diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
index 4ecf8de..3edd5c5 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
@@ -458,6 +458,10 @@ public class BinaryModuleWriter extends ModuleWriter implements InstructionOpcod
             dataStream.write( functIdx >>> 24 );
         }
 
+        if( !options.useGC() ) {
+            return ValueType.anyref.getCode();
+        }
+
         int typeId = functionTypes.size();
         functionTypes.add( new StructTypeEntry( type.getFields() ) );
         return typeId;
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java
index 6bdb50c..c3ca9b7 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class TypeManager {
             methods = new ArrayList<>();
             HashSet<String> allNeededFields = new HashSet<>();
             listStructFields( name, functions, types, libraries, allNeededFields );
-            code = types.options.useGC() ? writer.writeStructType( this ) : ValueType.anyref.getCode();
+            code = writer.writeStructType( this );
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
index 0779a91..694e6b6 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ public class TextModuleWriter extends ModuleWriter {
             dataStream.write( functIdx >>> 24 );
         }
 
+        if( !options.useGC() ) {
+            return ValueType.anyref.getCode();
+        }
+
         int oldInset = inset;
         inset = 1;
         newline( output );