diff --git a/src/haxe/io/Bytes.hx b/src/haxe/io/Bytes.hx
index ac2c2bb5e..5134e72fa 100644
--- a/src/haxe/io/Bytes.hx
+++ b/src/haxe/io/Bytes.hx
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ class Bytes
 }
 #elseif hl
 #if !macro
-@:autoBuild(lime._internal.macros.AssetsMacro.embedBytesHL()) // Enable @:bytes embed metadata
+@:autoBuild(lime._internal.macros.AssetsMacro.embedBytes()) // Enable @:bytes embed metadata
 #end
 @:coreApi
 class Bytes
diff --git a/src/lime/_internal/macros/AssetsMacro.hx b/src/lime/_internal/macros/AssetsMacro.hx
index 206f4b6a4..5a0dbc727 100644
--- a/src/lime/_internal/macros/AssetsMacro.hx
+++ b/src/lime/_internal/macros/AssetsMacro.hx
@@ -46,25 +46,6 @@ class AssetsMacro
 		return fields;
 	}
 
-	macro public static function embedBytesHL():Array<Field>
-	{
-		var fields = embedData(":file");
-		if (fields == null) return null;
-
-		var definition = macro class Temp
-		{
-			public function new(?length:Int, ?bytesData:haxe.io.BytesData)
-			{
-				var bytes = haxe.Resource.getBytes(resourceName);
-				super(bytes.b, bytes.length);
-			}
-		};
-
-		fields.push(definition.fields[0]);
-
-		return fields;
-	}
-
 	macro public static function embedByteArray():Array<Field>
 	{
 		var fields = embedData(":file");