diff --git a/src/entt/core/type_traits.hpp b/src/entt/core/type_traits.hpp
index 508eb7610..af8a59ba1 100644
--- a/src/entt/core/type_traits.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/core/type_traits.hpp
@@ -169,59 +169,6 @@ template<class Type>
 constexpr auto is_equality_comparable_v = is_equality_comparable<Type>::value;
 
 
-/*! @brief Traits class used mainly to push things across boundaries. */
-template<typename>
-struct named_type_traits;
-
-
-/**
- * @brief Specialization used to get rid of constness.
- * @tparam Type Named type.
- */
-template<typename Type>
-struct named_type_traits<const Type>
-        : named_type_traits<Type>
-{};
-
-
-/**
- * @brief Helper type.
- * @tparam Type Potentially named type.
- */
-template<typename Type>
-using named_type_traits_t = typename named_type_traits<Type>::type;
-
-
-/**
- * @brief Helper variable template.
- * @tparam Type Potentially named type.
- */
-template<class Type>
-constexpr auto named_type_traits_v = named_type_traits<Type>::value;
-
-
-/**
- * @brief Provides the member constant `value` to true if a given type has a
- * name. In all other cases, `value` is false.
- * @tparam Type Potentially named type.
- */
-template<typename Type, typename = std::void_t<>>
-struct is_named_type: std::false_type {};
-
-
-/*! @copydoc is_named_type */
-template<typename Type>
-struct is_named_type<Type, std::void_t<named_type_traits_t<std::decay_t<Type>>>>: std::true_type {};
-
-
-/**
- * @brief Helper variable template.
- * @tparam Type Potentially named type.
- */
-template<class Type>
-constexpr auto is_named_type_v = is_named_type<Type>::value;
-
-
 /**
  * @brief Defines an enum class to use for opaque identifiers and a dedicate
  * `to_integer` function to convert the identifiers to their underlying type.
@@ -239,95 +186,4 @@ constexpr auto is_named_type_v = is_named_type<Type>::value;
 }
 
 
-/**
- * @brief Utility macro to deal with an issue of MSVC.
- *
- * See _msvc-doesnt-expand-va-args-correctly_ on SO for all the details.
- *
- * @param args Argument to expand.
- */
-#define ENTT_EXPAND(args) args
-
-
-/**
- * @brief Makes an already existing type a named type.
- *
- * The current definition contains a workaround for Clang 6 because it fails to
- * deduce correctly the type to use to specialize the class template.<br/>
- * With a compiler that fully supports C++17 and works fine with deduction
- * guides, the following should be fine instead:
- *
- * @code{.cpp}
- * std::integral_constant<ENTT_ID_TYPE, entt::basic_hashed_string{#type}>
- * @endcode
- *
- * In order to support even sligthly older compilers, I prefer to stick to the
- * implementation below.
- *
- * @param type Type to assign a name to.
- */
-#define ENTT_NAMED_TYPE(type)\
-    template<>\
-    struct entt::named_type_traits<type>\
-        : std::integral_constant<ENTT_ID_TYPE, entt::basic_hashed_string<std::remove_cv_t<std::remove_pointer_t<std::decay_t<decltype(#type)>>>>{#type}>\
-    {\
-        static_assert(std::is_same_v<std::remove_cv_t<type>, type>);\
-        static_assert(std::is_object_v<type>);\
-    }
-
-
-/**
- * @brief Defines a named type (to use for structs).
- * @param clazz Name of the type to define.
- * @param body Body of the type to define.
- */
-#define ENTT_NAMED_STRUCT_ONLY(clazz, body)\
-    struct clazz body;\
-    ENTT_NAMED_TYPE(clazz)
-
-
-/**
- * @brief Defines a named type (to use for structs).
- * @param ns Namespace where to define the named type.
- * @param clazz Name of the type to define.
- * @param body Body of the type to define.
- */
-#define ENTT_NAMED_STRUCT_WITH_NAMESPACE(ns, clazz, body)\
-    namespace ns { struct clazz body; }\
-    ENTT_NAMED_TYPE(ns::clazz)
-
-
-/*! @brief Utility function to simulate macro overloading. */
-#define ENTT_NAMED_STRUCT_OVERLOAD(_1, _2, _3, FUNC, ...) FUNC
-/*! @brief Defines a named type (to use for structs). */
-#define ENTT_NAMED_STRUCT(...) ENTT_EXPAND(ENTT_NAMED_STRUCT_OVERLOAD(__VA_ARGS__, ENTT_NAMED_STRUCT_WITH_NAMESPACE, ENTT_NAMED_STRUCT_ONLY,)(__VA_ARGS__))
-
-
-/**
- * @brief Defines a named type (to use for classes).
- * @param clazz Name of the type to define.
- * @param body Body of the type to define.
- */
-#define ENTT_NAMED_CLASS_ONLY(clazz, body)\
-    class clazz body;\
-    ENTT_NAMED_TYPE(clazz)
-
-
-/**
- * @brief Defines a named type (to use for classes).
- * @param ns Namespace where to define the named type.
- * @param clazz Name of the type to define.
- * @param body Body of the type to define.
- */
-#define ENTT_NAMED_CLASS_WITH_NAMESPACE(ns, clazz, body)\
-    namespace ns { class clazz body; }\
-    ENTT_NAMED_TYPE(ns::clazz)
-
-
-/*! @brief Utility function to simulate macro overloading. */
-#define ENTT_NAMED_CLASS_MACRO(_1, _2, _3, FUNC, ...) FUNC
-/*! @brief Defines a named type (to use for classes). */
-#define ENTT_NAMED_CLASS(...) ENTT_EXPAND(ENTT_NAMED_CLASS_MACRO(__VA_ARGS__, ENTT_NAMED_CLASS_WITH_NAMESPACE, ENTT_NAMED_CLASS_ONLY,)(__VA_ARGS__))
-
-
 #endif // ENTT_CORE_TYPE_TRAITS_HPP
diff --git a/test/entt/core/type_traits.cpp b/test/entt/core/type_traits.cpp
index dcdf6fb0b..c1f9f9e00 100644
--- a/test/entt/core/type_traits.cpp
+++ b/test/entt/core/type_traits.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <entt/core/type_traits.hpp>
 
-ENTT_NAMED_TYPE(int);
-ENTT_NAMED_STRUCT(named_struct, {});
-ENTT_NAMED_CLASS(named_class, {});
-
 TEST(Choice, Functionalities) {
     ASSERT_TRUE((std::is_base_of_v<entt::choice_t<0>, entt::choice_t<1>>));
     ASSERT_FALSE((std::is_base_of_v<entt::choice_t<1>, entt::choice_t<0>>));
@@ -26,14 +22,3 @@ TEST(IsEqualityComparable, Functionalities) {
     ASSERT_TRUE(entt::is_equality_comparable_v<int>);
     ASSERT_FALSE(entt::is_equality_comparable_v<void>);
 }
-
-TEST(NamedTypes, Functionalities) {
-    ASSERT_TRUE(entt::is_named_type_v<int>);
-    ASSERT_TRUE(entt::is_named_type_v<named_struct>);
-    ASSERT_TRUE(entt::is_named_type_v<named_class>);
-    ASSERT_FALSE(entt::is_named_type_v<char>);
-
-    ASSERT_EQ(entt::named_type_traits_t<int>::value, "int"_hs);
-    ASSERT_EQ(entt::named_type_traits_t<named_struct>::value, "named_struct"_hs);
-    ASSERT_EQ(entt::named_type_traits_t<named_class>::value, "named_class"_hs);
-}
diff --git a/test/entt/entity/registry.cpp b/test/entt/entity/registry.cpp
index 1ee8b71c1..c6868fedc 100644
--- a/test/entt/entity/registry.cpp
+++ b/test/entt/entity/registry.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <entt/entity/entity.hpp>
 
 ENTT_OPAQUE_TYPE(opaque, std::uint64_t);
-ENTT_NAMED_TYPE(int);
 
 struct empty_type {};
 
diff --git a/test/entt/signal/dispatcher.cpp b/test/entt/signal/dispatcher.cpp
index 7815152f7..dc99ce333 100644
--- a/test/entt/signal/dispatcher.cpp
+++ b/test/entt/signal/dispatcher.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ struct an_event {};
 struct another_event {};
 struct one_more_event {};
 
-ENTT_NAMED_TYPE(an_event);
-
 struct receiver {
     static void forward(entt::dispatcher &dispatcher, const an_event &event) {
         dispatcher.enqueue(event);
diff --git a/test/entt/signal/emitter.cpp b/test/entt/signal/emitter.cpp
index 7c78e75d1..a54b0a35a 100644
--- a/test/entt/signal/emitter.cpp
+++ b/test/entt/signal/emitter.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ struct foo_event { int i; char c; };
 struct bar_event {};
 struct quux_event {};
 
-ENTT_NAMED_TYPE(foo_event);
-
 TEST(Emitter, Clear) {
     test_emitter emitter;