diff --git a/com.d b/com.d
index 6d90786..e2cf8d0 100644
--- a/com.d
+++ b/com.d
@@ -250,20 +250,7 @@ struct ComResult {
 	}
 
 	T getD(T)() {
-		switch(result.vt) {
-			case VARENUM.VT_I4: // int
-				static if(is(T : const long))
-					return result.intVal;
-				throw new Exception("cannot convert variant of type int to requested " ~ T.stringof);
-			case VARENUM.VT_BSTR:
-				static if(is(T : const string))
-					return makeUtf8StringFromWindowsString(result.bstrVal); // FIXME free?
-				throw new Exception("cannot convert variant of type string to requested " ~ T.stringof);
-			default:
-				return getFromVariant!T(result);
-
-			//throw new Exception("can't handle this type " ~ to!string(result.vt));
-		}
+		return getFromVariant!T(result);
 	}
 
 }