diff --git a/vorago-shared-hal/src/spi/asynch.rs b/vorago-shared-hal/src/spi/asynch.rs
index 88a0e48..1fe140a 100644
--- a/vorago-shared-hal/src/spi/asynch.rs
+++ b/vorago-shared-hal/src/spi/asynch.rs
@@ -614,7 +614,8 @@ impl SpiAsync {
     ///
     /// The user MUST ensure that the `Drop` method of all futures generated with this driver
     /// is called on transfer cancellation. By default, this does not require any special handling.
-    pub unsafe fn new(
+    /// This case was considered exotic enough to justify not making the function `unsafe`.
+    pub fn new(
         mut spi: super::Spi<u8>,
         #[cfg(feature = "vor1x")] opt_irq_cfg: Option<crate::InterruptConfig>,
     ) -> Self {
diff --git a/vorago-shared-hal/src/uart/tx_async.rs b/vorago-shared-hal/src/uart/tx_async.rs
index bb4e009..9a93242 100644
--- a/vorago-shared-hal/src/uart/tx_async.rs
+++ b/vorago-shared-hal/src/uart/tx_async.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ impl<'uart, 'buf> TxFuture<'uart, 'buf> {
     ///
     /// This function stores the raw pointer of the passed data slice. The user MUST ensure
     /// that the slice outlives the data structure.
-    pub unsafe fn new(tx: &'uart mut Tx, data: &'buf [u8]) -> Self {
+    /// This case was considered exotic enough to justify not making the function `unsafe`.
+    pub fn new(tx: &'uart mut Tx, data: &'buf [u8]) -> Self {
         if data.is_empty() {
             // We can just return a dummy future which is immediately ready, no need to set up
             // interrupts etc.
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ impl TxAsync {
     /// This implementation is not side effect free, and a started future might have already
     /// written part of the passed buffer.
     pub fn write<'buf>(&mut self, buf: &'buf [u8]) -> TxFuture<'_, 'buf> {
-        unsafe { TxFuture::new(&mut self.0, buf) }
+        TxFuture::new(&mut self.0, buf)
     }
 
     /// Write an entire buffer into this writer.