diff --git a/internal/pipewire/core_test.go b/internal/pipewire/core_test.go
index 7785a74..39fbcd6 100644
--- a/internal/pipewire/core_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipewire/core_test.go
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func TestCoreCreateObject(t *testing.T) {
 
 	encodingTestCases[pipewire.CoreCreateObject, *pipewire.CoreCreateObject]{
 		{"sample", []byte{
-			/* size: rest of data */ 0x70, 0, 0, 0,
+			/* size: rest of data */ 0x80, 0, 0, 0,
 			/* type: Struct */ 0xe, 0, 0, 0,
 
 			/* size: 0x13 bytes */ 0x13, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -343,8 +343,13 @@ func TestCoreCreateObject(t *testing.T) {
 			/* value: 3 */ 3, 0, 0, 0,
 			/* padding */ 0, 0, 0, 0,
 
-			/* size */ 0, 0, 0, 0,
-			/* type: None */ 1, 0, 0, 0,
+			/* size */ 0x10, 0, 0, 0,
+			/* type: Struct */ 0xe, 0, 0, 0,
+
+			/* size: 4 bytes */ 4, 0, 0, 0,
+			/* type: Int */ 4, 0, 0, 0,
+			/* value: 0 */ 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			/* padding */ 0, 0, 0, 0,
 
 			/* size: 4 bytes */ 4, 0, 0, 0,
 			/* type: Int */ 4, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -354,7 +359,7 @@ func TestCoreCreateObject(t *testing.T) {
 			FactoryName: "spa-device-factory",
 			Type:        pipewire.PW_TYPE_INTERFACE_Device,
 			Version:     pipewire.PW_VERSION_FACTORY,
-			Properties:  new(pipewire.SPADict),
+			Properties:  &pipewire.SPADict{},
 			NewID:       0xbad,
 		}, nil},
 	}.run(t)
diff --git a/internal/pipewire/pod.go b/internal/pipewire/pod.go
index caf83fd..7cfafc8 100644
--- a/internal/pipewire/pod.go
+++ b/internal/pipewire/pod.go
@@ -524,9 +524,8 @@ type SPADict []SPADictItem
 
 // Size satisfies [KnownSize] with a value computed at runtime.
 func (d *SPADict) Size() Word {
-	if *d == nil {
-		// None type prefix with zero-length body
-		return SizePrefix
+	if d == nil {
+		return 0
 	}
 
 	// struct prefix, NItems value
@@ -541,11 +540,6 @@ func (d *SPADict) Size() Word {
 // MarshalPOD satisfies [PODMarshaler] as [SPADict] violates the POD type system.
 func (d *SPADict) MarshalPOD(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return appendInner(data, func(dataPrefix []byte) (data []byte, err error) {
-		if *d == nil {
-			data = SPA_TYPE_None.append(dataPrefix)
-			return
-		}
-
 		data = SPA_TYPE_Struct.append(dataPrefix)
 		if data, err = MarshalAppend(data, Int(len(*d))); err != nil {
 			return
@@ -565,14 +559,6 @@ func (d *SPADict) MarshalPOD(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 // UnmarshalPOD satisfies [PODUnmarshaler] as [SPADict] violates the POD type system.
 func (d *SPADict) UnmarshalPOD(data []byte) (Word, error) {
 	var wireSize Word
-
-	if ok, err := unmarshalHandleNone(&data, &wireSize); err != nil {
-		return wireSize, err
-	} else if ok {
-		*d = nil
-		return wireSize, nil
-	}
-
 	if err := unmarshalCheckTypeBounds(&data, SPA_TYPE_Struct, &wireSize); err != nil {
 		return wireSize, err
 	}