as_ref_in_real};
+use memory::MemoryController;
 use spin::Once;
 
 mod gdt;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub fn init(memory_controller: &mut MemoryController) {
     let gdt = GDT.call_once(|| {
         let mut gdt = gdt::Gdt::new();
         code_selector = gdt.add_entry(gdt::Descriptor::kernel_code_segment());
-        tss_selector = gdt.add_entry(gdt::Descriptor::tss_segment(unsafe{as_ref_in_real(&tss)}));
+        tss_selector = gdt.add_entry(gdt::Descriptor::tss_segment(&tss));
         gdt
     });
     gdt.load();
@@ -44,17 +44,18 @@ pub fn init(memory_controller: &mut MemoryController) {
         load_tss(tss_selector);
     }
 
-    unsafe {
-        let idt = IDT.call_once(|| {
-            let mut idt = Idt::new();
-            idt.breakpoint.set_handler_fn(*as_ref_in_real(&breakpoint_handler));
-            idt.double_fault.set_handler_fn(*as_ref_in_real(&double_fault_handler));
-            idt.page_fault.set_handler_fn(*as_ref_in_real(&page_fault_handler))
+    let idt = IDT.call_once(|| {
+        let mut idt = Idt::new();
+        idt.breakpoint.set_handler_fn(breakpoint_handler);
+        idt.double_fault.set_handler_fn(double_fault_handler);
+        unsafe {
+            idt.page_fault.set_handler_fn(page_fault_handler)
                 .set_stack_index(DOUBLE_FAULT_IST_INDEX as u16);
-            idt
-        });
-        as_ref_in_real(&idt).load();
-    }
+        }
+        idt
+    });
+
+    idt.load();
 }
 
 extern "x86-interrupt" fn breakpoint_handler(
diff --git a/src/memory/mod.rs b/src/memory/mod.rs
index 97968b4..455d186 100644
--- a/src/memory/mod.rs
+++ b/src/memory/mod.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ pub fn remap_the_kernel<A>(allocator: &mut A, boot_info: &BootInformation)
         for frame in Frame::range_inclusive(multiboot_start, multiboot_end) {
             mapper.identity_map(frame, PRESENT, allocator);
         }
-        debug!("{:?}", mapper);
     });
 
     let old_table = active_table.switch(new_table);
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ pub fn remap_the_kernel<A>(allocator: &mut A, boot_info: &BootInformation)
 
     // turn the old p4 page into a guard page
     let old_p4_page = Page::containing_address(
-      old_table.p4_frame.start_address().to_identity_virtual()
+      old_table.p4_frame.start_address().to_kernel_virtual()
     );
     active_table.unmap(old_p4_page, allocator);
     println!("guard page at {:#x}", old_p4_page.start_address());
@@ -210,16 +209,3 @@ impl MemoryController {
                                     size_in_pages)
     }
 }
-
-
-pub unsafe fn as_mut_in_real<T> (obj: &mut T) -> &mut T {
-    let va = obj as *mut T as VirtualAddress;
-    let pa = PhysicalAddress::from_kernel_virtual(va).0;
-    &mut *(pa as *mut T)
-}
-
-pub unsafe fn as_ref_in_real<T> (obj: &T) -> &T {
-    let va = obj as *const T as VirtualAddress;
-    let pa = PhysicalAddress::from_kernel_virtual(va).0;
-    &*(pa as *const T)
-}
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