diff --git a/fixtures/ext-types/uniffi-one/src/lib.rs b/fixtures/ext-types/uniffi-one/src/lib.rs
index 4bf130ad02..cf905f48b4 100644
--- a/fixtures/ext-types/uniffi-one/src/lib.rs
+++ b/fixtures/ext-types/uniffi-one/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,9 +34,4 @@ fn get_my_proc_macro_type(t: UniffiOneProcMacroType) -> UniffiOneProcMacroType {
     t
 }
 
-#[uniffi::export]
-async fn get_uniffi_one_async() -> UniffiOneEnum {
-    UniffiOneEnum::One
-}
-
 uniffi::include_scaffolding!("uniffi-one");
diff --git a/uniffi_bindgen/src/bindings/python/templates/EnumTemplate.py b/uniffi_bindgen/src/bindings/python/templates/EnumTemplate.py
index 8f0989e634..2a347f873e 100644
--- a/uniffi_bindgen/src/bindings/python/templates/EnumTemplate.py
+++ b/uniffi_bindgen/src/bindings/python/templates/EnumTemplate.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def read(buf):
         {%- endfor %}
         raise InternalError("Raw enum value doesn't match any cases")
 
+    @staticmethod
     def check(value):
         {%- if e.variants().is_empty() %}
         pass
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ def check(value):
         {%- endfor %}
         {%- endif %}
 
+    @staticmethod
     def write(value, buf):
         {%- for variant in e.variants() %}
         {%- if e.is_flat() %}