diff --git a/codegen-client/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/client/smithy/CodegenVisitor.kt b/codegen-client/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/client/smithy/CodegenVisitor.kt
index f7c68c6583a67ed61df23d009ddaf0412d3d64ae..4a7e6cae11be32e6d284dfd83895e8f004b8ec73 100644
--- a/codegen-client/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/client/smithy/CodegenVisitor.kt
+++ b/codegen-client/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/client/smithy/CodegenVisitor.kt
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class CodegenVisitor(
             SymbolVisitorConfig(
                 runtimeConfig = settings.runtimeConfig,
                 renameExceptions = settings.codegenConfig.renameExceptions,
-                handleRustBoxing = true,
                 nullabilityCheckMode = NullableIndex.CheckMode.CLIENT_ZERO_VALUE_V1,
             )
         val baseModel = baselineTransform(context.model)
diff --git a/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/SymbolVisitor.kt b/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/SymbolVisitor.kt
index 3b2024faed778fb9fdb202e708757dff17f6b773..d72bafb5b977c49586438d2452a0bb08e9ce133e 100644
--- a/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/SymbolVisitor.kt
+++ b/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/SymbolVisitor.kt
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ val SimpleShapes: Map<KClass<out Shape>, RustType> = mapOf(
 data class SymbolVisitorConfig(
     val runtimeConfig: RuntimeConfig,
     val renameExceptions: Boolean,
-    val handleRustBoxing: Boolean,
     val nullabilityCheckMode: NullableIndex.CheckMode,
 )
 
@@ -328,13 +327,8 @@ open class SymbolVisitor(
 
     override fun memberShape(shape: MemberShape): Symbol {
         val target = model.expectShape(shape.target)
-        val targetSymbol = this.toSymbol(target)
         // Handle boxing first so we end up with Option<Box<_>>, not Box<Option<_>>
-        return targetSymbol.letIf(config.handleRustBoxing) {
-            handleRustBoxing(it, shape)
-        }.let {
-            handleOptionality(it, shape)
-        }
+        return handleOptionality(handleRustBoxing(toSymbol(target), shape), shape)
     }
 
     override fun timestampShape(shape: TimestampShape?): Symbol {
diff --git a/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/generators/StructureGenerator.kt b/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/generators/StructureGenerator.kt
index f216f236d47a6af966ead332692c5707a8d418ba..96f508c5d036ab49078ea30e01d8c4d27acf9b8c 100644
--- a/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/generators/StructureGenerator.kt
+++ b/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/smithy/generators/StructureGenerator.kt
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ open class StructureGenerator(
         writer.renderMemberDoc(member, memberSymbol)
         writer.deprecatedShape(member)
         memberSymbol.expectRustMetadata().render(writer)
-        writer.write("$memberName: #T,", symbolProvider.toSymbol(member))
+        writer.write("$memberName: #T,", memberSymbol)
     }
 
     open fun renderStructure() {
diff --git a/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/testutil/TestHelpers.kt b/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/testutil/TestHelpers.kt
index 42d37b6679e70afc0b1c665985ea95ab3fc2073f..848762ff183d51d0d6bbb7e9975b46419b4e0af5 100644
--- a/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/testutil/TestHelpers.kt
+++ b/codegen-core/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/core/testutil/TestHelpers.kt
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ val TestRuntimeConfig =
 val TestSymbolVisitorConfig = SymbolVisitorConfig(
     runtimeConfig = TestRuntimeConfig,
     renameExceptions = true,
-    handleRustBoxing = true,
     nullabilityCheckMode = NullableIndex.CheckMode.CLIENT_ZERO_VALUE_V1,
 )
 
diff --git a/codegen-server/python/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/python/smithy/PythonServerCodegenVisitor.kt b/codegen-server/python/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/python/smithy/PythonServerCodegenVisitor.kt
index c4e07d60d917694ef42a96cca24f92a56e59c8a5..0edc5a0878c666a7421af2c5ad087430f5771e2a 100644
--- a/codegen-server/python/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/python/smithy/PythonServerCodegenVisitor.kt
+++ b/codegen-server/python/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/python/smithy/PythonServerCodegenVisitor.kt
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class PythonServerCodegenVisitor(
             SymbolVisitorConfig(
                 runtimeConfig = settings.runtimeConfig,
                 renameExceptions = false,
-                handleRustBoxing = true,
                 nullabilityCheckMode = NullableIndex.CheckMode.SERVER,
             )
         val baseModel = baselineTransform(context.model)
diff --git a/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/ServerCodegenVisitor.kt b/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/ServerCodegenVisitor.kt
index db93c5cfffebd4df77ab5047eabea0996fa22039..712d930b424e2395511681ddd2e76aba8388673c 100644
--- a/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/ServerCodegenVisitor.kt
+++ b/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/ServerCodegenVisitor.kt
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ open class ServerCodegenVisitor(
             SymbolVisitorConfig(
                 runtimeConfig = settings.runtimeConfig,
                 renameExceptions = false,
-                handleRustBoxing = true,
                 nullabilityCheckMode = NullableIndex.CheckMode.SERVER,
             )
         val baseModel = baselineTransform(context.model)
diff --git a/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/testutil/ServerTestHelpers.kt b/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/testutil/ServerTestHelpers.kt
index 5c648e6fe4738879cb2f143f0cb82f4060c61512..4159e732c79e5c2efb0c8ee05be7fb0918f9cc14 100644
--- a/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/testutil/ServerTestHelpers.kt
+++ b/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/testutil/ServerTestHelpers.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import software.amazon.smithy.rust.codegen.server.smithy.ServerRustSettings
 val ServerTestSymbolVisitorConfig = SymbolVisitorConfig(
     runtimeConfig = TestRuntimeConfig,
     renameExceptions = false,
-    handleRustBoxing = true,
     nullabilityCheckMode = NullableIndex.CheckMode.SERVER,
 )