diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 8caa8c1..dedbffe 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ fn main() {
     {
         let mut generated_phf_path = out_dir.clone();
         generated_phf_path.push("generated_phf.rs");
-        generator::generate_phf(UNICODE_DATA, Some(&generated_phf_path), None);
-    }
-    {
-        let mut generated_alias_path = out_dir;
-        generated_alias_path.push("generated_alias.rs");
-        generator::generate_aliases(NAME_ALIASES, &generated_alias_path);
+        generator::generate_phf(UNICODE_DATA, NAME_ALIASES, Some(&generated_phf_path), None);
     }
 }
diff --git a/generator/src/lib.rs b/generator/src/lib.rs
index 11b8103..bfad690 100644
--- a/generator/src/lib.rs
+++ b/generator/src/lib.rs
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ fn get_truncated_table_data(
     (codepoint_names, cjk)
 }
 
-pub fn generate_phf(unicode_data: &'static str, path: Option<&Path>, truncate: Option<usize>) {
+pub fn generate_phf(unicode_data: &'static str, name_aliases: &'static str, path: Option<&Path>, truncate: Option<usize>) {
     let (codepoint_names, _) = get_truncated_table_data(unicode_data, truncate);
 
     let mut ctxt = make_context(path);
@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ pub fn generate_phf(unicode_data: &'static str, path: Option<&Path>, truncate: O
     for &(character, name) in &codepoint_names {
         builder.entry(name.as_bytes(), &format!("{:?}", character));
     }
+    for Alias { code, alias, .. } in get_aliases(name_aliases).into_iter() {
+        let formatted = format!("'\\u{{{code}}}'");
+        builder.entry(alias.as_bytes(), &formatted);
+    }
     write!(
         &mut ctxt.out,
         "pub static NAMES: phf::Map<&'static [u8], char> = {};",
@@ -432,13 +436,3 @@ pub fn generate(unicode_data: &'static str, path: Option<&Path>, truncate: Optio
         fs::rename(path.with_extension("tmp"), path).unwrap()
     }
 }
-
-pub fn generate_aliases(name_aliases: &'static str, path: &Path) {
-    let mut aliases = phf_codegen::Map::new();
-    for Alias { code, alias, .. } in get_aliases(name_aliases).into_iter() {
-        let formatted = format!("'\\u{{{code}}}'");
-        aliases.entry(alias, &formatted);
-    }
-    let aliases = aliases.build().to_string().replace("(\"", "(b\"");
-    writeln!(BufWriter::new(File::create(path).unwrap()), "{aliases}",).unwrap();
-}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5768386..05e00dd 100755
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ mod generated_phf {
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 mod jamo;
 
-/// A map of unicode aliases to their corresponding values.
-/// Generated in generator
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-static ALIASES: phf::Map<&'static [u8], char> = include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/generated_alias.rs"));
-
 mod iter_str;
 
 static HANGUL_SYLLABLE_PREFIX: &str = "HANGUL SYLLABLE ";
@@ -291,16 +286,6 @@ pub fn name(c: char) -> Option<Name> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Get alias value from alias name, returns `None` if the alias is not found.
-fn character_by_alias(name: &[u8]) -> Option<char> {
-    println!(
-        "name {name}, {alias:?}",
-        name = std::str::from_utf8(name).unwrap(),
-        alias = ALIASES.get(name)
-    );
-    ALIASES.get(name).copied()
-}
-
 /// Find the character called `name`, or `None` if no such character
 /// exists.
 ///
@@ -378,7 +363,7 @@ pub fn character(search_name: &str) -> Option<char> {
 
     let codepoint = match generated_phf::NAMES.get(search_name) {
         Some(&codepoint) => codepoint,
-        None => return character_by_alias(search_name),
+        None => return None,
     };
 
     // Now check that this is actually correct. Since this is a
@@ -587,9 +572,9 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn character_by_alias() {
-        assert_eq!(super::character_by_alias(b"NEW LINE"), Some('\n'));
-        assert_eq!(super::character_by_alias(b"BACKSPACE"), Some('\u{8}'));
-        assert_eq!(super::character_by_alias(b"NOT AN ALIAS"), None);
+        assert_eq!(super::character("NEW LINE"), Some('\n'));
+        assert_eq!(super::character("BACKSPACE"), Some('\u{8}'));
+        assert_eq!(super::character("NOT AN ALIAS"), None);
     }
 
     #[bench]