diff --git a/src/helpers/channels/clone_channel.ts b/src/helpers/channels/clone_channel.ts
index 1a8c4cc5b..8ea8a5ecb 100644
--- a/src/helpers/channels/clone_channel.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/channels/clone_channel.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { cacheHandlers } from "../../cache.ts";
 import { DiscordChannelTypes } from "../../types/channels/channel_types.ts";
 import type { CreateGuildChannel } from "../../types/guilds/create_guild_channel.ts";
 import { Errors } from "../../types/discordeno/errors.ts";
-import { bigintToSnowflake } from "../../util/bigint.ts";
 import { calculatePermissions } from "../../util/permissions.ts";
 import { helpers } from "../mod.ts";
 
@@ -23,9 +22,6 @@ export async function cloneChannel(channelId: bigint, reason?: string) {
     ...channelToClone,
     name: channelToClone.name!,
     topic: channelToClone.topic || undefined,
-    parentId: channelToClone.parentId
-      ? bigintToSnowflake(channelToClone.parentId)
-      : undefined,
     permissionOverwrites: channelToClone.permissionOverwrites.map((
       overwrite,
     ) => ({
diff --git a/src/types/guilds/create_guild_channel.ts b/src/types/guilds/create_guild_channel.ts
index 38eb79102..9bbc4e93e 100644
--- a/src/types/guilds/create_guild_channel.ts
+++ b/src/types/guilds/create_guild_channel.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export interface CreateGuildChannel {
   /** The channel's permission overwrites */
   permissionOverwrites?: Overwrite[];
   /** Id of the parent category for a channel */
-  parentId?: string;
+  parentId?: bigint;
   /** Whether the channel is nsfw */
   nsfw?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/tests/channels/category_children.ts b/tests/channels/category_children.ts
index a649e066f..78901d894 100644
--- a/tests/channels/category_children.ts
+++ b/tests/channels/category_children.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { cache } from "../../src/cache.ts";
 import { categoryChildren, createChannel } from "../../src/helpers/mod.ts";
 import { DiscordChannelTypes } from "../../src/types/channels/channel_types.ts";
-import { bigintToSnowflake } from "../../src/util/bigint.ts";
 import { assertExists } from "../deps.ts";
 import { delayUntil } from "../util/delay_until.ts";
 import { defaultTestOptions, tempData } from "../ws/start_bot.ts";
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ Deno.test({
       channelsToCreate.map((num) =>
         createChannel(tempData.guildId, {
           name: `Discordeno-test-${num}`,
-          parentId: bigintToSnowflake(category.id),
+          parentId: category.id,
         })
       ),
     );
diff --git a/tests/channels/is_channel_synced.ts b/tests/channels/is_channel_synced.ts
index 6a4d96db7..aca9f31d0 100644
--- a/tests/channels/is_channel_synced.ts
+++ b/tests/channels/is_channel_synced.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Deno.test({
 
     const channel = await createChannel(tempData.guildId, {
       name: "synced-channel",
-      parentId: category.id.toString(),
+      parentId: category.id,
     });
 
     // Assertions