diff --git a/src/serialize.h b/src/serialize.h
--- a/src/serialize.h
+++ b/src/serialize.h
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@
 #define VARINT_MODE(obj, mode) Using<VarIntFormatter<mode>>(obj)
 #define VARINT(obj) Using<VarIntFormatter<VarIntMode::DEFAULT>>(obj)
 #define COMPACTSIZE(obj) Using<CompactSizeFormatter<true>>(obj)
-#define LIMITED_STRING(obj, n) LimitedString<n>(REF(obj))
+#define LIMITED_STRING(obj, n) Using<LimitedStringFormatter<n>>(obj)
 
 /**
  * Serialization wrapper class for integers in VarInt format.
@@ -712,29 +712,20 @@
     }
 };
 
-template <size_t Limit> class LimitedString {
-protected:
-    std::string &string;
-
-public:
-    explicit LimitedString(std::string &_string) : string(_string) {}
-
-    template <typename Stream> void Unserialize(Stream &s) {
+template <size_t Limit> struct LimitedStringFormatter {
+    template <typename Stream> void Unser(Stream &s, std::string &v) {
         size_t size = ReadCompactSize(s);
         if (size > Limit) {
             throw std::ios_base::failure("String length limit exceeded");
         }
-        string.resize(size);
+        v.resize(size);
         if (size != 0) {
-            s.read((char *)string.data(), size);
+            s.read((char *)v.data(), size);
         }
     }
 
-    template <typename Stream> void Serialize(Stream &s) const {
-        WriteCompactSize(s, string.size());
-        if (!string.empty()) {
-            s.write((char *)string.data(), string.size());
-        }
+    template <typename Stream> void Ser(Stream &s, const std::string &v) {
+        s << v;
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/string.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/string.cpp
--- a/src/test/fuzz/string.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/string.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     {
         CDataStream data_stream{SER_NETWORK, INIT_PROTO_VERSION};
         std::string s;
-        LimitedString<10> limited_string = LIMITED_STRING(s, 10);
+        auto limited_string = LIMITED_STRING(s, 10);
         data_stream << random_string_1;
         try {
             data_stream >> limited_string;
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@
     }
     {
         CDataStream data_stream{SER_NETWORK, INIT_PROTO_VERSION};
-        const LimitedString<10> limited_string =
-            LIMITED_STRING(random_string_1, 10);
+        const auto limited_string = LIMITED_STRING(random_string_1, 10);
         data_stream << limited_string;
         std::string deserialized_string;
         data_stream >> deserialized_string;