     _precondition(
       hasPointerRepresentation,
       "StaticString should have pointer representation")
-    return UnsafePointer(bitPattern: UInt(_startPtrOrData))!
+    return UnsafePointer(_startPtrOrData)
   }
 
   /// The stored Unicode scalar value.

  internal init(
    unicodeScalar: Builtin.Int32
  ) {
    self._startPtrOrData = UInt(UInt32(unicodeScalar))._builtinWordValue
    self._utf8CodeUnitCount = 0._builtinWordValue
    self._flags = UnicodeScalar(_builtinUnicodeScalarLiteral: unicodeScalar).isASCII
      ? (0x3 as UInt8)._value

    _precondition(
      !hasPointerRepresentation,
      "StaticString should have Unicode scalar representation")
    return UnicodeScalar(
      UInt32(UInt(bitPattern: UnsafePointer<Builtin.RawPointer>(_startPtrOrData)))
    )
  }

  /// If `self` stores a pointer to ASCII or UTF-8 code units, the
