diff --git a/ts/background.ts b/ts/background.ts
index 3ce1cced6..1171ac181 100644
--- a/ts/background.ts
+++ b/ts/background.ts
@@ -2715,7 +2715,7 @@ export async function startApp(): Promise<void> {
 
     const partialConversation: ValidateConversationType = {
       e164: details.number,
-      uuid: UUID.fromString(details.uuid),
+      uuid: UUID.cast(details.uuid),
       type: 'private',
     };
 
@@ -3454,9 +3454,7 @@ export async function startApp(): Promise<void> {
       serverTimestamp: data.serverTimestamp,
       source: data.source,
       sourceDevice: data.sourceDevice,
-      sourceUuid: data.sourceUuid
-        ? UUID.fromString(data.sourceUuid)
-        : undefined,
+      sourceUuid: data.sourceUuid ? UUID.cast(data.sourceUuid) : undefined,
       timestamp: data.timestamp,
       type: data.message.isStory ? 'story' : 'incoming',
       unidentifiedDeliveryReceived: data.unidentifiedDeliveryReceived,
diff --git a/ts/components/StoriesSettingsModal.tsx b/ts/components/StoriesSettingsModal.tsx
index 88770ec27..c3137e2d2 100644
--- a/ts/components/StoriesSettingsModal.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/StoriesSettingsModal.tsx
@@ -239,9 +239,7 @@ export const StoriesSettingsModal = ({
         return undefined;
       }
 
-      const isSelected = selectedConversationUuids.has(
-        UUID.fromString(contact.uuid)
-      );
+      const isSelected = selectedConversationUuids.has(UUID.cast(contact.uuid));
 
       return {
         type: RowType.ContactCheckbox,
diff --git a/ts/services/storageRecordOps.ts b/ts/services/storageRecordOps.ts
index 4e41df887..d4de21f70 100644
--- a/ts/services/storageRecordOps.ts
+++ b/ts/services/storageRecordOps.ts
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@ import * as preferredReactionEmoji from '../reactions/preferredReactionEmoji';
 import { SignalService as Proto } from '../protobuf';
 import * as log from '../logging/log';
 import type { UUIDStringType } from '../types/UUID';
-import { MY_STORIES_ID } from '../types/Stories';
 import * as Stickers from '../types/Stickers';
 import type {
   StoryDistributionWithMembersType,
   StickerPackInfoType,
 } from '../sql/Interface';
 import dataInterface from '../sql/Client';
+import { MY_STORIES_ID } from '../types/Stories';
+
+const MY_STORIES_BYTES = uuidToBytes(MY_STORIES_ID);
 
 type RecordClass =
   | Proto.IAccountRecord
@@ -1265,10 +1267,12 @@ export async function mergeStoryDistributionListRecord(
 
   const details: Array<string> = [];
 
-  const listId =
-    storyDistributionListRecord.name === MY_STORIES_ID
-      ? MY_STORIES_ID
-      : bytesToUuid(storyDistributionListRecord.identifier);
+  const listId = Bytes.areEqual(
+    MY_STORIES_BYTES,
+    storyDistributionListRecord.identifier
+  )
+    ? MY_STORIES_ID
+    : bytesToUuid(storyDistributionListRecord.identifier);
 
   if (!listId) {
     throw new Error('Could not parse distribution list id');
@@ -1279,7 +1283,7 @@ export async function mergeStoryDistributionListRecord(
 
   const remoteListMembers: Array<UUIDStringType> = (
     storyDistributionListRecord.recipientUuids || []
-  ).map(UUID.fromString);
+  ).map(UUID.cast);
 
   if (storyDistributionListRecord.__unknownFields) {
     details.push('adding unknown fields');
diff --git a/ts/types/UUID.ts b/ts/types/UUID.ts
index 4ebd076b3..be2872384 100644
--- a/ts/types/UUID.ts
+++ b/ts/types/UUID.ts
@@ -77,8 +77,4 @@ export class UUID {
     }
     return new UUID(`${padded}-0000-4000-8000-${'0'.repeat(12)}`);
   }
-
-  public static fromString(value: string): UUIDStringType {
-    return new UUID(value).toString();
-  }
 }
diff --git a/ts/util/sendStoryMessage.ts b/ts/util/sendStoryMessage.ts
index d99952433..7a5107103 100644
--- a/ts/util/sendStoryMessage.ts
+++ b/ts/util/sendStoryMessage.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export async function sendStoryMessage(
               return acc;
             }
 
-            const uuid = UUID.fromString(id);
+            const uuid = UUID.cast(id);
             if (inBlockList.has(uuid)) {
               return acc;
             }