diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/system/commands/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/system/commands/mod.rs
index 15e4861fe0..d8d2914187 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/system/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/system/commands/mod.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use bevy_utils::tracing::{error, info};
 pub use parallel_scope::*;
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 /// A [`Command`] queue to perform structural changes to the [`World`].
 ///
@@ -825,34 +824,19 @@ impl<'w, 's> Commands<'w, 's> {
 /// ```
 pub trait EntityCommand<Marker = ()>: Send + 'static {
     /// Executes this command for the given [`Entity`].
-    fn apply(self, id: Entity, world: &mut World);
+    fn apply(self, entity: Entity, world: &mut World);
+
     /// Returns a [`Command`] which executes this [`EntityCommand`] for the given [`Entity`].
-    fn with_entity(self, id: Entity) -> WithEntity<Marker, Self>
+    ///
+    /// This method is called when adding an [`EntityCommand`] to a command queue via [`Commands`].
+    /// You can override the provided implementation if you can return a `Command` with a smaller memory
+    /// footprint than `(Entity, Self)`.
+    /// In most cases the provided implementation is sufficient.
+    fn with_entity(self, entity: Entity) -> impl Command
     where
         Self: Sized,
     {
-        WithEntity {
-            cmd: self,
-            id,
-            marker: PhantomData,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Turns an [`EntityCommand`] type into a [`Command`] type.
-pub struct WithEntity<Marker, C: EntityCommand<Marker>> {
-    cmd: C,
-    id: Entity,
-    marker: PhantomData<fn() -> Marker>,
-}
-
-impl<M, C: EntityCommand<M>> Command for WithEntity<M, C>
-where
-    M: 'static,
-{
-    #[inline]
-    fn apply(self, world: &mut World) {
-        self.cmd.apply(self.id, world);
+        move |world: &mut World| self.apply(entity, world)
     }
 }