diff --git a/src/bin/clouseau.c b/src/bin/clouseau.c
index d9eb413..eaa30c9 100644
--- a/src/bin/clouseau.c
+++ b/src/bin/clouseau.c
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ _data(void *data, int type EINA_UNUSED, void *event)
    v = packet_info_get(ev->data, ev->size);
    if (!v) return ECORE_CALLBACK_RENEW;
 
-   switch (clouseau_packet_mapping_type_get(v->t.type))
+   switch (clouseau_packet_mapping_type_get(v->type))
      {
       case CLOUSEAU_APP_ADD:            /* Add info to list of APPs  */
          _add_app(data, v);    /* v->data is (app_info_st *) */
diff --git a/src/bin/clouseaud.c b/src/bin/clouseaud.c
index b651391..79092c4 100644
--- a/src/bin/clouseaud.c
+++ b/src/bin/clouseaud.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ _data(void *data EINA_UNUSED, int type EINA_UNUSED, Ecore_Ipc_Event_Client_Data
         return ECORE_CALLBACK_RENEW;
      }
 
-   switch(clouseau_packet_mapping_type_get(v->t.type))
+   switch(clouseau_packet_mapping_type_get(v->type))
      {
       case CLOUSEAU_APP_CLIENT_CONNECT:
         {  /* Register APP then notify GUI about it */
diff --git a/src/lib/clouseau_client.c b/src/lib/clouseau_client.c
index 4f6977b..6169892 100644
--- a/src/lib/clouseau_client.c
+++ b/src/lib/clouseau_client.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ _data(void *data EINA_UNUSED, int type EINA_UNUSED, Ecore_Ipc_Event_Server_Data
    Variant_st *v;
 
    v = packet_info_get(ev->data, ev->size);
-   switch (clouseau_packet_mapping_type_get(v->t.type))
+   switch (clouseau_packet_mapping_type_get(v->type))
      {
       case CLOUSEAU_DATA_REQ:
         {  /* data req includes ptr to GUI, to tell which client asking */
diff --git a/src/lib/clouseau_data.c b/src/lib/clouseau_data.c
index 10c1e64..4b4ff85 100644
--- a/src/lib/clouseau_data.c
+++ b/src/lib/clouseau_data.c
@@ -108,33 +108,26 @@ _clouseau_packet_mapping_type_str_get(Clouseau_Message_Type t)
 }
 
 static const char *
-_clouseau_variant_type_get(const void *data, Eina_Bool *unknow)
+_clouseau_variant_type_get(const void *data, Eina_Bool *unknow EINA_UNUSED)
 {
-   const Variant_Type_st *type = data;
+   const char * const *type = data;
    int i;
 
-   if (unknow)
-     *unknow = type->unknow;
-
    for (i = 0; eet_mapping[i].name != NULL; ++i)
-     if (strcmp(type->type, eet_mapping[i].name) == 0)
+     if (strcmp(*type, eet_mapping[i].name) == 0)
        return eet_mapping[i].name;
 
-   if (unknow)
-     *unknow = EINA_FALSE;
-
-   return type->type;
+   return NULL;
 }
 
 static Eina_Bool
 _clouseau_variant_type_set(const char *type,
                            void       *data,
-                           Eina_Bool   unknow)
+                           Eina_Bool   unknow EINA_UNUSED)
 {
-   Variant_Type_st *vt = data;
+   const char **t = data;
 
-   vt->type = type;
-   vt->unknow = unknow;
+   *t = type;
    return EINA_TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -158,7 +151,7 @@ clouseau_variant_alloc(Clouseau_Message_Type t, size_t size, void *info)
    v =  malloc(sizeof(Variant_st));
    v->data = malloc(size);
    _clouseau_variant_type_set(_clouseau_packet_mapping_type_str_get(t),
-                              &v->t, EINA_FALSE);
+                              &v->type, EINA_FALSE);
    memcpy(v->data, info, size);
 
    return v;
@@ -635,7 +628,7 @@ clouseau_data_descriptors_init(void)
    EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_MAPPING(clouseau_variant_edd,
                                    "BMP_DATA", clouseau_bmp_info_edd);
    EET_DATA_DESCRIPTOR_ADD_VARIANT(clouseau_protocol_edd, Variant_st,
-                                   "data", data, t, clouseau_variant_edd);
+                                   "data", data, type, clouseau_variant_edd);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/lib/clouseau_private.h b/src/lib/clouseau_private.h
index 43a576b..abbf00d 100644
--- a/src/lib/clouseau_private.h
+++ b/src/lib/clouseau_private.h
@@ -28,16 +28,11 @@ enum _Clouseau_Message_Type
 };
 typedef enum _Clouseau_Message_Type Clouseau_Message_Type;
 
-struct _Variant_Type_st
+/* This is used for composing message and encoding/decoding with EET */
+struct _Variant_st
 {
    const char *type;
-   Eina_Bool   unknow : 1;
-};
-typedef struct _Variant_Type_st Variant_Type_st;
 
-struct _Variant_st
-{  /* This is used for composing message and encoding/decoding with EET */
-   Variant_Type_st t;
    void *data;
 };
 typedef struct _Variant_st Variant_st;